Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 21, 2013 at 9:55 PM
The weekend brought me past Canyon de Chelly near Chinle, Arizona. I tried to come away with some images different from Spider Rock and White House Ruin. One other image is posted in the fall color reports as I think the cottonwoods will be nice this coming weekend. Feel welcome to pick nits and offer suggestions.
#1 a side canyon leading into the main canyon
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 21, 2013 at 9:59 PM
#2 the morning sun backlit the cottonwoods. I vacillated on the amount of contrast to use here and wonder if less would work better.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 21, 2013 at 10:02 PM
#3
Posted by John Mumaw on October 23, 2013 at 8:15 PM
Well, #3 is the only one that really works for me, Doug. Even then, I kinda wish you had arrived just a shade earlier so the trees might have been completely lit up.
Canyon de Chelly is a tough place to photograph well (at least for me). Your 'signature' telephoto compositions may be the key here. You coming back next weekend?
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 23, 2013 at 11:54 PM
John, thank you for the feedback; tis appreciated. I will stay around Flag this weekend and head up West Fork again early Saturday morning.
Posted by Scott Fricke on October 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM
I like the comp in all 3 but we are so used to seeing the extraordinary light in your images that these don't hold up next to your other work quite as well. I do like the play of light and shadow on the rock face in #3 but do wish the trees were all in light.
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5 replies#1 a side canyon leading into the main canyon
Canyon de Chelly is a tough place to photograph well (at least for me). Your 'signature' telephoto compositions may be the key here. You coming back next weekend?