Mistaya Canyon

This is one of the more remarkable geological features of the Canadian Rockies. In several places, as well as here at Mistaya Canyon, the fast flowing water was able to cut extremely deep and extremely narrow gorges in incredibly hard rock.

Love this! Where is it?

Bob, it's in Banff National Park, west of the Icefields Parkway, about halfway between Bow Lake and Saskatchewan Crossing.

Very interesting spot. Reminds me of the slot canyons down here in AZ but you can tell that rock is hard. The sandstone down here has a softer look.

Cool! Thanks for sharing. Looks a tad oversharpened and/or contrasty.

Stan, I can see why you said that.

Frankly, I'm finding it very frustrating posting to this forum because a lot of my images don't look the same as they do on my monitor prior to posting. I convert to sRGB, use the sharpening instructions I was provided by another member, yadda, yadda, yadda ... but still often disappointing results.

"use the sharpening instructions I was provided by another member, yadda, yadda, yadda ... but still often disappointing results.

I see the same thing as Stan. I doubt that an oversharpened image changes much when it's posted here. Would you mind posting an unsharpened version here? The instructions you received appear to induce too strong of a result, as seen here and in your prior image.

O.K., John. The original image was made on day with solid moderately heavy overcast. The light was as flat as could be.

Here's the ACR "auto" image with no sharpening or other adjustment to contrast.

and here the same image with Image Polish applied to improve on the flat lighting of the scene.

Thanks, Howard.
Yeah, I think that sharpening technique that you use is simply too strong. You might consider making a duplicate layer, using that technique and then lowering the layer opacity to something like 50% or to taste.
I do like this unique view that you captured.

Thanks, John. I'll give it a try.