Cedar Canyon with Clouds

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 10, 201187 views6 comments

I was at Cedar Canyon again Friday late in the afternoon. I climbed up some of the buttes to get a shot from a different angle. The clouds started rolling in and blocking the sun, so there was not going to be a great sunset light. This is facing east and there was enough light coming through to give just a little color to the eastern horizon and the clouds added interest. This is a combination of two images for exposure. I am not very artistic and some times I what looks good in a image to me doesn't look good to others with a more artistic I. I would really like some opinions on does this work or how could I improve it. Thanks for your input.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
First image 1/180, f16, ISO 400, 17mm
Second image 1/90, f16, ISO 400, 17mm
Levels and Curves

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 10, 2011 at 5:27 PM

Hi Richard, I enjoy these views you show us. The large version here looks very nice to me, it shows off the foreground much better, and the expansive view is great. I like the distant light and the clouds too. The horizon looks a little tilted or maybe bowed from the wide angle, otherwise very nice.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 10, 2011 at 8:31 PM

Comp is good with the low horizon. My thought might be to try and process some better light to the trees and surrounding ground.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 10, 2011 at 9:53 PM

Great clouds and I like Tony's suggestion. And it is an excellent comp as he stated.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on July 10, 2011 at 10:38 PM

What an expansive view! I'm not crazy about the cut off foreground trees, and the comp you chose of the land doesn't really lead into the scene very well. Ideally, I would be looking for a view where the pattern of the trees provides a guide for the eyes toward the background - sometimes it can be tough! If not possible, then I might crop it down to just a sliver of land to make it more about the sky. Also, the sky color seems funky to me - deep blue down to bright cyan just looks 'off'.

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on July 10, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Hi Richard - Compared to your last version of this location, I think that this image is a significant improvement - nice work. The exposure seems more well-balanced and natural. I do not mind the trees in the foreground for this image, but agree with Doug that you could also try some compositions that include some leading lines. The beautiful clouds add a lot of interest, as well.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 12, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Someday, I'm going to go to Cedar Canyon. Your sky in this view is stellar. I really like the expansive view and the distances it implies but the fg light and color seems a little flat in the small version. In your large version it seems to compete better and the entire image seems much better balanced. Nice work

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