"The Morning After"

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 12, 2011235 views9 comments

While on my SW trip, A huge late spring winter storm hit Utah, I was in Page when it was forecasted for later that day. I was hoping to get to a high enough location in elevation to capitalize on some snow! With some advice from Marc A, I headed for the Bryce Canyon area. The storm lasted for almost 2 days. Unfortunately the storm cleared in the Red Rock area around 11:00am, so there were no "magical light" opportunities, but I did like this scene even through the light was HARSH!! It took a while to process this image properly to balance the light

I have a few more sunrise shots in Bryce Canyon the next day after the storm as well, I still have to process them.

This is not Gallery material, but I still like it

Any comments are welcome!

Nikon 3Ds, 14-24mm F2.8 lens, ISO100, f16, 1/250sec, single image

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Sebastian Kraus on May 12, 2011 at 4:19 AM

Nice image, however is bit to much HDR for my taste... maby becouse this sun is to strong... this is how I feel about this photo...

Registered on March 17, 2011, 30 Posts, 132 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Miller on May 12, 2011 at 5:11 AM

I like the image, but I find the lens distortion on the trees a bit distracting.

Registered on May 9, 2011, 23 Posts, 322 Comments

Comment posted by James Fougère on May 12, 2011 at 5:51 AM

Sebastian, This is a single image, I did adjustments to it in PS to balance the Harsh light in the scene, no HDR software used.

Scott, I can see your point since I used my 14-24mm lens. I just posted the image, since there was the fresh snow in the area of Red Rock, I would say that this image is not one of my best images from my trip, but worth still worth posting .

Registered on October 25, 2010, 41 Posts, 831 Comments

Comment posted by Sebastian Kraus on May 12, 2011 at 7:23 AM

I understand... however I was mean is look's like HDR... worth posting, but you can do better than that! e.g one of yours from last posting... fantastic!

Registered on March 17, 2011, 30 Posts, 132 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on May 12, 2011 at 7:59 AM

Wonderful, James. I like the sunny mood and the powerful blues up in the sky. I even like the distortion as is sucks you into the centered composition here.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on May 12, 2011 at 12:09 PM

A very good shot from my perspective. The exposure feels well balanced and actually quite natural to me given the harsh light you were dealing with.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on May 12, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Sebastian, I agree, it is not as strong of an image as my last few postings, I said that in my description of the image

But I am in agreement with Andreas & Phil, that it looks balanced for the amount of sunlight present, and I like the lens distortion in how it sucks you into the scene. Personally it was a very beautiful place to be after a snowstorm, with the contrasting "reds" against the snow. I tried my best with the conditions I had

I have another abstract dune image I will post next I hope you like

Registered on October 25, 2010, 41 Posts, 831 Comments

Comment posted by Sebastian Kraus on May 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM

C'mon! You are greate photographer and I can only lern from you!

Registered on March 17, 2011, 30 Posts, 132 Comments

Comment posted by James Fougère on May 12, 2011 at 4:05 PM

Thank you Sebastian, I appreciate the compliment

I have some more image from my Southwest trip, but having computer issues with my PC, running PS 4. I am very happy to say that I am moving to a new MAC platform with PS 5, in several weeks!! This will allow me to process images faster with less computer crashes

Registered on October 25, 2010, 41 Posts, 831 Comments