Layered ridgelines of the Grand Canyon fading into morning haze, with O'Neill Butte seen from Hopi Point at sunrise.

Where Ridges Dissolve

Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, AZ

I stopped at Hopi Point on a morning hike to catch the sun coming up over O'Neill Butte. The light was doing the thing I love - stacking the ridgelines into receding layers as the haze separated each one. I reached for 77mm to compress those layers and let the butte sit as the anchor among them. It's a quiet, almost abstract way to photograph a place most people shoot wide.

Nikon Z 7_2 · NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S · 77mm · f/11 · 1/320 · ISO 31

May 28, 2026

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