Royal Rays

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 11, 2014505 views19 comments

Unfortunately, I missed the recent party of NPNers at the North Rim. I was there the week before, however, and was happy to get some very nice light and clouds one evening at Cape Royal. For this image I blended 2 exposures for the sky with another for the terrain. Your thoughts?

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on September 11, 2014 at 2:18 AM

Very cool, Jared. I really like the intense feel of this shot, I was there this past weekend and am overwhelmed by the scale of the canyon. It is had to really portray the scope of the place. I appreciate what you have done here. Bravo

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on September 11, 2014 at 2:44 AM

Absolutely gorgeous photo Jared. I can't see any evidence of the blend. love it.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on September 11, 2014 at 5:25 AM

Well this is pretty badass. Killer light.

aF

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 11, 2014 at 8:03 AM

Beautiful scene, image and presentation. The blend looks perfect to me. No suggestions.

We must have been there at about the same time.

pat

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 11, 2014 at 9:07 AM

Really sweet light. Great composition. No nits at all, this is just a great over all image.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on September 11, 2014 at 10:02 AM

Gorgeous in every way Jared.
John

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on September 11, 2014 at 10:30 AM

Really gorgeous balance to your canyon lighting in this blend Jared. Excellent result.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on September 11, 2014 at 10:49 AM

Beautiful light through the scene and a wonderful comp Jared. And I really like the sky in this also. A great job of controlling the DR in the scene and great processing. Another wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on September 11, 2014 at 12:29 PM

Sweet light and the processing looks perfect, Jared. You can not go wrong with those rays and they compliment the drama in the sky beautifully.

Ed

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on September 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM

Love the depth here Jared, the comp you chose with that diagonal view looking down the canyon to those distant sun rays leads my eye right through the scene. The blend looks great as well. If I had one tiny nit it would be for that butte on the left to be above the horizon line instead of being even with it. Not a deal breaker by any means, and I'm guessing it might not have been possible. Excellent scene with great processing!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 11, 2014 at 5:15 PM

Lovely! Classic Grand Canyon.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on September 11, 2014 at 9:47 PM

works very well , congrats on the shot, Jared.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 12, 2014 at 5:03 AM

Awesome display of light here Jared!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 12, 2014 at 3:14 PM

Lovely light and nice detail. I like this a lot.

--P

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 12, 2014 at 3:29 PM

Lovely light and view here, Jared! The light on the wall coming in from the left makes a great leading line. The blending looks fine.

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Comment posted by Michael Cothran on September 12, 2014 at 7:14 PM

Ideal, in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 13, 2014 at 5:21 PM

Wow!!! This is fantastic, Jared. Beautiful scene and that light is amazing.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 15, 2014 at 1:38 PM

Gorgeous light and image Jared. Love the pov in this as well. Just superb.

pat

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on September 15, 2014 at 9:45 PM

Jared, one of the best views in the Canyon and well captured and blended. My nits would be that the sky in the lower center looks a little grey-browned (needs to be more blue, imo), and maybe darken the sunlit ridge on the far left edge

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