Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Our April showers have been in the form of white flakes. The recent snowsstorm was departing Saturday afternoon, so I went to the Canyon. I had not shot Mather Point before, so I concentrated there Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
#1 I liked the snow-capped rock outcroppings on the east side of the point.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM
#2 A closer view of the outcrop. I had lightened up the background to show some detail, but this may have taken away from the impact of the snowcap.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 11:37 AM
#3 A wider view towards the east in the evening.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM
#4 I tried to catch the morning light along the south rim looking towards the east. Cloned out some flare and a reflector tower on the skyline. Single exposure, but lost the sky.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 11:45 AM
#5 Looking northwest from Mather Point Sunday morning. SIngle exposure. Do the colors on north wall look a little funky to you?
As always, all critique and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
Another sunrise image is posted in ESS/Landscape.
Posted by Rohn B. McKee on April 11, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Wow! Great winter (Spring) scenery, and I really like the creative compositions you chose.
These are all terrific (save for #4, IMO), Doug. I can't even choose a favorite. The funky color you refer to with #5 on parts of the wall appear to be a geologic thing rather than anything that you did. You could probably crop an inch from the right with #3 to keep more emphasis on the snowy foreground and beautiful canyon background.
Must be nice to live close enough to be able to capture fine winter (Spring) images like these!
Posted by Jack Garrett on April 11, 2011 at 7:58 PM
A great collection Doug...love them all.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on April 11, 2011 at 8:49 PM
#3 is my fav. #1 has potential but the black hole in the middle left is distracting to me. I was thinking about a square crop but you'd lose the tree on the left. I like the light in #4, I think I'd like a little more sky/clouds to offset the deep shadows in the lower left corner.
Nice set!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 11, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Thank you for the feedback and preferences. Much appreciated.
Kalin, I cropped as much as I could up to the tree to rid the dark storm area of #1, but too did not want to lose the tree. In #4, there is some sky and clouds to put back that I had cropped to reduce the blown out portion near the sun, I'll revisit it. Thanks.
John, agree about he possible crop off the right of #3. As I have not shot much towards the sun before to get sunstars, #4 and the ESS image are somewhat experimental.
Posted by Richard Olsen on April 11, 2011 at 10:26 PM
Nice work Doug!
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by Jeff Hackett on April 11, 2011 at 10:42 PM
Very cool, I'll go with #'s 2 and 5. I agree with your own assessment on 2.
Discussion
22 replies#1 I liked the snow-capped rock outcroppings on the east side of the point.
As always, all critique and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
Another sunrise image is posted in ESS/Landscape.
I like them all
RichieV
These are all terrific (save for #4, IMO), Doug. I can't even choose a favorite. The funky color you refer to with #5 on parts of the wall appear to be a geologic thing rather than anything that you did. You could probably crop an inch from the right with #3 to keep more emphasis on the snowy foreground and beautiful canyon background.
Must be nice to live close enough to be able to capture fine winter (Spring) images like these!
Nice set!
Kalin, I cropped as much as I could up to the tree to rid the dark storm area of #1, but too did not want to lose the tree. In #4, there is some sky and clouds to put back that I had cropped to reduce the blown out portion near the sun, I'll revisit it. Thanks.
John, agree about he possible crop off the right of #3. As I have not shot much towards the sun before to get sunstars, #4 and the ESS image are somewhat experimental.
Thanks for sharing!