Balancing Rocks

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted July 20, 201362 views5 comments

Canon 6D w/ Macro Lens EF 100mm L IS f 2.8 ISO200 1/1250
renting this camera/lens

Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT
These rocks are the result of a washout from the spring runoff, which resulted in the canyon closing a few weeks ago. People are randomly piling them into balanced rocks. I decided to play with the DOF on this rented camera. After the shoot I placed a single rock on one pile as my contribution and thank you to the subject.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 20, 2013 at 6:26 PM

Diana, quite nice! Your shallow DOF at f 2.8 in the large version works well here. I always like the character that can be captured in the rocks.
"Only the rocks live forever" Lame Beavers uncle

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 20, 2013 at 8:11 PM

For an interesting article on stacked stones, go here.

I like how you have framed this, with iterations of the subject fading into the BG. The light seems quite harsh; burning the highlights might help.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on July 23, 2013 at 2:00 PM

I like the comp and nice shallow DOF. The image works quite nicely. I would agree with Phil's suggestion on burning the background highlights.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 26, 2013 at 10:57 AM

Love the shallow dof here. Nicely composed and captured.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on August 9, 2013 at 9:10 PM

The shallow dog really makes this image. Nice going Diana!

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