Dawn over Pinto Basin

Editing notesThe image is a composite of 2 images taken on the morning of April 27, 2022 at the Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park. I used an Olympus E-M1 Mark II with a 12-40mm zoom lens at 16mm. For the sky, the image was 4s at f/3.2 ISO 800, while the foreground was 2.5s at f/4, ISO 400. I enhanced the foreground using dynamic contrast, and removed some distracting road signs. The color of the sky was enhanced, and some additional contrast using curves was applied between the light and the dark portions of the sky.

• E-M1MarkII
• ƒ/3.2
• 16mm
• ISO 800
• 4/1 sec