Desolate Great Salt Lake and Spiral Jetty (3 images)

[nznhut]

The upper reaches of the Great Salt Lake is desolate yet beautiful. In 1970, Robert Smithson built a 1,500 foot spiral jetty as earth art. Taken with K20D, 16-45mm lens.







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[Stomie]

Ahh! Yes! Nice shots of it. This is a rather difficult spot to reach, let alone find

This work by Smithson has been submerged for many years & thought to have been lost, but water levels have dropped recently due to the dry climatic conditions & it has re - emerged.

Good shooting & nicely captured.

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[Jimbob Productions]

I saw a documentary on the spiral jetty and other land sculptures just the other day. Nice pics!

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[MikeChip]

Nice shots, I find the subject matter very interesting

Thanks for sharing.

 

[DLBlack]

Very nice series of images!!

Dave
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[cheddargav]

Nice shots, have you tinkered with them in black and white? I think they'd look pretty good
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[Lance B]

Excellent photos!
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[nznhut]

Thanks all for the kind comments
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[nznhut]

Great idea - I believe they would lend themselves to b/w

Nice shots, have you tinkered with them in black and white? I think they'd look pretty good
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[nznhut]

As per your suggestion

Nice shots, have you tinkered with them in black and white? I think they'd look pretty good
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[azguy]

Really nice images. I researched some information on the spiral. I have been up there, but it was before the spiral was built. How did he get permission to build it?
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[UtahManSir]

Mark,

I really like this one, really. That is a tough environment to shoot in and you did yourself proud!

I also liked the rusty float in the original post, just amazing to see that kind of stuff out there. Actually amazed it hasn't rusted away yet considering how corrosive all that salt is.

Lloyd
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[Ryan Pream]

n/t

 

[betsypdx]

Neat shots - I find it amazing that it's still there. Very cool.
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[emem]

...... but after looking at your Zenfolio site, wide vistas are no stranger to you. these are lovely shots. And your America the Beautiful galleries contain some stunning photographs. I'm impressed. What do you use to PP your work? The colours and contrasts, tones - all gorgeous.
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[nznhut]

Really nice images. I researched some information on the spiral. I have been up there, but it was before the spiral was built. How did he get permission to build it?

Evidently he took out a 20 year lease for $100/year, and the lease allowed the construction, similar to several abandoned oil exploration jetties up in the area. After he built it, the lake rose and it was submerged for 30 years, and only in the last few years have lake levels dropped to expose it again. It is a very strange, stark, yet fascinating sculpture.

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Below, Phoenix City Hall with Nikkor 10.5mm on D200

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[nznhut]

I appreciate your comments, and especially that you took the time to look at some of my other stuff on Zenfolio.

Silkypix is my main PP software. I have found that the final output is nearly always more appealing to my own eye than Bibble or Lightroom, although lately I have been using Lightroom to do more creative type-shots, such as those with vignetting and other stronger effects.

On some of them, I have shot 3 bracketed shots and done the initial work in Photomatix for HDR, but I try and keep the HDR "effect" on the low side in order to avoid a cartoonish look. I then tweak the final output in Silkypix. Once again, thanks for the feedback, it is very much appreciated.

...... but after looking at your Zenfolio site, wide vistas are no stranger to you. these are lovely shots. And your America the Beautiful galleries contain some stunning photographs. I'm impressed. What do you use to PP your work? The colours and contrasts, tones - all gorgeous.
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[Leo James Mitchell]

Excellent shooting Mark! I loved the series but the sepia shot you added is even better, although it is warmer and so lessens the feeling of desolation...still it is a superb piece of pp'ing!
Thanks for the enjoyable post!

All the very best
Leo
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[diomedian]

Here is a satellite photo of the Spiral Jetty on Google Maps in case anyone is interested:

 

[diomedian]

Maybe this one works?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=great+salt+lake&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.677964,71.191406&ie=UTF8&ll=41.438033,-112.668099&spn=0.002715,0.004345&t=h&z=18