Posted by Tim Buchanan on November 5, 2006 at 10:16 AM
Kansas is usually just a state you drive through to see something more interesting (sorry Wayne ), but while traveling to Moab with a group from our camera club, I took them by Monument Rocks in the west end of Kansas. I replaced the slightly blurry and overexposed moon with a fresh one taken separately.
Canon 20D
ISO 100
EF-S 10-22 @ 20mm
f/16 for 13 seconds
Thanks for looking!
Posted by Bill Dark on November 5, 2006 at 10:40 AM
Tim - It's always a pleasure to see your images from this area! Kansas does have some really interesting features - you just have to look a little harder.
I do like the reflection in this one (I don't think it was in any of your earlier posts), but I 've always really, really liked the b/w version. I also think the moon adds a nice element to the composition. The only nit I might have is the color of the sky. It appears that a polarizer caused some tonal variations that look slightly unnatural.
Hope you had a great trip...hope to see some more interesting stuff from west of Kansas
Posted by Tim Buchanan on November 5, 2006 at 11:00 AM
Thanks, Bill - I think we all had a pretty good time.
While I didn't use a polarizer, I did struggle to get a good conversion to JPG. The sky just didn't look good. I fixed it up as well as I could, but 8-bit just doesn't do justice to the original.
Posted by Ken Bachman on November 5, 2006 at 11:36 PM
Nice job on the reflection, Tim. I'm a little surprised to see it since it has been so dry in Kansas recently. When was this picture taken? There is something else though that was bothering me that I was not sure of until I looked back at some of my old slides. I haven't been to Monument rocks for a few years but I didn't remember that there was another rock formation to the west (far right hand side of your picture) of the keyhole. How did you manage that?
Posted by Tim Buchanan on November 6, 2006 at 12:25 AM
I took this picture near dusk on October 28 (just over a week ago). The heavy snows that hit Colorado the Thursday before that went through Kansas and dumped a lot of moisture. Even then, the puddles weren't that deep.
The picture you have here is from the west looking east, and is the same view I had, though I was looking more to the southeast and getting a hint of the eastern group of fins through the eye. I was in front of the formation just to the left of the eye in this picture. Against the rocks there was a small puddle that I could use to my advantage, but only when my tripod was nearly flat on the ground.
I really enjoy this photo. It really makes me want to get out and explore this place. Great exposure, and I like the tight comp on this one. You've really isolated the elements quite well, here. Well done.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on November 11, 2006 at 9:59 AM
Hey Tim, nice job on this one. I always seem to be in a hurry to get to Colorado or back home when passing this place and I've never stopped to take it in. Looks like I'll have to change that fact and when I do, I'll bring a bucket of water just to make sure!
Well executed shot. Thanks for enlightening me on interesting geology in my own state.
Discussion
6 repliesCanon 20D
ISO 100
EF-S 10-22 @ 20mm
f/16 for 13 seconds
Thanks for looking!
I do like the reflection in this one (I don't think it was in any of your earlier posts), but I 've always really, really liked the b/w version. I also think the moon adds a nice element to the composition. The only nit I might have is the color of the sky. It appears that a polarizer caused some tonal variations that look slightly unnatural.
Hope you had a great trip...hope to see some more interesting stuff from west of Kansas
While I didn't use a polarizer, I did struggle to get a good conversion to JPG. The sky just didn't look good. I fixed it up as well as I could, but 8-bit just doesn't do justice to the original.
The picture you have here is from the west looking east, and is the same view I had, though I was looking more to the southeast and getting a hint of the eastern group of fins through the eye. I was in front of the formation just to the left of the eye in this picture. Against the rocks there was a small puddle that I could use to my advantage, but only when my tripod was nearly flat on the ground.
Well executed shot. Thanks for enlightening me on interesting geology in my own state.