FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (120.6mm, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO200)

One blog post is not enough: Bryce Canyon the rest of the images.

The flat light before sunset is best. It creates beautiful contrast between the sunlit spots and deep shadows. A lot of visitors leave too early to experience the change in the landscape because they need to go to their next destination. We decided to stay in a hotel close to the Canyon to be able to spend sunset and sunrise here.

FUJIFILM X-T1 (28.9mm, f/8, 1/320 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-T1 (230mm, f/8, 1/160 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-T1 (56.2mm, f/8, 1/480 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-T1 (50mm, f/8, 1/900 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-T1 (230mm, f/9, 1/240 sec, ISO200)

It’s an amazing spot. It’s almost impossible to decide where to point the camera. I felt like a five year old boy in a candy store.

On my city trips in South East Asia my longest lens is either the 23mm or the 35mm but here I love to shoot with a tele-zoom. The XC 50-230 OIS worked great. It is slow focusing even on the X-T1 but image quality is very good and the weight is phenomenal. The perfect landscape lens if you want to travel light.

FUJIFILM X-T1 (50mm, f/8, 1/125 sec, ISO640)
FUJIFILM X-T1 (34.3mm, f/8, 1/400 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-T1 (19.6mm, f/5, 1/60 sec, ISO800)

After the shooting we went back to our hotel which was a nice restaurant too. We were a little tired though because of the jet lag and slept early that day.

I was not sure if I would regret that I “just” took my Fujis instead of my Canon gear but after the first day of landscape shooting in the Valley of Fire and Bryce Canyon I was convinced that it was the right decision.

FUJIFILM X-T1 (24.3mm, f/3.2, 1/60 sec, ISO2500)