Monuments Under Weather

Two large sandstone buttes rise from a flat desert plain beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled sky.

Monuments Under Weather

Stone sentinels dwarfed by a restless sky.

About the photograph

The buttes stand isolated and enduring, their mass rendered small beneath a vast, turbulent ceiling of cloud. The monochrome palette intensifies the interplay of scale and atmosphere, where land and weather contend for dominance.

Technical details

Camera
PENTAX PENTAX K-5
Lens
smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
Focal length
35mm
Aperture
f/32
Shutter
1/30s
ISO
80
Captured
September 4, 2014
More context
black and white (9)dramatic sky (9)fine art photography (7)desert landscape (6)buttes (3)weather (3)monument valley (2)southwest (2)

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