As Darkness Falls

Woow! Stunning image! Perfect balance of the brightness of the sky and ground and I like the composition also.
Wish to see a larger version.

Great spot. The wall-framed view is perfect.

Wow! One of the cooler Milky way shots ive seen--very nice!
Coincidentally, the music i mention in my post below is being recorded at a studio in Beulah--i bet you know who is engineering it.

Very unique, love it!

No way, Stan! That is my uncle and cousin's place! Small world! But how did you connect me to them?

One of the best GC images I have seen. Great comp and love the night sky here. Glad to see your work spring up again.

Wow! This is awesome! Really enjoying this Colin.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

This is really nice. It has great balance and the color is perfect for this. The remaining detail in the twilight on the rocks is perfect any more or less and it would be "off". The only thing I would want is to see it large!

...how did you connect me to them?

Steve knows i do photography, so he showed me your calendar, and i remembered your name from NPN.

Beautiful Colin! Very well processed IMO.

Excellent, Colin. Excellent framing and perfect light.

Wonderful! Really exquisite!

Still ridiculous...

Wonderful image! It's nice to see a new perspective at the Grand Canyon and the Milky Way is icing on the cake! Well done!!

Right on, Stan. That's pretty funny. Small world.

Thanks for your comments everyone. I would upload a larger one, but they limit me to 300kb. Is there a way around that?

Awesome image Colin. The comp here is just about perfect. Well done.

This one's special Colin. I love the touch the Milky Way adds to this scene. I bet it was amazing to be there and shoot this. (LOL at your potty breaks.)

Great composition - I like the foreground layer and the river leading towards the Milky Way. My only nit concerns the saturation of the sky; for me it's way too blue. When it's dark enough to see the Milky Way, there usually is very little color in the sky.

Marsel van Oosten, I understand your concern. However, I shot this just as the Milky Way became visible so dusk from the setting sun still lingered and colored the sky. This was taken literally 2 min. after the Milky Way could first be seen. Within 10 minutes, the sky was black. Hope that clears it up.

Great composite. It really speaks to the timelessness of the Canyon and the stars. The v frame and long look at the river are really fine.

Colin,

Excellent night image and of course the Milky Way. Great job framing and also I think the shadow/detail is appropriate for the time of day, so a little dark is a-ok here.

Hard to me to critique the color since I wasn't there, but I'm leaning towards agreeing with Marsel. The reason I say that is not necessarily due to the sky, but the very far mountain ridge is quite blue as well. A little clue about too much blue - hey, it rhymes. Of course, it's all personal choice and honestly it's not detrimental, more of an observation.

Oh, also wanted to mention that even though the horizon splits the frame (50/50,) this still looks and feels like a very nicely balanced image and a great example of how rules (50/50) just don't always apply.

Lastly, the river and reflection of color really to this one off.

Lon

Well done Colin! I like the framing of the wall opening.

Awesome twilight image, Colin, the "V" of rock creates a wonderful jumping off point to the canyon below. Congrats on finding this spot!