No, the horizon does not need to be straightened. The landscape (and the road, a little) was tilted just like that.
I recently spent 3 days in eastern Oregon, visiting John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. I’ve written a story about my stay that will be published in the National Parks Traveler sometime in April.
As for eastern Oregon, itself, I can tell you the scenery is stunning and the geology is amazing, as you can see in this image.
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Here’s a little bit of trivia for you on this Fun Fact Friday:
Workers blasted through 5,613 feet of vertical sandstone rock to create the 1.1-mile Mt. Carmel tunnel on the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway in Zion National Park. There is, indeed, light at the end of the tunnel and it’s spectacular.
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I had reached the Washington Pass Overlook and was dying to get out to photograph the view and stretch my legs. So, I hefted a camera with a wide-angle lens and another camera with the 100-400mm lens both around my neck (I;m used to doing this from my past experience photographing weddings) and trod up the trail to the part of the view looking back down along the North Cascades Highway (opposite view from the previous posts). One of the first things that caught my eye, after taking in the view, was a little “knob” I saw on top of that second tree to your left. I couldn’t figure out if that was a tiny birdy or just a part of the tree, itself. When I looked through the telephoto lens, I saw that it was indeed a little bird. I have no idea what it is called (other than “bird”). Anybody know about birds in the West and Northwest?
Anyway, this is a good example of how being observant not only creates good photo ops, but also makes you a better photographer in general. I mean, how many other people standing up there even noticed there was this little bird waaaaay up on that tall tree?
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