Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Large Subjects
Every time “bigness” comes up in a photography challenge, I default to the biggest thing I ever photographed and which has ever since pretty much defined “big” for me.
The Grand Canyon. I know. Not exactly an obscure subject, but it is … well … so very vast. I felt my camera was utterly inadequate to the task of showing how huge and magnificent this canyon is. Known lovingly and locally as “The Big Hole,” you’d need a fleet of cameras — preferably video — to capture it. I am not sure anything but standing and seeing with your own eyes could do it justice.
Here are my best efforts.
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SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
Arizona’s up tomorrow on Awakenings. Got a great video of Grand Canyon! Breathtaking!
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Video is better than stills. Hard to capture anything THAT big on stills. Everyone tries anyway. It’s breathtaking.
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Great pics, well done. I’ve been there and taken photos but they didn’t capture its grandness.
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Don’t feel bad. I doubt it’s possible to capture it. It’s hard to even SEE it … much less take a picture that really “gets” it!
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The Grand Canyon … truly a stunning place. Yet frustrating for me – as it seems so inaccessible. I want to go in there and explore – maybe find some place that nobody has ever been before …
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It isn’t illegal or impossible. I don’t think there’s any law preventing you from going into the canyon on foot … But not a great idea unless you know what you are doing. Young, strong, and local. For everyone else, it’s potentially slow death while lost, starving and thirsty. You can go down on a donkey — which I always wanted to do. We were a bit long in the tooth to try that. Know thine own arthritic spine. Some stuff is best left to the young. Or at least young-er.
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Wow! Good job. I especially like the first one. The colors and shapes show up so well.
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Thank you 🙂 I tried.
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Hi my friends!
I’m from Greece and I love very much the Grand Canyon of Arizona!
Here is my site about Arizona of my heart… http://arizonaofmyheart.wordpress.com/ and here is my all sites http://gkiouzelis.wordpress.com.
Also I wrote a poem about Grand Canyon:
GRAND GUIGNOL
When you are in
the desert and
the closest railway station
is so far away …
When night falls
and darkness of your heart
with every grand guignol
grope you…
When you feel caged
in a deep cave
with steep ravine
into the depths of your heart,
into the depths of the earth …
Then God loving
with rope hanging in the void
and every grand guignol
converts in a
beautiful Grand Canyon …!
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The Grand Canyon is one of the most magnificent and unique places on earth. Not the only one, but definitely something special. Awe-inspiring and I am very glad I had the opportunity to see it.
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You totally did the “Big Hole” justice, Marilyn! It made wish my computer screen was bigger. I have had a few different trips to the Grand Canyon and I think it is one place that always has a little piece of you.
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It was one of those times when I so wished I had a REALLY wide angle lens. I’m not sure what would be wide enough, though. Even your eyes aren’t wide enough. You have to keep turning around to see another part. One of those tourist stops that do NOT disappoint you! I didn’t want to leave. How about those birds flying BELOW you in the Canyon? Talk about amazing!
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Yes, the birds ARE amazing. I have always wanted to take the burro ride down into the canyon but have lacked courage. Maybe someday!
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Well, it’s hard to beat that…Beautiful pictures!
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Thanks. There must be a million photographs … great photos … of the Grand Canyon. Mine are okay. All things considered 🙂
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I would say you mailed the BIG topic. I adore your photos. Thanks for playing!
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I figured that as BIG goes, there isn’t anything a whole lot bigger, at least not on earth … discounting mountain ranges, Mt. Everest et al. So at least I have the biggest big subject if not the best pictures 🙂
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Pretty good effort!
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Thank you. I tried. It is a very very difficult subject to shoot. Better photographers than I have been defeated. The best pictures I have seen were video, not stills.
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The Grand Canyon is almost too big to comprehend. The first time I went was on a family trip. We parked and walked to the ledge. We stood there for a while, and my dad said, “That’s a big hole.” We all agreed. Then, he asked, “Ready to go?” We all agreed. On our trips, we didn’t stay in one spot very long.
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It is overwhelming. And grand. The layers of color and texture and everything. I’m not sure that it is something one can truly capture. I think you have to stand there and say “Wow. That’s … immense.”
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