Kolob Canyon Moonlight

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 12, 2010191 views12 comments

Taken at 10:30 pm with a 2/3rd full moon on the Kolob Canyon Rd in Zion National Park. A gorgeous night it was! I would have loved to have waited a little longer until the moon got higher in the sky, but my wife was half-asleep in the car & wanting to head back to Springdale.

Canon 5D MII EF 16-35mm @19mm F4 20 seconds ISO 2000 Noise reduction with Nik Define 2.0

I'm sure I'll get a lot of cropping advice on this one

I like the open expanse of the sky, so I did not choose to crop it.
All comments are welcome - please see the larger version for more detail.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Matthew Goldsmith on July 12, 2010 at 9:49 PM

No cropping advice on the sky. For me, maybe a bit off the bottom. I love the wispy clouds.

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Comment posted by Richard Bernabe on July 12, 2010 at 10:20 PM

Wick,

Perfect as-is! I like this much better after you darkened it. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on July 12, 2010 at 10:22 PM

this is awesome .. I like the general tone here

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on July 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM

i like it Wick

great colors

Hamed

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on July 13, 2010 at 12:28 AM

Looks great to me Wick - Great shot of Zion.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on July 13, 2010 at 8:31 AM

Lovely night shot, Wick. Especially the sky is very appealing.

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Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on July 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM

I have a somewhat similar image that I took from this spot last fall (but without that great sky) and I have to admit that I like yours better! I also Iike the expansive sky but I'd consider taking a bit of the top off to better balance the image. Well done.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 148 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on July 13, 2010 at 1:46 PM

Excellent, Wick! Wonderful night image. I suggest cropping to about a 4x5 off the bottom and left - I don't think you need quite as much of the closer hillside, and it would take the peak out of the center for a better balance IMO.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on July 13, 2010 at 8:52 PM

I love those wispy clouds. They make the image for me.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Amazing image when you think about it all the technology that makes this possible. It looks good and looks real, in fact, it looks real good. I really like the roughly 2/3 sky, 1/3 land comp.

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on July 14, 2010 at 7:59 AM

Excellent exposure. I am not sure if I can give you any cropping advise on this one....it would be a shame to take out such a gorgeous sky.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 14, 2010 at 4:41 PM

Wick,

Terrific night sky and capture. I like this as is, but if there was any cropping I would crop the lighter, bottom ridge and really make this image about the sky. the moonlit landscape works as a wonderfully moonlit base to the image. Well done all the way around.

Lon

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