Dusk on Blue

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 5, 2011347 views18 comments

This image was taken last December in a canyon in northern Arizona and has languished untouched in the files. Recently, I spent the time processing it as a blend of two images- one of sky and one of land.
A larger version is provided. For web sharpening of the 1200 pixel versions, I have been taking the full size and sharpened image, resizing to 1800p, doing an autosharpen, resizing to 1200p and saving for web. Wondering how the web sharpening looks to you. Any other critiques are welcome also.

Edit to add that the "larger" version is not larger, but is also 720pixel, as was noted below. Pardon the inconvenience.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on November 5, 2011 at 1:50 PM

Very nice indeed Doug, love the colours throughout this. The larger version appears smaller than the 720px upload to me though.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on November 5, 2011 at 1:53 PM

Wow...great shot. The colors and light are fantstic and the details are exceptional. I just wish the larger version were actually larger.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on November 5, 2011 at 2:06 PM

oops. The "larger" version is indeed also 720p. Appears that I cannot edit the original post to change out the larger image.

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Comment posted by Joe Abounader on November 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM

Fantastic light all-round.

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Comment posted by Hillary Younger on November 5, 2011 at 4:34 PM

I really like the soft light enabling the detail and texture in the landscape to be revealed to a fine extent.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 5, 2011 at 4:37 PM

Gosh this is nice. You've really done the light and land well here.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on November 5, 2011 at 6:54 PM

Great shot from here. It's pretty high on my places to visit within AZ (from phoenix). The sky has some very nice tones that compliment the rock formations. Do you need a permit to visit this area? I know it's on a reservation and I have done some research but never get a clear answer.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on November 5, 2011 at 10:00 PM

very well done!

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on November 6, 2011 at 12:38 AM

Beautiful shot, Doug. This is well composed and processed. I like the contrasting warm and cool tones in this as well. At this size the web sharpening looks spot on.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on November 6, 2011 at 1:48 AM

Beautiful shot, Doug. Love the warm light and rock structures. Great color.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 6, 2011 at 8:39 AM

This is a beauty, Doug. Blend looks good to me and sharpness also.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 6, 2011 at 9:31 AM

Excellent color and I like the comp. The blend brings a good balance of light all around for the time of day. The one posted in the larger screen is a little brighter throughout than the smaller one. Probably due to less compression. Beautiful shot, Doug.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on November 6, 2011 at 9:52 AM

great light & wonderful colors

well done man

Hamd

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on November 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Thank you for your comments.
Peter, if you do go, the clay roads become extremely slick if wet.

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Comment posted by Adrian Klein on November 6, 2011 at 3:04 PM

I cannot see anything to change on this one, it's wonderful! The comp with the leading line from the lower corner balances the scene nicely and the sky is a nice added bonus of color.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM

Terrific shot. I like the composition with the flat slabs on the right leading into the hoodoos. It does feel slightly dark in the URC, both rocks and sky.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 6, 2011 at 8:34 PM

Beautiful colors and textures in a fascinating landscape. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on November 7, 2011 at 5:34 AM

Excellent colors and composition, Doug. The web sharpening looks very good to me - downsizing in steps is the way to go. The only slight technical issue is that there's a slight sharpening halo where the rocks meet the sky in places. If you try my web sharpening script (which also downsizes in two steps, but also uses Lab mode and take care of edge sharpening) you might also see an improvement there. Link is in my signature.

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