Grand Smokey Mountains

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 2, 2012424 views19 comments

Canon S2-IS
ISO 50, 1/800 @ f4

This is the view west from Bright Angel Point on the north rim of GCNP yesterday morning. There are a number of controlled burns going on the north rim and on this particular morning it was especially heavy. I'm back in Phoenix with one of my sons today washing the smoke smell out of my clothes after a few days of camping before heading back home to Houston tomorrow. I had to use my little S2 as my trusty Sony A700 inexplicably and without warning gave me the dreaded "Camera Error" message the night before. All comments welcome. >=))>

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on November 2, 2012 at 6:22 PM

Wonderful play of light and shadow across the cliffs and canyons. The smoke certainly gives this a misty, magical feel. I love the way your composition keeps building, one ridge at a time. Very nicely done

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM

Yuck! A real unique take on GC, Bill. Interesting layers. I like it as is, but i also see a real cool vertical of the center portion with a little off the bottom.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 2, 2012 at 7:50 PM

Wonderful layers and a very ethereal mood Bill. Nice transion of warm to cool as well.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on November 2, 2012 at 7:52 PM

Smoke, fog, weather...They all do some magical things in the canyon regardless if they are natural or not. The smoke here really gave nice depth to the ridges. I think Stans crop suggestion is a good one, but you could still have a great horizontal one such as this. My suggestion would be to crop the far right side just before the foothills shoot up. They look a bit distorted/fuzzy. Then perhaps take a bit off the bottom. Other than that, you did a good job capturing these conditions.

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on November 2, 2012 at 7:54 PM

Nice layers and fog

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Comment posted by Bob Miller on November 2, 2012 at 8:08 PM

At first glance I thought it was coastline & fog.

The right side could use to be cropped off due to the distortion/oof.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM

Bill, Very nice! Quite a view and I really like the conditions you captured this in. I like it as is, but I also see the crop Bob mentioned working quite well too. Nice work Bill.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on November 2, 2012 at 10:00 PM

Grand thing that the canyon gives you an opportunity to record something different. This is splendid.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on November 2, 2012 at 10:18 PM

Nice scene Bill.

A700 died is a shame.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 2, 2012 at 10:33 PM

Love the receding layers. Thought this was along some coast somewhere at first. Very unique image of the Grand Canyon. I could see cropping a bit off the right hand side, eliminating those buttes so as to accentuate the lines of the ridges. Either way, a superb image.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on November 3, 2012 at 7:21 AM

Beautiful scene Bill, gotta love the fog, along with the very nice light, color and layers. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on November 3, 2012 at 10:12 AM

I too thought this was a coastal scene. Nice job. I suspect that I will be in the minority here as no one else has mentioned it but in addition to the crops suggested I would take that sliver of clarity off the top. It must have been frustrating shooting in the smoke and the haze but you pulled it off nicely with this one.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 3, 2012 at 5:13 PM

I don't think I've seen anything quite like this from the GC.

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Comment posted by John Williams on November 3, 2012 at 10:02 PM

Impressive depth given by that smoke. I really like the little strip visible in the distance.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 3, 2012 at 11:29 PM

Very nice smoke-scape, Bill. Could maybe see trimming the darker edge off the top.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on November 4, 2012 at 11:20 AM

The different layers are just great. Great and unique shot of this canyon

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on November 4, 2012 at 9:32 PM

The smoke sure helps separate the ridges and givea differnt view of the canyon. I agree with the previously mentioned crops off the top and right.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 5, 2012 at 7:18 AM

Bill:
Fabulous image. Glad you had a productive trip

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 5, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Welcome to Landscape Bill - this is a beauty! Love how the fog adds to this. I might crop about 50 pixels off the top to remove that strip of blue.

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