Mountain 36

Original photograph by Alex Yu

Mexican hat

Date
2005 May
Location
Mexican Hat, Arizona
Equipment
Fuji FinePix Pro S2
Note
The Mexican hat as shown in the picture is a 2500-ton of rock. People said that it looks like an upside down Mexican hat. The "Mexican hat" is so famous that a town is named after this landmark.
Original photograph by Alex Yu

Twin tower

Equipment
Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n
Location
Near Monument valley, Arizona
Note
I employed a classical technique to construct the composition of this photo: The plant in the foreground leads your eyes into the subject.
Original photograph by Alex Yu

Three temples

Location
Valley of the God, Arizona
Equipment
Fuji FinePix Pro S2
Note
You can tell that this picture was captured during the sunset. Actually I had left the Valley of the God and was driving on a one-lane road. This brief moment was a very small window of opportunity, but there was no pull-out area. Hence, I stopped the car on the road, rolled down the window, set the camera's ISO to 800, and took this picture without a tripod and a cable release.
Original photograph by Alex Yu

Painting by God

Location
Near Valley of the God, Arizona
Note
After I had left the Valley of the God, I saw this unusual formation of hills. Usually layers of mountains or hills are horizontal, but this one has irregular patterns of layers.