by D.A. Edwards
Another image from behind Checkerboard Mesa just as the sun was setting. This one seems to flow better... down from the left red streaks through the sunlit trees and back up to the right red bits with some interesting buttresses along the way. Critique always welcome!
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9 commentsI am liking this one a whole lot more. I really like the last warm light and the mixed light on the trees. It gives the image a nice, evening relaxing mood. I did a scroll crop to eliminate the top trees, but I can't decide which way I like it better. So either one works.
That patch of warm light is really lovely. I read Harley's comment about cropping the top a bit and to me they too work equally well. Nicely done!
I love the warm light the play of light and shadows. Love the feeling of the image. I would prefer to crop a bit from the top to eliminate the trees. Thinks the comp then would even be stronger. But beautiful image as is
Beautiful patch of light, in the perfect spot. Re. cropping the top, I'm on the fence. Eliminating the tress is a plus, but losing the top of the cliffs is a minus. Where was your jet pack to get a perspective from higher up???
Cropping the top is a good idea. But not so agressive that the rock face is sliced by frame. Keep a small portion of tree line so that the frame reaches the reddish line. It's a small adjustment but looks to be significant.
The various tones and especially the touch of spotlighting work well at keeping my eyes moving around the frame here, Dave. This is nicely gentle as well as very interesting. Funny thing about viewers...I'm thinking that cropping about half of the unlit trees at the bottom adds a slightly more dynamic feel to this, while having no problem with the trees at the top. But I like it very well as presented.
That's what I was actually expecting, Mark, that viewers would suggest cropping from the bottom, not the top!
Attached is a crop from both edges so everyone should be happy
Haha, no cropping for me! The comp works very well for me as it is. The lighter patch of trees is very nice, especially in the larger version. Nice colors in the rocks also, soft yellow and orangy colors.
Hi Dave,
The light is sweetly shining donwn and illuminating those trees beautifully, and I like the crop you have posted. I am so fascinated by Zion's rock structurs, and with every post you make, I want to head back.
Nice work