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Title
Salt Lake City Temple Sunset
Artist
Kirk Strickland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
The setting sun emblazons the sky west of the LDS (Mormon) Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. The silhouetted symmetry of the spires rising in stark relief against this fiery backdrop suggests intense worship and devotion. Because this photograph was taken in late summer, the sun sets latitudinally more to the north. This places it, in relation to the vantage point of this photo, directly over the Great Salt Lake west of the city and causes sunlight to refract upward from the lake's surface to an extent greater than over land. Depending on how much moisture is in the sky at "golden hour," this phenomenon can create some spectacular sky-works.
I captured this striking silhouette by standing in the middle of the road on 1st Avenue which runs directly eastward from the LDS Church Office Building and Temple Square. Fortunately, as evidenced by the late evening sky, rush hour had ended so there was not much traffic on 1st Avenue to impede me in getting this shot.
As anyone who frequents this area of Salt Lake City knows, 1st Avenue rises rather abruptly east of State Street affording me an almost level angle--altitude-wise--of the temple spires. Those familiar with the location will also realize that the slope of the hill on 1st Avenue is a considerable distance away from the location of the Temple. For this reason, I used a 350mm telephoto lens on an early model Canon DSLR camera which, because of a 1.6 magnification factor, made the lens equivalent to a 560mm telephoto.
Even though I have upgraded much of my equipment since capturing this image, I must admit that I could not get a shot like this using my present camera and accessories--no matter how much more technologically advanced. In retrospect, a lot of elements had to come together to achieve this image.
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June 8th, 2013
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Burnaby, BC - Canada
Wonderful fairytale like feel to those silhouetted spires. The colours are gorgeous. L
Smithfield, VA - United States
KIRK, I am sorry I misspelled your name. It was just a typo. Please forgive me KIRK.
Smithfield, VA - United States
Kird, Oh, this is specatcular. Love the contrasts between the black and the other amazing colors. The composition is perfect. Fabulous. F/V
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