[Daily Photo] Endless badlands / 一望無際的惡地地形

We were visiting Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA. Just as the name says, there are badlands everywhere. You definitely don't want to get lost in one of the valleys in this photo.

放眼望去盡是無邊的惡地。(攝於美國南達科塔州惡地國家公園)

[Daily Photo] Mt. Rushmore

This photo is a closeup view of Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota. I took this photo from the parking lot with my telephoto lens. Sculptures from left to right are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

[Daily Photo] Badlands National Park

I took this photo in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Amazing view, isn't it? It's a pity that we visited this park in a hurry,  so I didn't have a chance to shoot a sunset view of Badlands, and we had to chose three of the shortest trails to hike. I think next time if I travel alone, I may spend more time here, walking through all trails and searching for more spectacular views.

[Daily Photo] Mt. Rushmore

This is the famous Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. These four sculptures of heads of United States presidents from left to right are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial is an easy place to visit. You don't need to walk far to see this signature view. I took this photo from the parking lot.

[Daily Photo] Skeleton Man walking Skeleton Dinosaur

We were on Highway I-90 westbound in Murdo, South Dakota on our way to Yellowstone. I was sitting in the back seat of the car with my camera in my hand, ready to take a picture of something interesting on the roadside. And I saw this strange artwork. I didn't know if it was an advertisement or just someone's artwork. We didn't want to park our car on the roadside to take this picture, so I had to shoot inside the car which was moving at 80+ MPH. I'd like to talk about how to take a photo in this situation. The most important parameter is the shutter speed, if it is too slow, there will be motion blur all over the photo. I suggest using a shutter speed faster than 1/1000 sec. There are two ways to achieve this, using a larger aperture or boosting the ISO. Because I wanted to keep everything in focus, I boosted the ISO to 1000 and kept  the aperture of F9.0. By these settings, I had the shutter speed of 1/3200 sec. I also suggest using the lens with vibration reduction (VR) function to prevent blur caused by hand-holding.

[Daily Photo] Badlands National Park

This photo was taken in the Badlands National Park, South Dakota. As you can see, there are badlands everywhere, no plants, no shelters.  We came there in summer. Even though I wore a safari-style hat all day, I got sunburn allover my neck. In this photo, the sky without any clouds looks a bit dull. Talking about composition, I think I should put more ground and less sky in this photo. But my original thought was to show you how hot the day was, so I took a large amount of blue sky into this photo.