Zion morning

The Zion upper plateau is a great place to wander and explore, and find interesting and colorful scenes like this, Kathy. Looks very clean for iso 1000. Very nice.

I really like this. The comp is really nice with the strong FG element giving the scene depth.

The well worn sentinel on the right makes a fine focal point here, Kathy.  The rest of the scene creates a strong sense of place with the tree and the big ridge behind helping to keep my eyes exploring the entire image.

Hi,

Never got a chance to head to Zion on our Western trip. Nice comp and a good range of colors  I guess the only improvement that could be made is to shoot this scene at a lower Iso. But you did darn well with the camera set at 1000. well done..................Jim

Nice view of this area.  The light is nice and the comp has good focal points.

Kathy,

The light here is just beautiful; I just love it early in the day - or of course even better late in the day (for some reason I've always thought late, afternoon light was warmer...) 

I really love the balance in your composition.  Ironically, I just commented on Igor's "regal" tree image and I must say that this horizontal comp also has some bold, grand, and  towering characteristics, yet is not a vertical format... ;-)  However, I think the  horizontal format here also has some gentleness to it; a grace, showing off the shapes, shadows and lines, as you described.

Processing is beautiful and I have no nits or suggestions.  Fabulous landscape image.

Lon

All of the elements lead to the large butte nicely. Great job at the high lap. When exposed properly, the higher lap not too big of a problem. 

Nicely done, Kathy.  One of my favorite spots in the park.  If you keep going back that drainage, the crowds thin out quickly.  

My last trip to Zion was completely spent on the east side to get some solitude. We set up camp a couple of miles from the road and then went back to the truck the next day to retrieve more water (and a couple of cans of beer ;-) so we could spend another night camping. I'm not sure if I will ever go back to the valley there again based on what I saw.

This image perfectly sums up the experience as I remember it with a nice arrangement of elements, perfectly spaced. My only nit might be with the color/saturation of the sky. I might try a skosh more magenta as an experiment there... then again it could be just my monitor! (There's also a small dust bunny in the LRC of the sky.)

I love to walk around a place like this without my tripod and just do what I call "jazz" photography instead of being tethered to the limits of my equipment particularly the height of the tripod.

Fascinating formation on the right, and it leads into the rest of the scene with a nice flow. Nice to have some space in an area where the crowds can be throttling!

Kathy, What a great view this is! An image that is quite enjoyable to view and also makes me think I would love to go here. 

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

I like your comp with the pot-holed rock on the right balancing the tree and mesa.  Maybe just a smidgen more space on the right to give the base of that rock some room?  Processing looks very natural for color and contrast, but maybe just a tint of cyan to remove that I see in the clouds and white rock.  This image has me wanting to head to Zion.

The rock by itself is an interesting subject but the rock juxtaposed with the mountain and smaller versions of it is a different theme. I can almost picture you moving closer and further, left and right, lowering the camera or not - all to create an arrangement that captures the essence of the place. I think the decision to shoot this close to the subject was a good one. A wider lens setting would have been an interesting perspective as well. Beautiful natural colors. The rock itself is fascinating.