The Fire Wave

Looks like you had some nice skies at the Bacon Wave. The composition works for me, but I do feel the shadow tones are a bit muddy, especially along the horizon and near the sun. Maybe some of this is from some strong shadow recovery. Also, the foreground seems a bit bright compared to the rest of the scene.

Great looking scene! I hope to get out into those areas sometime in the next year or two, for obvious reasons.

I think the foreground might be a tad bit bright and the background a tad bit dark for a natural look. Just a slight alteration to each and I think this shots will really sing!

Thanks for sharing Mark!

Edit: I see Ben mentioned the exact same thing while I was typing.

Nice comp here and it looks like the sky cooperated. Ben and Johan made some valid points and I do agree with them. However, to me the yellow in the sky looks off and out of context with the rest of the scene. I think reducing the yellow and pushing the orange and reds a little in the sky will make this appear more natural along with the suggestions from Ben and Johan. Definitely worth working to perfect!

I love this part of our country. You captured it beautifully. The sun rays are exquisite.

lovely shot Brodkin, i like the composition

good work

I like your perspective. My only wish would be for a little more contrast throughout. Beautiful sky.

I actually don't mind the bright foreground areas as it really shows off the sandstone, even if it does sacrifice a natural look to some degree. My main critique of this otherwise amazing scene is that the sky is looking quite a bit too green/yellow for the light, and I would make shifts toward magenta and red as Peter notes.

I agree with what has been stated. It is a strong image and would be worth tweaking to get it right.

Shane

Nice flow through the foreground and lovely sky in this Mark. Very well composed and I agree with Ben and Johan's comments. Beautiful image.

Thank you all for your comments. I reprocessed the image with your suggestions and am really pleased with the result. Here is the revised image...

What an improvement with the revised version! I would back off just a bit on the exposure so you're not completely blowing out your highlights in the sky and would also add a bit more contrast. Real nice image Mark.