Competition entry: Devil Tower National Monument
Devil Tower National Monument by Brian Narveson
2023 March Competition - A Open
37 points - Hon. Mention
Judges' comments:
Powerful image; nice lighting; might clone out branches on upper left
Maker's notes:

This image was shot at Devils Tower National Monument just before sunset in August 2022.  My Canon 7D MarkII was handheld with a 18-135mm zoom.  Camera was set on aperture priority with ISO 400 and f/8.  Resulting exposure time was1/80 sec.   Exposure bias was set to -1.3 stop.  Lens was set at 22mm.   Because I was so close to the monument I had to be vertically transformed in Lightroom Classic to keep the trees straight.