Grand Junction

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted May 22, 2012236 views8 comments

Afternoon sunlight filters through the storm clouds to illuminate western Colorado's Book Cliffs.

I think the blues/cyans in the clouds might be a bit too dark and too saturated, and the brightest highlights in the cliffs need to be pulled back a bit. The foreground vignette might also be a bit much.

Canon 40D, EF 50mm f/1.4

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 23, 2012 at 1:10 AM

Alex,

Great light on the buttes. I love these conditions when the sky dark and the landscape lights up. This is quite a great image too with the inclusion and interesting mix of trailers, the shed and building. Makes for a good story.

It's those buildings and trailers that make this a better fit for the Man & Nature gallery. I'm gonna go ahead and move this after posting my comment. Hope that makes sense. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact myself or another moderator.

Still doesn't change this excellent image. Thanks for sharing.

Lon

edit: I forgot to comment on your comment about color/sat and the vignette. Honestly, none of those concerns you have entered my mind when viewing this for the first or subsequent times. The clouds look pretty natural to me and the slight vignetting actually looked like natural color and tone variations in the ground. I say good job on the processing.

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Comment posted by Alex Noriega on May 23, 2012 at 12:06 PM

Thanks Lon - totally makes sense, didn't even notice the Man & Nature category. Thanks a lot for the detailed input!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 23, 2012 at 3:24 PM

You did a good job on the processing. Like your comp, too. Clouds look good to me and are not too saturated. Also the highlights are good., I wouldn't change a thing here.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on May 23, 2012 at 4:36 PM

I wouldn't change anything either Alex, I like your choice of comp. Some gorgeous light hitting the cliffs.

Gary.

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on May 23, 2012 at 5:52 PM

I like it alot the color the clouds the vastness of it out there .

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on May 23, 2012 at 5:58 PM

I recognized the Book Cliffs from the thumbnail (I have family in Grand Junction). Very nicely done and I think the color and light are just fine.

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Comment posted by Alex Noriega on May 24, 2012 at 4:09 AM

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

Rudy, I hope you take advantage and shoot the area whenever you visit your family there. Have you been there in the fall? I haven't had much time there (this was taken while passing through on I-70), but it seems there's great photographic possibilities - with the aspens exploding in yellows, the book cliffs and Mt Garfield, and the snow-capped Rockies in the distance to the east.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on June 4, 2012 at 11:04 PM

I think the image looks very natural and wouldn't change a thing. The light on the mountains is sweet.

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