Wide Open Spaces

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 14, 2011144 views7 comments

Moving on from Bryce Canyon to Zion National Park. This image was taken Not far outside of La Verkin, UT heading for the West entrance to Zion. I really like the combination of the openness, color and sky. I appreciate any comments and suggestions.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/20
Aperture f22
ISO 100
19mm
Tripod
80% of original. Cropped some of the bottom.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on June 14, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Love it! This just screams clean, fresh air. The blue sky and bright puffy clouds contrast nicely with the red earth.

The photo looks great but why f22? It looks like a larger aperture would have worked just fine for this comp.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on June 14, 2011 at 3:08 PM

Great setting for a western film. I hear the horses! The land of the big sky! Effective work Richard!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 14, 2011 at 5:18 PM

Boy, this really says...Land Of The Big Sky! Nice work Richard. Great feel here.

Now I see Dietrich had the same thought. I didn't see that before.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 14, 2011 at 5:19 PM

I like the dreamy, lay down and take a nap feel. Middle of the day shots are hard to pull off, but puffy white clouds help!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on June 14, 2011 at 9:57 PM

Nice sky! I like the shot for the same reasons you describe.

Chris

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on June 14, 2011 at 11:58 PM

Beautiful sky: wide, blue, summer cloud lazy. It really steals the show in this image. Nice job

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 15, 2011 at 6:20 PM

Great big white puffies to go with big wide open spaces. This might work nicely as a B&W, too. The clouds will jump out of the image.

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