Just as a clarification, the image is a single exposure and I did minimal amount of processing (contrast, curves, dodging of the foreground rocks to even exposure, sharpening, sizing and cropping) and I did not mess with saturation since what nature gave me was pretty incredible to begin with. But as always I look forward to hearing what you think.
Hope to see you all tonight
Posted by Don George on January 30, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Very nice natural image. The sky colors are great. Its quite a hike but well worth the trip.
Posted by Pam Colander on January 30, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Only suggestion I have is to crop some of the sky and the right side so the LRC includes the red sandstone to the lower right of Delicate Arch. The right side as is looks a bit empty and unnecessary. I personally might boost the color sats just a bit. Tremendous shot Aleks! PS - is that link correct? I get a shot of a tiger....
Posted by Dan Walters on January 30, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Love the comp and the color in the clouds.
Posted by Jeff Hackett on January 30, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Very nice, love the color, your post processing looks good to me. I agree with Pamela's cropping possibilities also.
Posted by Todd Caudle on January 31, 2010 at 12:04 AM
Wow, where is this magical place?! I've never seen anything like it! Beautiful shot of this iconic place, Aleks. I love the colorful cotton candy in the sky and the cloud-topped distant peaks. My only problem is the dust spots all over the---oh wait, that's dirt on my monitor.
Posted by Jack Garrett on January 31, 2010 at 12:45 AM
Hey Todd...where were you tonite???? Aleks, this is a great shot...nice balance in the tones!! Your link doesn't seem to take me to the right place though.
Doh... sorry about that, I forgot to paste the link. It should work now Jack and thanks for pointing it out.
Posted by Jack Brauer on January 31, 2010 at 2:21 AM
Nice shots! The snow really adds to it. I could imagine a tighter crop (square maybe?) helping to enhance the arch photo.
The one time I've hiked to Delicate Arch, with a friend, I refused to bring my camera along. Of course when we were up there I wished I had it anyways... It wasn't as cool as this though!
Posted by Bret Edge on January 31, 2010 at 3:23 AM
Oh yeah, this is what I'm talkin' about! Beautiful photo, Aleks. Love the light and those gorgeous clouds. Glad you were able to witness this while you were here.
Posted by D J Kuklinski on January 31, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by Stan Rose on February 1, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Pretty shot and some great conditions--i gotta be honest and say the balance feesl a bit off for me, it might help to crop some of the top here. Good to see ya at the Shindig!
Posted by Brian Jackson on February 1, 2010 at 1:16 PM
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12 repliesAgain, if you have time and are curious to read the full story about this image you can do so at http://www.thelightwithinphotography.com/wordpress/
Just as a clarification, the image is a single exposure and I did minimal amount of processing (contrast, curves, dodging of the foreground rocks to even exposure, sharpening, sizing and cropping) and I did not mess with saturation since what nature gave me was pretty incredible to begin with. But as always I look forward to hearing what you think.
Hope to see you all tonight
The one time I've hiked to Delicate Arch, with a friend, I refused to bring my camera along. Of course when we were up there I wished I had it anyways...