Outcrops

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 2, 2016122 views8 comments

This might have been good for that rock outcrop WC a few weeks ago. Behind Checkerboard Mesa in Zion NP, we camped on the rock on top of this outcrop which had this fascinating little peaklet full of honey-combed sandstone. (I'll post a bit of that over in the Close-up gallery.) This was after sunrise with the sun behind some clouds. I liked all of the diagonals in different colors.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on February 2, 2016 at 3:52 PM

Well composed. Nice interplay between the close stripes and far.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on February 2, 2016 at 4:14 PM

Dave,
Well seen and constructed composition. I find the color palate and textures appealing. Not sure if this a compression issue but the back mountainside looks a little soft on my monitor.

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on February 2, 2016 at 6:46 PM

I agree David that the BG mountain is a little soft. I generally am not fussed by things that far away needing to be tack sharp as long as the FG subject matter at a few feet away is adequately sharp. Probably due to seeing the world through 60+ year old, near-sighted eyes.

In fact it wouldn't bother me I had produced an image here where the BG was even slightly more OOF. Just a personal thing, YMMV of course and I love your images with their impeccable sharpness throughout.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on February 2, 2016 at 9:12 PM

I too like the diagonal bands of color in this scene, Dave. Looks like a great place to camp. My only suggestion would be to dial the cyan back a touch.

Ed

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 2, 2016 at 9:15 PM

Nice tension between the fore and back, but I am not sure this one is working for me. I can't quite describe it, but it almost feels to me like the front and back are from two different images. That probably doesn't make much sense, but I can't quite articulate it better.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on February 3, 2016 at 1:25 AM

Looks like a nice place to camp Dave. I Ike the image a lot although the suggestion to reduce to cyan a little might be worth a shot. The color cast between the fore and back grounds due look to be a little at odds, but the light in Zion can be pretty amazing.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on February 3, 2016 at 3:38 AM

I agree with Harley's observation about the appearance of superimposition of one subject over the other. I think that's because there isn't a continuum between the two. Your idea of having the background more oof would resolve that by telling the viewer what's more important.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 6, 2016 at 11:26 AM

Bit of an unusual comp, which works great for me! The two colors of rock works nice together, and the clear blue sky makes sure that the desert feeling is there.

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