Went to Moab for the Moab Photo Symposium, very much enjoyed the presentations but 4 days of clouds and rain was a bit much. Finally, on Monday morning was rewarded with clear skies, so made the drive to Dead Horse Point to view the sunset. Only 2 other photographers there, and shot a number of nice images during my first visit to the park. I have attached one of the images.
I would highly recommend the Symposium next year, really did enjoy it.
Also, per another discussion question, wild flowers were in full bloom and with the rains of last weekend, expect many more are now out!
I like the composition, and the contrasts with the shadows. On this monitor, the warmer colors look just slightly off. Also, the background is a bit blurred.
Stan, can tweak the warm colors down a touch by adjusting the red channel, actually helps the greens a touch. Didnt shoot a grey card as it was sunrise. Camera was set on auto white balance. As to background, think it must be the .jpg convert or touch of haze. Shot at 19mm @ f13 which calculates to infinite depth of field from 2.3 feet on (was focused around 6-8 feet on bush), and of course tripod mounted. So either everything should be a touch soft from camera movement, or must be .jpg convert unless thats some haze in distance. Looks sharp enough on raw image got me scratching my head on that! Lens was Nikon 17-55mm 2.8 which is a zoom but quite sharp.
One question for the group, does use of a polarizer decrease sharpness. I ususally do not use one, but did on this set of images as it helped saturate the rocks a bit better.... Ive often wondered if the polarizer decreases sharpness!
Pretty nice, Tim. I like the colors in the rock and reflection in the waer. I agree with Stan about the softness in the background - may not have had enough DOF. I doubt it's the polarizer as I would think it would have the same effect near and far, but the foreground looks sharper.
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7 repliesI would highly recommend the Symposium next year, really did enjoy it.
Also, per another discussion question, wild flowers were in full bloom and with the rains of last weekend, expect many more are now out!