This was one of the few images I captured during my outing to Capitol Reef N.P. Normally traveling that far I would stay a bit longer, but things did not go as I had planned entirely. I was at least very glad to get by to see Guy's new shop as well as re-visit an old friends new home in Koosharem Utah too.
This scene was captured a bit outside the main park area on the way toward Caineville.
Thank you for taking a look see.
Wista DXIII 4x5
Schneider APO 150mm
Singh Ray 3 stop soft grad
Fuji Velvia 50 - last of the old quickloads.
This is a different take for me on the red rock country. I like the
splashes of red from the wildflowers and the imaginary diagonal
lines on which you've composed them. I'll certainly look for this
the next time that I go to that area. Well done, and thanks for
sharing, Paul
Harley, I had just started re-using the watermark recently. I did drop the opacity just now as suggested. I never cared much for the darn things and at 72 ppi I was never concerned. But as part of a sequence on a few different sizes for various site usages I've included it again.
Those handful of flowering really make this broad landscape work. The sky is complimentary and not overpowering and I think this captures the essence of the area beautifully. I can't recall if I've ever seen you crop an image, but I see a semi-pano crop from this by cropping some of the foreground, say just above your name and maybe a slice of the sky. That's just me though - easy to make cropping comments when the image is someone else's. A lovely desert landscape Paul.
Lon
Posted by Steve Sieren on June 14, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Those bumpy little colorful clumps sure stand out in the orange desert! I'm glad to you got to Guy's gallery.
Lon & Steve, once again, thank you for looking and commenting on this scene from the backside of CRNP.
Lon, you're correct in your observations. I typically only crop the sides to eliminate the unwanted debris poking in from the edges. However, I do also see and agree with especially the FG area here. At times it's nice to leave a good amount of lead-in area as it were, but it also depends on how much is too much. ......Heck, that's what makes this so interesting, we do have a variety of options to work with on almost every image we capture.
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10 repliesThis scene was captured a bit outside the main park area on the way toward Caineville.
Thank you for taking a look see.
Wista DXIII 4x5
Schneider APO 150mm
Singh Ray 3 stop soft grad
Fuji Velvia 50 - last of the old quickloads.
splashes of red from the wildflowers and the imaginary diagonal
lines on which you've composed them. I'll certainly look for this
the next time that I go to that area. Well done, and thanks for
sharing, Paul
As a side note, you might consider backing off the opacity of your watermark? Just a thought, anyway.
Harley, I had just started re-using the watermark recently. I did drop the opacity just now as suggested. I never cared much for the darn things and at 72 ppi I was never concerned. But as part of a sequence on a few different sizes for various site usages I've included it again.
Those handful of flowering really make this broad landscape work. The sky is complimentary and not overpowering and I think this captures the essence of the area beautifully. I can't recall if I've ever seen you crop an image, but I see a semi-pano crop from this by cropping some of the foreground, say just above your name and maybe a slice of the sky. That's just me though - easy to make cropping comments when the image is someone else's.
Lon
Lon, you're correct in your observations. I typically only crop the sides to eliminate the unwanted debris poking in from the edges. However, I do also see and agree with especially the FG area here. At times it's nice to leave a good amount of lead-in area as it were, but it also depends on how much is too much.