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I call this one Westward Reflections

This is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri. Fun fact Gateway Arch National Park is America's smallest national park.

I was on a business trip last October/November to St. Louis so I was excited I would get to see and photograph the Arch. I did some research before my trip so I knew there was a pond somewhere on the grounds and I knew I wanted to get a reflection shot with the entire arch reflected in the pond. It took some finagling but I eventually got the composition I wanted. It helped I was shooting with the Sony 12-24 Gmaster. Without it IDK if I would have been able to get the entire reflection in the shot.

I shot for 2-3 hours in the same spot. This is a "time blend" of 2 photos. The clouds and trees/surrounding areas are from an earlier golden hour shot. The sunset colors and golden light reflecting on the Arch are from a later blue hour shot. I blended the 2 shots together using some of the techniques that Elia teaches in the PTW series. I have really learned a lot from the PTW series. Thanks for looking!

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