This was taken at the Grand Canyon, at a location called Desert View, at the entrance to the park at the west end. I used my Nikon D700 for the shot, with a very wide zoom lens, the 17-24 mm. I used this lens for a lot of my images on my trip to Arizona this past week. Zoom lenses generally are not a favorite of mine, since they result in soft images, due to the large amount of glass in the lens itself. Primarily I shoot with "prime" lenses (pun intended). However the 17-24 wide angle zoom is a relatively fast lens, an f2.8, and very sharp, as is my other wide angle prime, the Nikon 20 mm. The down side to the lens is that it is big and heavy. But it sure is a beauty, and produces sharp images. A second camera that I had with me was my Leica M9. It produces stunning images, which have a different "look" than those produced by the D700, being much sharper, and slightly cooler color wise. I will post some M9 images soon. Overall, this is one of my favorite shots from my trip.
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