Last light and motion

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 25, 2010338 views7 comments

There was a storm moving into sedona, so decided to go check it out for sunset. The clouds were spectacular, and the light was even better! Taken at red rock crossing. Taken in November 2009.

Canon 5D w/ 17-40mm f/4L
f/20 at 2sec, and 1/4 sec for sky.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on January 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM

I like this composition a lot, I do wish there was more detail in the ULC trees; my eyes seem to wander directly back to them. If you have a brighter exposure I'd try to blend some detail back into those trees. Also, you could crop in from the LH side so that left edge of the frame is where the water and rock meet in the lower LC, I think the image becomes more balanced cropping the left side. Nonetheless, great shot!

Registered on April 7, 2007, 169 Posts, 725 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 25, 2010 at 12:44 PM

Nice one Chikku, I agree with the crop and maybe a tad on the right side too, to make the cathedral more dominant in the compostion.

SS

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

Comment posted by Mohsen Al-Dajani on January 25, 2010 at 2:21 PM

Very unique composition, in fact one of the best I saw recently.

Registered on August 23, 2007, 160 Posts, 432 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 25, 2010 at 2:38 PM

Interesting shot, Chikku. Almost shocking to see the normal levels of saturation here, but personally i think it's great--alows the light to be the focus and not hypersaturated colors. A little bit more detail in the shadows would be nice, otherwise a great effort!

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Christer Johansson on January 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM

Fantastic scene Chikku. For a guy like me living in Sweden, this is true Mohican country. The foreground drags me into the scene and the sunlit rocks in the background is fantastic. The right side is a little tricky. The pic might benefit from a crop from the right, not really sure.
Great shot anyway.

Registered on October 10, 2009, 50 Posts, 191 Comments

Comment posted by Reed Bowman on January 25, 2010 at 6:12 PM

great concept and the water movement and the light on the red rocks is great. The ul corner is a bit dark and overdominates the image for me...not sure what could have been done except change your position towards the left a bit...or maybe just some sleective dodging in the trees to lighten them up a bit

Registered on March 2, 2009, 166 Posts, 1058 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 27, 2010 at 12:49 PM

Very nice and effective.

I wish the branch was not intruding on the background rocks though.

Mark

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments