Fiery Furnace

My wife and I spent the weekend in Moab with some friends and ~ 5,000 runners....

For the most part, I was shooting when the light sucked and doing other things when the light was great.

Here's one of the Fiery Furnace. I liked the textures and variety of colors.

Here's another from the Green River Overlook in heavy overcast conditions - I tried to make the best of it.

I like your different take on the Fiery Furnace, Dave. Those mini-badlands have always intrigued me. I like the painterly look of the Green River Overlook photo, too. I do wish all of the White Rim had been included, though. That small section cropped off on the left is slightly distracting. Hope you had a nice time here!

The jury is in: Cloudy light at Green River overlook is MUCH better than blue sky. I love that shot, Dave! Absolutely incredible. I love the textures in the first one, too.

Dave your Green River Overlook shot is awesome! I like your unique take on it, and I don't think you could have asked for better light here... the soft colors are very nice.

Thanks Folks,

I tried a whole bunch of comps to exclude the white sky that was totally obscuring the mountains and had to make the choice of leaving some of the White Rim out. This BW conversion was from Grandview looking towards the Abajo Mountains as the clouds were just starting to lift. The snow fingers are just touching the mountains.

Really love the Green River overlook shot - great soft light, no sky, and I love the way the canyon and water really snake their way back into the frame. Nice shot!

All the shots are great! Soft light rules out there. Your B&W is tops!

Ken

Both of these are really nice Dave.

Mel-

I like the Green River Overlook a lot !!!!!

Thanks

Nice shots Dave! Id reduce the contrast slightly in the first.

Very nice Dave! The Fiery Furance kind of looks like The Needles in Canyonlands. I also like hte Gren River image as well.