Santa Elena Reflection Big Bend Using an ultra-wide 10mm lens

Using an ultra-wide 10mm lens

Sparse grasses and low desert plants take root along the margins

forming a shape often compared to Horseshoe Bend

but heavy fog and cloud cover obscured the well-known viewpoints

Santa Elena Reflection Big Bend Using an ultra-wide 10mm lensSanta Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas This photograph was made inside Santa Elena Canyon during a workshop at sunset. It is one of the most recognizable locations in Big Bend National Park, and one I have visited many times over the years. Because it has been photographed so extensively, it is not a place I actively seek out for personal work. While teaching a student how to focus stack near the rivers edge, I was positioned very low to