navajo

Timing is everything in landscape photography. Another late afternoon photo taken in Monument Valley, November 2010. The Navajo call this rock formation "Ear Of The Wind" The EF 16-35mm does an amazing job at creating starbursts.

Agathla Peak a.k.a. El Capitan is the core of an ancient volcano, ten miles south of Monument Valley, Arizona. It rises over 1500 feet (457 meters) above the surrounding, barren desert terrain. The peak bears spiritual significance to the Navajo people. I shot this in the late afternoon back in...