Blue hour long exposure taken along the South Rim.
For this trip we stayed on the North Rim for two nights. Had been to south rim for one day before about 10 years ago on a bus tour from out of Sedona that was for sunset. Knowing how crowded it was and doing some research, figured a stay for couple days on the quiet side would be about perfect for the mid-point in this years vacation. It turned out to be perfect there, and we had one terrific time and lots of photos taken there too.
Prior to the two days at the G.C. North Rim, we were to be staying in Sedona for three days (and they were pretty glorious as well). As the trip approached and I did some more thinking about possible photo spots, it dawned on me that getting some sunrise shots from the South Rim would be fun ... it only meant that we had to get up at 2 am to drive to the south rim from Sedona.
Took some naps and planned it so this was possible. Hence it turned out that we arrived about an hour before sunrise allowing me to get set up here along the breezy rim. Was all alone at first here for the first couple captures ... then was joined by other photographers as the sunrise approached. Ended up being quite crowded by sunrise. By that time though I was already walking out along the rim for new spots to shoot from.
What is interesting in this blue hour photo is what appears to be lights from below if you look closely where the river and canyon make a "Y", right there in the V part of the Y.
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