Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, Carlsbad Cavern. Carlsbad…
back lit formations are the hardest to photograph. The light areas are burned out or the shadows are two strong. Multiple exposures blended helps. www.flickr.com/photos/samurai_cat/201455314/ shows you what only one exposure gets.
I thought this was one of the most beautiful rock formations in Carlsbad. They called this The Chandelier. A park ranger told me that it was the largest formations of it's kind, in the world. It hung 30-40 feet down from the ceiling. I shot it with the light directly behind it, so it was backlit. You can see, by the way they appear to glow, that some of the rock is so thin and delicate, the light is actually shining through the rock.
