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Light in the Zion Narrow
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Light in the Zion Narrow

by Barbara Lee

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 14, 2010303 views16 comments
I was in Zion National Park the first week of November, 2010. The conditions were perfect - warm days and no wind with great color coming on. This was my first visit to the park - I will be back! I took this image around 1:30 in the afternoon as I was returning from an all day walk up to Wall Street and back. Many photographers focus on the water, I chose to focus on the terrific light on the cottonwoods and, of course, the reflected light on the Navajo sandstone.

Shot with a Nikon D90, 18-200 VR lens on a very wet tripod!

Comments

16 comments
Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on December 14, 2010 at 3:39 PM
The light is gorgeous and the tree "sings" with light, love all the different shades on the canyon walls, too, well done :toast: :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 130 Posts, 1644 Comments
Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on December 14, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Barbara, that's a fabulous image! Wonderful glow and soft light. I was there that week, too, and if it was Tuesday I must have walked right by you. Thanks for the memories.
Registered on February 17, 2004, 236 Posts, 1197 Comments
Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on December 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Beautiful scene, well done!
Registered on September 13, 2007, 36 Posts, 1283 Comments
Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on December 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Wonderful scene Barbara, the balance you've achieved here is nice. This works very nice with out all the water. Beautiful!
Registered on June 15, 2010, 29 Posts, 605 Comments
Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on December 14, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Lots of colors present here Barbara. The shaft in the background canyon is especially nice.
Well composed shot
Registered on February 5, 2009, 199 Posts, 2775 Comments
Comment posted by Rick Gomez on December 14, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Great light and beautiful colors. Well done, Barbara!
Registered on March 3, 2007, 206 Posts, 1853 Comments
Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on December 14, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Nice image Barbara and great processing work too. I am feeling there should be more breathing room in the fg - your composition feels a bit tight for me there. Nevertheless, wonderful work.

Michael
Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments
Comment posted by Vance Gese on December 14, 2010 at 8:21 PM
Beautiful. Wonderful composition, and the light is superb, especially that glow on the cottonwoods. Really nicely done.
Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Comment posted by dean hebert on December 14, 2010 at 10:18 PM
I love that glow in the back and the textures on the walls! I'm a bit torn on the comp though. I kind of wish this was just the canyon walls, I like the trees, I just think they're a bit of a distraction.
Registered on August 4, 2010, 70 Posts, 1132 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 14, 2010 at 10:46 PM
I do like this take, Barbara. It's definitely more about stone than water, and still captures the great light that makes the place special.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on December 14, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Perfect light, almost perfect (IMO :wink: ) composition. Understanding that your "focus" was not on the water, I still think that including a little more of the river at the bottom in the foreground would have been ... well ... perfect.
Registered on November 9, 2003, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments
Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on December 15, 2010 at 3:45 AM
Love how the tree stands out!
Registered on October 13, 2010, 27 Posts, 378 Comments
Comment posted by Guy Tal on December 15, 2010 at 6:33 AM
Beautiful composition. This feels peaceful and powerful at the same time. One of the best compositions I've seen from the Narrows in a while.

Guy
Registered on November 1, 2003, 566 Posts, 15507 Comments
Comment posted by Bruce Omori on December 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Beautiful capture, Barbara!! Love the colors and textures. Great execution. :smile:
Registered on December 6, 2010, 6 Posts, 175 Comments
Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on December 15, 2010 at 11:49 AM
This is gorgeous! The light and the textures make it very special.
Registered on May 10, 2009, 127 Posts, 970 Comments
Comment posted by Rui Vieira on December 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Great composition and light in this one :toast:
Registered on September 11, 2008, 39 Posts, 246 Comments