West fork

Here are a few other images I shot while hiking the west fork trail with Doug and Shane this weekend. Playing with a few new processing techniques as well. This first image is from the subway section after the official end of the trail (the payoff if your willing to wade through).

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6 this was from the week prior, I had gone up with some friends and to scout wildflowers. Amazing the difference a week makes. (Not the ideal light just a documentary shot for the future)

#4!!!

Yep...#4 works for me!

#4 is clearly the best from this series, Peter. Excellent point of view!
Were you using a polarizer with the water shots? If so, much of the slack water has been rendered unattractive and flat.
Consider taking an image with and without the polarizer, and perhaps blending the two images and keeping the best of both via layer masking.

Not knowing the area or if #4 is a special shot that's hard to get, I have to say it doesn't do much for me. I'm overwhelmed by the giant patch of grass and underwhelmed by the rocks. I like 6 and 5 better. Have you considered cropping the dead tree in 5? Overall, nice images

Thanks guys, John unfortunately I don't have a polarizer at the moment (Something I need to invest in and have been looking for a good one) so one wasn't used here.

Amy I suppose what makes it appealing is that many people see the same images from here (aka like 5&6). Also I think it's the contrast between the greens and the canyon walls. I myself still am not sure about the image, I have never come away from here with an image I really like, but hopefully this fall will bring something incredible.

I agree with Amy on #4. I had to force my eye to go back further into the photo and notice more than the giant patch of grass that's front and center. I do believe that the contrast between the grass and the canyon walls is great though, so it leaves me torn about how I feel about it overall.

From #6 to no monkey flowers in one week- that was fast.

I would echo the comments by John, Amy and Elaine. In #4, maybe a slightly higher perspective to also include the subway behind the grass would work better and still have the big grass as a foreground element.

Thanks Doug, I think I have a few images with the grasses and the subway more visible.

I like the subway images except for the water. A bit of foreground might have done wonders for those. Just too much flat, uninteresting water in the foreground.

I agree with Rod about the water. I'd crop a bit off of the bottom of #5.