Sunrise Cedar Canyon

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 28, 2011119 views4 comments

I really appreciate all of the input. Here is the image as a pano. I will also post another, slightly different view of the same scene in a pano in my next post. I would really like your comments on this image as I would really like to get the best out of it I can.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/15
Aperture f13
ISO 100
33mm
Two images blended for exposure. One -1 EV and the other -2 EV
Selective use of curves on the sky

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Mumaw on May 28, 2011 at 11:42 PM

At first I found the dark foreground to be a bit too dark, but I changed my mind after looking at the larger version. I like the scene and the panoramic crop quite a bit.
Still, I can't help but wonder what this would have looked like if you had photographed for the foreground a stop higher than -1.
My only nit is the inclusion of the dead branches at the bottom left, even though it couldn't have been helped. There's also a pretty prominent dust spot in the sky.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on May 29, 2011 at 12:26 AM

Nice lighting here. The somewhat understated look of this evokes a peaceful feeling to this. I also like your composition and the panoramic format works well here. I also saw two prominent dust spots in the larger version but those are easy fixes.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 29, 2011 at 2:02 PM

I like the pano composition. I agree that the foreground is a little bit too dark. As mentioned there are some dust spots in the sky.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 29, 2011 at 3:33 PM

Yeah, I like this even better. Great job with this one. Sweet light.

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