Here is a panoramic I took from Hopi Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at sunset, in Arizona, USA. Sadly, I had to do some post-processing in Photoshop to fit the pictures together as well as to apply a software-based Graduated Neutral Density filter to recover the over-exposed sky since I didn't have one in the field. How ill-prepared was I? Sheesh. I really don't like manipulating photos mostly because I'm lazy and since I take hundreds of photos, processing them would take forever and suck the fun out of photography like a vampire bunny would suck the juice from a carrot. Successful post-processing makes me feel good about my computer-related abilities but bad about my photography skills since I most likely have failed in some way as a photographer in order to need to edit a picture.
The next day, we got up before sunrise for some more pictures and to get an early start on the rather pleasant hike down Bright Angel Trail to the Three Mile Resthouse, followed shortly thereafter by the excruciatingly painful, body-destroying, soul-crushing, life-altering, dehydratingly-fun ascent back up the canyon again for a total of about six intense hours. I was asleep within an hour of returning to the Yavapai Lodge. It was awesome! (Nikon D300, combined 8 photos, GND filter, straightened horizon, cropped)
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