Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 14, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Recently I traveled to western Kansas to see and photograph the Monument Rocks and Castle Rocks areas. Rising from the surrounding prairies these sandstone monoliths refute the notion that Kansas is flat and featureless. This sunset image is of Monument Rocks and I composed it to create a sunburst through Keyhole Arch. Thanks for looking.
Posted by Darren Huski on March 14, 2012 at 4:31 PM
I like it. That arch is awesome and I think you could get something even better if the sun would cooperate just a bit more.
Posted by Tom Kennon on March 14, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Wayne, that is a very neat scene and you angle on the sun is just great! I also like the sky in the background. I think you have a wall hanger.
Wow...really, really nice, Wayne! Love the pastel sky and sunburst pattern thru the arch. My only nit might be the red fringe around the keyhole, but that's easy to fix...
I'm also curious if you saw any drilling rig activity...
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 15, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments.
Hey Bill, what is it about the red fringe in Keyhole Arch that bothers you? The same comment was made several times in the Landscape Gallery. The fringe is present in every raw file I took that night that included the sun inside the arch. I'm pretty sure it's a naturally occuring effect but it sure seems to put people ... well photographers off. I'm just trying to understand what other photographers don't like about that one element. Thanks!
I think photogs would probably be the only ones that would even think about color fringing when looking at this. It would be difficult to determine for sure if it's caused by the high contrast, or just an effect from the rocks themselves, which don't seem to be very wide or thick. I've been using the CA slider correction in RAW quite a bit lately, so I'm probably seeing something that just looks like fringing. You should print it big, whatever you decide. It's a great shot, Wayne.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 15, 2012 at 11:18 PM
Thanks for your thoughts Bill. I'm not sure what caused them but whatever it was ... it was certainly consistent from file to file.
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8 repliesI'm also curious if you saw any drilling rig activity...
Hey Bill, what is it about the red fringe in Keyhole Arch that bothers you? The same comment was made several times in the Landscape Gallery. The fringe is present in every raw file I took that night that included the sun inside the arch. I'm pretty sure it's a naturally occuring effect but it sure seems to put people ... well photographers off. I'm just trying to understand what other photographers don't like about that one element. Thanks!