Sharing a Monument Valley Sunrise is a photograph by Priscilla Burgers which was uploaded on July 23rd, 2015.
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Sharing a Monument Valley Sunrise
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
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Photograph - Photography
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*** 3 TIME CONTEST WINNER ***
SHARING A MONUMENT VALLEY SUNRISE by PRISCILLA BURGERS
A couple speechlessly shares the beauty of a sunrise at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. Standing atop one of the rocks Ansel Adams made famous in his Monument Valley images, the couple views the sun rising behind the iconic Mittens formations. Monument Valley (Navajo: Tse Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation.. Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930's. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his best-known Western films, and thus, in the words of critic Keith Phipps, "its five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West." Monument Valley provides perhaps the most enduring images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and buttes, surrounded by empty, sandy desert, have been filmed and photographed countless times over the years for movies, advertisements and calendars. Because of this, the area may seem quite familiar, even on a first visit, but it is soon evident that the natural colors really are as bright and deep as those in all the pictures. The valley is not a valley in the conventional sense, but rather a wide flat, sometimes desolate landscape, interrupted by the crumbling formations rising hundreds of feet into the air, the last remnants of the sandstone layers that once covered the entire region. This image is also available as a triptyph.
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CONTEST WINS:
FIRST PLACE:
-WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW Contest - 1/8/2016
-NIGHTSCAPES Contest - 8/21/2015; First Place out of 559 entries.
-PHOTOGRAPHY DAY IS 19 AUG 2015 Contest - 8/8/2015
SECOND PLACE:
-BEST OF ROMANCE AND LOVE Contest - 2/5/2016
-LOVE AND DESIRE Contest - 1/11/2016
-ROMANTIC PHOTOGRAPHS Contest- 8/3/2015
THIRD PLACE:
-BEST ROMANTIC PHOTOGRAPH - PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE Contest - 2/15/2016
-AUGUST LOGO Contest - 8/4/2015
THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS FOR FEATURING THIS IMAGE:
-Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group - 7/23/2015
-I Love Photography Group - 7/24/2015
-Orange - Yellow - Red Photos and Paints Group - 7/24/2015
-Beauty Group - 7/24/2015
-Arizona Images - For Sale Group - 7/24/2015
-Landscape and Landmark Photography Group - 7/24/2015
-Greeting Cards For All Occasions Group - 7/24/2015
-Photographic Art Group - 7/24/2015
-Art - It Is Good For You Group - 7/24/2015
-Pleasing the Eye Group - 7/24/2015
-Just Northern Arizona Photography Group - 7/24/2015
-Color Wonderful Photography Group - 7/25/2015
-Sun Rays and Light Group - 7/25/2015
-Waiting Room Art Group - 7/25/2015
-The Magic Hours Group - 7/25/2015
-Out of the Ordinary Group - 7/27/2015
-T100 Appreciating Quality Works From All Mediums Group - 7/27/2915
-Afternoon and Dawn Group - 7/29/2015
-Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife Group - 7/30/2015
-Art of Arizona Group - 8/1/2015
-Todays Best Art Group - 8/4/2015
-Sunsets Sunrises Nights Moonshots Group - 10/2/2015
-Any Native American Nation or Reservation Group - 10/4/2015
-500 Views Group - 2/21/2016
-Silhouettes Group - 11/20/2016
-USA Photographers Only Group - 11/23/2016
-Lady Photographers and Artists Group - 11/25/2016
-Visions of the Night Group - 11/26/2016
-1000 Views on 1 Image Group - 1/3/2017
-Artist News Group - 1/7/2017
-the Artistic Photographer Group - 1/8/2017
-10 Plus Group - 1/9/2017
-Shadows Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors Group - 3/19/2018
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Comments (47)
Robert C Paulson Jr
Exquisite in tone, processing, positioning, and content and "story." Congratulations!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will be posted to our group Pinterest Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “Featured Images – March 2018” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan
KAREN WILES
CONGRATULATIONS PRISCILLA on WINNING FIRST PLACE in the WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW Competition!!!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p