Superstition light + REPOST

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 14, 2011241 views14 comments

Awesome light show from a couple nights ago. Wish I had a better composition.

-Chikku

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Mat Malone on July 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM

Woooohooo that is some crazy light. I love the strong line of the lit clouds pointing towards the butte. The cactus is a great front focal point, too. Awesome.

The perspective distortion does bother me quite a bit though. But that's an easy fix.

Registered on December 15, 2008, 91 Posts, 882 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 14, 2011 at 3:41 PM

Everything Mat said. The distortion was the first thing that caught my eye. Straighten the saguaro and a bit more brightness would really do most of the work for you.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on July 14, 2011 at 6:19 PM

Great light! I would concur with the perspective fix suggestions.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 14, 2011 at 7:54 PM

Incredible light.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 14, 2011 at 7:58 PM

Awesome light Chikku! Great placement of the rocks in the background. Composition works fine for me. Sometimes different is good.

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 14, 2011 at 7:58 PM

Wonderful light and I like the comp, and will like it even more after you fix the distortion and brighten the foreground a little. A few dust spots in the sky to clean up, but a dramatic and compelling landscape image. Well done!

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on July 14, 2011 at 9:39 PM

Awesome light show indeed. This is a very well captured image...the processing and the colors look pretty well balance. While I am not a big fan of the foreground distortion the image came out pretty nicely.

-Jay

Registered on August 28, 2008, 87 Posts, 566 Comments

Comment posted by Chikku Baiju on July 14, 2011 at 10:09 PM

Thank you everyone for the feedback. Here is the version with the distortion fixed and the foreground a bit brighter.

Registered on January 9, 2010, 31 Posts, 246 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 14, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Even better. Very very kick ass now!

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by Yiming Hu on July 15, 2011 at 8:22 AM

The re-post looks much better. The shadow area can still open-up very slightly, IMHO, although I know it's a personal taste.

Registered on April 28, 2011, 38 Posts, 733 Comments

Comment posted by Jean Day on July 16, 2011 at 12:17 AM

I agree with the others on the saguaro an a little less dark. Love this place and you caught some great atmosphere.

Registered on April 10, 2011, 36 Posts, 306 Comments

Comment posted by dean hebert on July 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM

Beautiful light in the sky. Repost is much better.

Registered on August 4, 2010, 70 Posts, 1132 Comments

Comment posted by John Williams on July 16, 2011 at 9:18 PM

What a sky Chikku! The repost is great, and I'd crop a touch off the bottom.

Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on July 17, 2011 at 1:36 PM

Gorgeous light and great composition, repost works well with distortion fixed. I do wonder if there was something that prohibited you from including the base of the cactus in the foreground?

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments