Antelope Canyon, REPOST

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 26, 2011402 views17 comments

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This photo is my favorite and the one that cost me more work

In the top part is blue sky and the lower part is very faint light, that means a high contrast

My tripod was not appropriate, so it was big trouble to setup (Michael Greene warned me about my tripod and he was right)

Then, the goal to capture the entire dynamic range was another challenge

Finally, process the photos so as to achieve high dynamic range capture and preserve the texture, was a challenge

Not to mention that in order to frame and shoot camera in that shorts spaces, you know ....

I hope that the results have been worth

Enrique Vizcarra

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17 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 26, 2011 at 6:09 AM

Nice lines, textures and depth. Wonderful composition and handling.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 26, 2011 at 8:02 AM

Normally, the sky would be a problem, but I do like this additiional sliver of blue. There does see a little funkiness at the top of the image in the sandstone-a hazy bluish tone, maybe as a result of some blending, but adding some contrast in that section may help. Otherwise, looks very well processed under some difficult lighting.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 26, 2011 at 10:22 AM

I love this, Enrique! Certainly captures the overall sense of this canyon well and the colors are exquisite.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on April 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Rarely do you see the sky included in these shots, for the reasons you mentioned. That makes this image pretty unique among AC images. I also like the comp, color, and processing.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on April 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM

I like this alot. As mentioned you really don't see the sky in these shots, and the reason, I think, is that it is such a hard blend to make look natural. AC is a great subject to take to the extreme in processing. To me it is actually very close to natural looking. If I had to improve it, what I might try to do is keep the brightness of the rocks up by the sky, but desaturate them just a tad. Other than that...way cool shot, well done.

Registered on June 4, 2006, 204 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Balcken on April 26, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Definately a unique perspective, Enrique. I agree with Jeremy's suggestion to desaturate a bit, especially the red-orange rock in the center. I also see a halo (possibly from oversharpening) between some of the rock-rock and sky-rock transition points. With a couple tweeks I think this will be a very nice image.

Registered on November 29, 2009, 48 Posts, 249 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on April 26, 2011 at 3:21 PM

Gorgeous work Enrique. This came out better than I was anticipating. The blue sky is gorgeous. The saturation looks OK to me and the hazy bluish-tone Harry is referring to I believe is just a bit of lens flare. I bet this was really hard to process. You sure did a great job on this. I could see re-sharpening for the web and masking out the ridge lines of stone were there are bits of sharpening artifacts. Wonderful!

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on April 26, 2011 at 4:45 PM

The reason you don't see this done often is due to the extreme 'ghosting', and flare around the edges of an extremely dark slot canyon contrasted by very bright light outside. Even the best lenses have trouble with this, and it's evident here. That said, I do like the attempt at creativity here. Exposure-wise, I would not consider it natural looking as the blue sky would be brighter than the rock highlights inside the canyon by a lot, but to the non-photographer out there it might look fine as there's no telling where the light was coming from.

Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments

Comment posted by John Mumaw on April 26, 2011 at 6:23 PM

I actually like this creative view of the Canyon. I don't recall ever seeing the skies in an AC image before. Love the color transitions you caught!
You did a good job of cleaning up the fringing with the repost, but the sky took on a slightly green cast now.

I would add "+ repost" onto your title so you'll have returning visitors.

Registered on September 9, 2005, 62 Posts, 2289 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 26, 2011 at 8:39 PM

Wonderful image Enrique but I have to ask if this is an HDR or color fill. Difficult to get a good view of the sky without blow out even on a cloudy day at this place. Just curious about your processing technique. It is definitely a creative view.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Enrique Vizcarra on April 26, 2011 at 8:52 PM

This is the reposted, CC Welcomes!!!

Registered on September 10, 2009, 223 Posts, 393 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on April 26, 2011 at 10:14 PM

Enrique,

Very interesting take on this most often photographed subject. I am on the fence about seeing the blue sky, as in that high contrast light would you really see the sky as blue? I don't mind the diffraction fringe as you would probably experience that with your own eyes anyway.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on April 26, 2011 at 10:19 PM

Is this how our eyes would see it???? I don't really care! This is how I would want to see it. I'd want to look up and see the beautiful blue sky, and not some washed out brightness hurting my eyes. So reality, or not, I think it's beautiful.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Stefan Gimpl on April 27, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Enrique, I like your idea about including the sky into the canyon. The repost is much better than the original. It was not the sky what bothered me it was the darker orange wall further back. I think there was too much contrast and it was too dark. the lighting conditions between outside the canyon and inside the canyon in the repost are more alike. Except the upper right hand corner. that seems to be still the same. I also wouldn't mind to have the sky a bit brighter. But then I think the repost is good as it is.

Registered on May 12, 2007, 26 Posts, 184 Comments

Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 27, 2011 at 11:11 PM

Very nice, the repost looks great. Can't believe the relatively few comments on this one.

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Antelope Canyon, REPOST