Illumination

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 5, 2011205 views7 comments

A couple days ago I posted "Glowing Cliffs" which I reprocessed from a trip to Marble Canyon's Buckfarm Point last May. This is another reprocessed image from the same shoot. Like "Glowing Cliffs", this shot has been through many editing sessions, but I think my photoshop skills and vision have finally brought this image to it's full potential. I've constantly struggled with getting highlights under control on the left cliff, but I think I finally tamed them properly. The one thing I struggle with here is the composition. I have cropped the original image to a 5x7 ratio to get the canyon out of the center of the photo, but I wonder if it needs more? Any other comments/critiques also welcome!

Canon T1i @ 48mm
ISO 100
f/10
1/200 sec.
Luminosity masks and such in CS5

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on April 5, 2011 at 8:01 PM

Fascinating light! It almost looks like an upside down mesa.

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Comment posted by Jason Risinger on April 5, 2011 at 9:15 PM

Holy cow Jake! What a light show you put through your lens! Everything about this is great, but there is a definite feeling of clockwise tilt that takes me out of it a little bit. Straighten it out and it'll be perfect. The composition is more than fine as-is, the dark storm clouds on the left-most horizon balance out the canyon opening.

Registered on July 13, 2010, 13 Posts, 91 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 5, 2011 at 9:28 PM

This has very nice light. The sky adds drama to the scene.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on April 6, 2011 at 9:32 AM

A staggering amount of DR present here. I might lighten the sky a bit.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on April 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM

exceptional play of light! I agree maybe just lighten the sky a wee bit...

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on April 7, 2011 at 11:23 PM

I hiked up there the other day! And this is similar to the weather I had. What a great reminder of the awesome beauty there.

Great shot of dynamic drama and light.

Mark

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Comment posted by Jared Ropelato on April 8, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Amazing drama and light here. I really like the stark shadow line in the middle. Very nice.

Registered on March 1, 2011, 25 Posts, 204 Comments