A portrait orientation landscape photo of red sandstone cliffs leading up up and up higher. It is deep in the Grand Canyon. There are some small shrubs on the lower portions where it is damp, but it is very arid further up away from the river. A bit of blue sky is seen above, and a small waterfall is pouring down in the middle of the frame into a cold, surprisingly deep pool that will work its way down to the main flow of the Colorado River. There are some precariously stacked boulders at the top and side of the falls. It's humbling and a bit concerning to think about the intense flows that must have been required to move those into place. Also, about how there are probably very few people on the planet who have seen this waterfall due to how it is both extremely difficult to access and not notable enough for anyone to seek it out specifically. This was shot handheld with a Fujifilm X-T1 and an XF 18-55 lens at 20mm, f22, 1/8s, and ISO400. Yeah, I accidentally bumped the aperture ring off of automatic, so it's got more depth of field than I probably needed, and a bit more diffraction noise than average, but it actually looks pretty good printed large, as I gifted a framed print to my cousin.
