Early Light

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 31, 2013211 views5 comments

Early morning light in Cedar Canyon Wildlife Management area. It is so nice to have green and wildflowers this spring. We are still behind in moisture for the year, but gaining. The early light was putting a nice glow on everything. All comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40d
Sigma 17-70
Manual
Shutter 3.2 secs
Aperture f20
ISO 100
17mm
Cropped to 85%
levels and curves in PSE9

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on May 31, 2013 at 9:35 PM

Prettiest yucca I've ever seen and the bear grass adds some nice accents in the fg. Nicely done

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Comment posted by John Fan on June 1, 2013 at 8:57 AM

Beautiful light. I like the way you used these plants as foreground.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 1, 2013 at 2:48 PM

Richard,

Beautiful and warm light all the way through from the Yucca to the bg bluff. I like the subtle colors in the sky as well.

Gotta say though Richard, that despite the wonderful light, I think the Yucca are dominant and kinda block the scene; at least there's no separation between the plants and bg. And the bear grass? pulls my eye. I think there needed to be more of them, or none. But that's just me.

Again, great light, just not sold as one of your better overall compositions. Oh, and while I'm being nitpicky, you've got some dust spots in the sky. ;-)

Lon

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on June 2, 2013 at 3:01 AM

beautiful light

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 2, 2013 at 4:38 PM

Good work to keep lines from merging in the layers, and the light is sweet.

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