I have been lurking for sometime now and finally built the courage to post an image. Living in Utah, as many of you on the forum do,
affords me the opprtunity to visit and capture many beautiful places. I recently (1.5 yrs) picked up photography as a hobby to document to places I love.
Here's a shot of a sunlit Priest and the Rectory. A well known
formation in Castle Valley. Please let me know what you think.
I like too Jared. As Stan mentioned, the sky looks a little dark for the time of day. Maybe a hue left by a GND?
And welcome aboard.
Posted by Todd Caudle on January 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Welcome, dude! I agree on the sky, it looks murky. You could lighten it and add saturation and it'll rock. It's a cool shot, and everything other than sky looks nice. BTW, you've linked to a larger shot, but that larger shot falls within the dimension and file size guidelines here and could be posted. Feel free to do so.
Posted by Pam Colander on January 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Welcome Jared ! Nice capture with great light on the formations. I loved Castle Valley when I was there. It has a look of being fairly staright from the camera. Did you do much post processing on it?
Posted by Dan Walters on January 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Welcome to the forum. Like the light on top and you have some nice details in the shadows.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on January 23, 2010 at 4:48 PM
Welcome, Jared. Hope to see many more of your posts from my favorite state.
Great light on that ridge and you got the foreground just bright enough.
There are some rather noticeable sharpening halos on the ridgeline.
This may be due to JPEG compression, but you could probably back off on the sharpening just a bit.
Posted by Brian Jackson on January 23, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Cool shot and welcome!
Posted by Don George on January 23, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Welcome Jared. You sure live in a great place to hone your skills. Nice image and ditto the sky comments.
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15 repliesaffords me the opprtunity to visit and capture many beautiful places. I recently (1.5 yrs) picked up photography as a hobby to document to places I love.
Here's a shot of a sunlit Priest and the Rectory. A well known
formation in Castle Valley. Please let me know what you think.
Link to larger shot:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BzOSSGD2TSI/S1s9kHpkH6I/AAAAAAAABH0/RDuh_7uidGE/s1600-h/moab_3_formations_JC.jpg
Olympus E410
1/3 s
f/11
ISO 100
Cheers,
Jared
And welcome aboard.
Great light on that ridge and you got the foreground just bright enough.
There are some rather noticeable sharpening halos on the ridgeline.
This may be due to JPEG compression, but you could probably back off on the sharpening just a bit.
Bill Brennan