Posted by Chuck Peacock on October 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
This is Pyramid Butte viewed from Dead Horse Point. It's a stitch of 8 vertical images.
Obviously this small size doesn't do it justice so here's a slightly larger version that may help some.
Any C&C welcome - specifically looking for cropping opinions.
Posted by Bret Edge on October 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM
That's some sweet light, Chuck. I like this a lot. Nice depth with the light and shadows. I'm not entirely sold on that little chunk of river in the LRH corner, though. I tried cropping it out but I like that even less.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 16, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Real fine light and shadows!
Bret has a good point. I find that by cropping the right side at a line starting at the point between the 'C' and 'H' in your name and going up to the end of that last finger of light on ridge makes a stronger composition.
As a fan of the stitched pano, I'm loving the crop. The shadows on the right add a lot of needed depth, which in return brings out the interest in the center of the image. This is a shot where shadows mean just as much as highlights. Highlights are sexy, especially with that light you found, however the shadows in this image complement the comp.
I love a wicked sunset shot where you can tell where the sun resides, and without the shadows, I'm not sure you could tell just how low that sun resides. Those are true colors with minimal post processing!
That's going to make a great large print. Beautiful light and color.
Posted by Eric Vaughan on October 17, 2009 at 7:16 AM
Nice shot Chuck, great light and I like the composition except I feel that river in bottom right corner just looks little out of place. But cropping it out doesn't help either, tough one.
Posted by Chuck Peacock on October 17, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Thanks for the comments guys.
I'm going back and forth on cropping the right side for just the reasons stated. I think it is a stronger comp w/ John's suggested crop but as is the photo tells more of a "story" so to speak, along the lines of what Kane is saying.
Posted by Arthur Lund on October 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Beautiful pano. We need to come up with a solution that will allow us to post a reasonably
sized pano here. If we need to pay some more for storage, so be it.
Art
Posted by Jesse Speer on October 18, 2009 at 11:54 PM
I like it as is, Chuck. And +1 on bigger file sizes.
Discussion
8 repliesObviously this small size doesn't do it justice so here's a slightly larger version that may help some.
Any C&C welcome - specifically looking for cropping opinions.
Bret has a good point. I find that by cropping the right side at a line starting at the point between the 'C' and 'H' in your name and going up to the end of that last finger of light on ridge makes a stronger composition.
As a fan of the stitched pano, I'm loving the crop. The shadows on the right add a lot of needed depth, which in return brings out the interest in the center of the image. This is a shot where shadows mean just as much as highlights. Highlights are sexy, especially with that light you found, however the shadows in this image complement the comp.
I love a wicked sunset shot where you can tell where the sun resides, and without the shadows, I'm not sure you could tell just how low that sun resides. Those are true colors with minimal post processing!
I'm going back and forth on cropping the right side for just the reasons stated. I think it is a stronger comp w/ John's suggested crop but as is the photo tells more of a "story" so to speak, along the lines of what Kane is saying.
sized pano here. If we need to pay some more for storage, so be it.
Art