Red Rock at White Pocket

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 13, 2010181 views5 comments

This Red Rock formation is outside of White Pocket on the Utah/Arizona border. This image was photographed handheld at first light with my Canon 5D MK II. ISO 6400, f/8.0, 1/5 sec, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM, Evaluative Metering, Auto Exposure, Auto WB, No Flash. Comments Welcome.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on January 13, 2010 at 8:29 PM

Welcome Richard! Nice to meet you the other day and glad you found this place. The light is wonderful and I like the pano aspect. The big problem is the settings. Did you not have a tripod? The 5d2 is fantastic but iso6400 is throwing away a lot of detail. Some clouds would have been nice but I know how that goes....

Registered on November 27, 2007, 250 Posts, 2468 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 13, 2010 at 10:25 PM

Sweet light on the buttes Richard, it has a painterly like quality to the scene. I don't see any noise at all for 6400. It looks very natural the way you processed.

Registered on January 2, 2008, 360 Posts, 5321 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 14, 2010 at 10:29 AM

Nice light and color. Just curious why you would hand hold an image at 1/5 second? It makes it nearly impossible to get a really sharp image.

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Comment posted by Richard Waas on January 14, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Thanks for your comments. I was traveling by jeep for 2 hours and we were running late to get to White Pocket by sunrise. We did come back later in the day and I got several images with late afternoon sun. I told my guide to stop for a second and I took a quick shot. I would have loved to stop, get out the tripod and take time to get a longer exposure, but the other location was calling. I will be posting several images at White Pocket and I think you will agree it was worth getting there on time.

I thought since this was a bit soft, I'd give it a painterly look. Thanks again.....

Registered on January 11, 2010, 31 Posts, 90 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 14, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Richard,

Welcome to NPN and the ES&S Gallery! This is an excellent landscape from the desert SW; I really like the soft warm light hitting the fascinating formations. I like the inclusion of the foreground base and the crop and semi-pan format works well due to the absence of anything happening in the sky.

thanks for explaining the situation and why you couldn't use a tripod. The settings still seem odd, even at the end of the day, 6400 seems awfully high. But regardless, I can see why you wanted to capture this moment.

So welcome aboard. We look forward to more images and also encourage your participation in both the galleries and forums.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments