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Colorado National Monument Sunrise

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Posted by Russ Shugart on June 26, 2011 at 11:29 PM
Colorado National Monument Sunrise
I had to work in Grand Junction this week so I headed up into the Monument a couple of mornings for sunrise. An amazingly hot week, standing there waiting for sunrise in short sleeves. Comments?

Russ
www.AlpineGalleria.com
Posted by Jack Garrett on June 27, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Love the light on those formations Russ. Great image with lots of things to look at.
Posted by Todd Caudle on June 27, 2011 at 1:45 AM
This is gorgeous, Russ!
Posted by Bob Karcz on June 27, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Great Shot Russ! This time of year one must get up very early for sunrise. Well done!
Posted by Bill Brennan on June 27, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Good work Russ. Like the play of light and its effect on colors.

Bill Brennan

Posted by Stephen Rosenthal on June 27, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Great shot. The light was captured well. One last comment, bring long sleeves, like a fleece jacket. Warm, but light.
Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM
I really like the light on the mountains in this one Russ....nice work!
Posted by John Mumaw on June 27, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Great light!
HDR (?) was done extremely well here, too. No nits whatsoever.
Posted by Brian Jackson on June 27, 2011 at 7:41 PM
Wow, what great color. Great comp and lighting.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on June 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Overall, I really like this, Russ. Hard to beat that light. On my calibrated monitor though, there is a slight greenish tint to the center rocks.
Posted by Russ Shugart on June 27, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Thanks everybody for the comments.

Paul, thanks for the heads up. I really need to get these monitors calibrated. I do see a little bit of green like you said. I have been experimenting with the ProPhoto color space and then saving jpg's using "save for WEB" and converting to SRGB. Todd noticed a weird look to something I posted so I started experimenting.

Russ
www.AlpineGalleria.com
Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on June 28, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Wonderful shot.
Posted by Don George on June 29, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Usually I wouldn't place a tree in the center of an image but this works great. Great use of light and color.
Posted by Morris McClung on July 4, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Looks a touch uneven through the middle, but great light and color and the comp is excellent.