Nikon D810, 50mm, ISO 200, 1/40 sec, f/13

This is a second composition of the Desert View Watchtower. While the first composition on this blog presented a close up, looking up, view of the tower, this image is an in situ view of the tower and its surroundings.

In this image you can see how the materials used to construct the Desert View Watchtower blend in so well with its surroundings. Notice the triangle around the top of the tower are the same color as parts of the dead tree in the foreground. This image was captured 15 minutes after the previous image and from a different angle. The clouds framing the tower, puffy in the previous image, are now solid with areas of blue. The additional clouds change the light and mood of the image.

Desert View Watchtower: 36.043408° -111.825842°

Nikon D810, 44mm, ISO 200, 1/60 sec, f/13

It is said that on a clear day there is a panoramic view over 100 miles from the top of the Desert View Watchtower. The tower looks to be a snippet of the Grand Canyon with the layers of colors and shapes. I was lucky that the sky was full of puffy clouds that further accentuated the tower shape.

There are dozens of angles from which to capture the Desert View Watchtower at Mojave Point in Grand Canyon National Park. This is the close up, looking up, view of the tower. The next post contains an image showing the tower in its natural surroundings.

Desert View Watchtower: 36.043408° -111.825842°