Colorado River + Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 5, 2011122 views6 comments

Last May we were in the Moab, UT area for a few days. We camped up the canyon along the Colorado River at a BLM camp ground. This is a view up the river just below our camp site at sunset. The fine red sand was brutal when the wind was blowing. The sand got into the zippers of our tent and ruined them. We have since bought a new tent. Other then that it was a great trip.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1.5 sec
Aperture f22
ISO 100
17mm
Tripod
Adjustments made in PSE9

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 5, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Pretty light. My thought would be to maybe go even more pano with this, focusing on the cliffs with less water.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on July 5, 2011 at 9:58 PM

I like the glowing light here Richard. Looks like a fantastic place for a camp. I agree with Tony's suggestion about cropping out some of the water.

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Comment posted by Jake Case on July 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM

I also agree about the crop. The upper 1/3 of the water has a nice subtle reflection and texture, but the bottom 2/3 of the water isn't nearly as attractive. Maybe also burn the sky some to bring out some texture and contrast up there. That's some really nice light on the cliffs though.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on July 6, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Here is a repost of this image as a pano. I appreciate everyones input. All comments are welcome.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM

Yeah, I like the pano better. Nice shot and I like the color.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 7, 2011 at 7:59 PM

I'll go against the pano idea and say I like it better as is. I think this must have been an awesome experience and I think the photo is good.

I think these kinds of experiences are really hard to relay in photo and maybe with sky interest (clouds) the scene would be enhanced a bit.

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