Posted by Jeff Hackett on April 10, 2011 at 8:29 PM
Haven't posted an image in a while so I did a little arhive surfing. Here's one from Capitol Reef a couple of years ago, I was drawn to the layers. Let me know what you think and thanks for looking.
Posted by Todd Caudle on April 10, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Before I read your description, the word that popped into my head was LAYERS! Layers of Earth, layers of light, layers of weather. Works for me!
Posted by Chris Rice on April 10, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Interesting flattening perspective here, and the cloud layer is unique. Are these the Henrys?
Posted by John Mumaw on April 10, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Wow!
That telephoto perspective is 'in your face', and in a good way! The mountain sits like a god overseeing his (her) desert dominion. The color contrast is excellent.
You even got a great sky and a low cloud layer! Have I used enough exclamation points yet?!
This is simply outstanding in every way, Jeff. Would love to know what focal length you used here.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM
The golds and blues contrast nicely within the layers. Is there more of the bottom ridge that you could add, as I keep wanting to see more along the bottom?
Posted by Rene Pirolt on April 11, 2011 at 3:25 PM
Killer shot Jeff. Great layering effect of subject and also cool and warm colors. Did you shoot this Large Format? I has a bit of an LF look to it.
Posted by Jeff Hackett on April 11, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Thanks for the comments!
Chris-- Yes, these are the Henry's
John-- Checked the file data and it was shot at 300mm. With the 1.5 crop factor it equaled 450mm.
Doug-- I just parked along Notam-Bullfrog Rd and hiked a bit to get to a higher point and this was the best I could do and there was another ridgeline (with bushes) just out of the frame to the bottom that I felt didn't add anyting to the image.
Rene-- Not large format, just a Nikon D70.
Side notes-- It was a late march evening after a rainy day the sky started to clear a little. The light really didn't get any better than this, when the storminess started to break I was hoping for an epic sunset, but it just never materialized.
Just awesome, Jeff1 The comp, the light, the color pallette: killer! The Henrys aren't the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Capitol Reef, but that makes it all the more striking the way they lord it over the landscape in this shot.
Posted by Dan Walters on April 17, 2011 at 5:57 PM
Love the warm colors in the foreground contrasting with the cool tones in the mountains.
Discussion
10 repliesThat telephoto perspective is 'in your face', and in a good way! The mountain sits like a god overseeing his (her) desert dominion. The color contrast is excellent.
You even got a great sky and a low cloud layer! Have I used enough exclamation points yet?!
This is simply outstanding in every way, Jeff. Would love to know what focal length you used here.
Chris-- Yes, these are the Henry's
John-- Checked the file data and it was shot at 300mm. With the 1.5 crop factor it equaled 450mm.
Doug-- I just parked along Notam-Bullfrog Rd and hiked a bit to get to a higher point and this was the best I could do and there was another ridgeline (with bushes) just out of the frame to the bottom that I felt didn't add anyting to the image.
Rene-- Not large format, just a Nikon D70.
Side notes-- It was a late march evening after a rainy day the sky started to clear a little. The light really didn't get any better than this, when the storminess started to break I was hoping for an epic sunset, but it just never materialized.