Hoo Doos Too

Another grouping of smaller hoo doos near sunset. Seems these paid for the Bob Uecker seats in the upper balcony. Taken with the D90 and Tokina 12-24 w/ cpl at 12mm f/16.

Reposition and tighter on the taller tenor here in the choir loft. A tighter crop will be posted in ESS. While I like the sky and back cliff for scale and height, I also like the focus with the tighter crop.

The taller tenor from the opposite side. I was surprised at the amount of green layering in the column. Any idea what mineral causes this color? A little sky halo around the darker rock in the center from trying to lighten the deep shadows.

Doug,
The diagonals in comp #1 really make this a dynamic image that certainly works for me. Well done. Joe Rogers

Ah yes I know these guys. A good job in a difficult place to shoot - the light rarely seems to work well in these little alcoves.

Kurt, the descending sun would arc north and hide behind the tower before it had the chance to set. In a few minutes, the hoodoo would be in shade. Perhaps in winter with the sun being further south would provide a little more warmer sunset light on these in the alcove.

Green layers can come from many sources including staining from certain iron oxides and can be found in clay and sandstones. I've seen it in some Chinle formation sediments which have a more or less teal green color and which also can contain uranium ore deposits. Neither are exclusive options.

And I like #2 from the series. Its also effective and simplified by cropping out the blue sky. It certainly looks like a difficult place to shoot.

I think the "v" comp in the first one is excellent. I prefer #3 over #2 as it gives me a better sense of scale.

#1 is my favorite of these. The turned "V" of the ridgelines, as Morris also noticed, makes it the most visually interesting IMO. Nice job.

I'm not sure, I got some ok light a few times in winter there. Definitely a place to come back to at different times of the year to see how it plays out.

Another vote for #1 and the strong zig-zag composition. I like the crop you made in #2 for the ESS posting as the sky is a bit distracting from the hoodoos.

I also liked #1 the most.