Escalante Wilderness

A terrific comp Scott, love everything about your PP except the water and sand that the person is standing on, seems a bit over saturated. Also on my monitor the tree trunks have a fair amount of halo around them.

I like this scene Scott, there is a lot of interest throughout the entire image. There is a wonderful prehistoric feel to this composition as if you are entering the lost world and the Dinosaurs are on the other side. I see you captured the best side of your model.
Well done . . .

Scott, I generally don't comment on images of landscapes, because I don't take very many of those types of images, so I don't feel very knowledgable about them. However. after reading your post in the NPN Discussion Forum, I decided to take a look at this image and I'm glad that I did.
I like this image a lot! What I like most is the lighting and the way the light reflects off of the wet sand. I also think the comp is excellent and the man in the image gives a sense of scale and makes me think of hiking which is an activity that I enjoy.
I hope that you continue to participate in NPN. You've been an excellent moderator and participant.

Your fellow backpacker gives a great sense of scale in this version, I like it Scott.
Also makes it more inviting, it's easier to inject yourself into the scene.
Would love to go here for myself, well done & Merry Christmas to both you & your family!

I like everything about the image, especially the highlights in the stream. I'm wandering if the color in the arch on the left side is realistic, or was it really a little more saturated than this? I'd say its a once in a lifetime type image, at least it would be for me.

My initial reaction to the image was that the model appeared too bright standing as he is in front of the light source and should be more of a silhouette. Of course that reaction is probably from so many years of seeing like a camera and not as a human; i.e., camera sensors cannot in a single shot provide that much detail in an object that is lit from the front. Perhaps if he was 10 feet or so to the left he wouldn't dominate my perceptions of the image. So I guess one suggestion would be to darken the model and perhaps not have him so central in the frame. Everything else looks very natural to me.

I think some of the highlights are a bit fierce. The centralised subject seems to work quite well in this case, probably due to the nice framing within the large arch.

I don't know why exactly, but this leaves me somewhat lukewarm. I think I like the idea, but either the light or the processing seem to be just a little bit off. I don't know what this looks like in reality, but the white parts of the rock near center/top third (are they really this color?) are rather bright, and somewhat distracting. They give the whole shot an overexposed look. The greens are nice and punchy, and the reflected light in the stream is nice. But then, I wonder why your fellow backpacker is almost entirely grey (including legs). Also, the item hanging downwards from his backpack is somewhat distracting. I apologize if this sounds all very negative, as I said, I like the basic idea, but the result doesn't quite do it for me.