Bryce River of Fog

This is beautiful Gary, very dramatic, and very well processed in my opinion. Have to say, love it. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

I think the 30 second exposure was just the ticket Gary.
If I was a lay person, you could almost convince me that a dam had burst back there somewhere
Excellent processing, very well conceived

I think you nailed it Gary and you've created a mood that I find very appealing. Beautiful work. No suggestions.

pat

Gary, this is excellent. I think your idea came out looking wonderful. There is s sense of movement to the fog cloud on the right side where it drifts down the hillsides there. Truly one must view the larger version here to get a sense of the morning view overall. I've been here several times over the years under different weather conditions, but this is one I'd not encountered there. Very nice.

THe moving fog is excellent and I thnik the thirty second exposure is just perfect for that. There's a lot to explore in the image and the black and white really works well.

Wow, an excellent Bryce C. image, Gary. The rolling for really makes this dynamic and unique.

Great B&W image Gary! Lots to look at and it all looks great. That fog looks amazing (especially in the large version) and I like your processing on this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Gary,

I've looked at this a couple of times now and like it a lot. I think it might have more impact though if you cropped some of the sky out and went to pano. It would put more emphasis on the fog - maybe too much though.

pat

Gary, I'm amazed at how you've managed to capture a fine sense of the fog flowing over the distant ledges. This is a special view of Bryce and the cloudy sky coordinates well with the fog.

Lucky you to have been there for this.
A scene not often seen at Bryce I am sure.
Beautiful look to the fog.
I think the lighting could be brought up a bit in the FG layers...

Wow, Gary. I am so jealous! Bryce is one of my favorite places. Congrats on capitalizing so well on the unique conditions. Nice call with the longer exposure. This is outstanding. I'm curious if you have anything longer than 100mm. For example, a tighter vertical crop of center right with the fog on top (hope that makes sense) would be very interesting as well. No matter, congrats on a great image.

The moving fog looks just great in this Gary. Very nice tones and processing in the large version. Great job of thinking about a long exposure and a very nice job on this.

Gary, wow, what a special moment (or 30 seconds).Your instincts have a set up a unique image of one of the most photographed place in the US.

I agree with the comments about the crop. The interest in the image is the fog and the formations, but the sky is given a lot of real estate. I can see that a pano or tighter crop come with it's own challenges, and maybe you've tinkered with it, but that's where I'd head with this. Hard to give anything up here, but losing ~20%, equally on the right and top dimensions, may reduce the sky and bring a little more focus to the most interesting portions of the image.

I also think the processing on the formations can be reworked. To my eye, that area is a little dark and as such held back from joining the "narrative" of this image.