Photo - Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

This national park is an interesting memorial to four of greatest presidents of the United States of America. It was a monumental undertaking by Gutzon Borglum who designed the sculpture and was in charge of the operation that created it. During the planning and construction from 1927 through 1941, adjustments had to be made to the setback of some of the heads due to weaknesses in the rock. Another major modification was the position of Jefferson who was originally going to be to the left of Washington.

Mount Rushmore - Left to right: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 49.1mm
Exposure: 1/400 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

A sculpture of the sculptor: Gutzon Borglum
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 39.1mm
Exposure: 1/50 second at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Mount Rushmore and flags
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 60.4mm
Exposure: 1/400 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Mount Rushmore - Washington through the trees
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 60.4mm
Exposure: 1/400 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Mount Rushmore through the trees
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 45.1mm
Exposure: 1/160 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Mount Rushmore - profile of Washington
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 60.4mm
Exposure: 1/400 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Photographer: Rick Scott
Date: March 13, 2013
Camera: Canon PowerShot G1 X digital camera
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 for raw conversion and image processing