Ready to be Seen

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 14, 2014236 views10 comments

I've spent countless hours over the years in this general location near the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion Canyon, and I've made many nice compositions here. In fact, the large cottonwood in the upper left corner is the same one as in this composition which I posted three years ago (almost to the day). I don't know how many times that I've walked by this fallen cottonwood and never saw anything interesting. But on this occasion, it stopped me in my tracks. Sometimes you don't see something until it's ready to be seen and until you are ready to see it in a certain way.

Canon 5D II
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
17mm, f/22, 2.5 seconds, ISO 50

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 14, 2014 at 7:08 AM

very effective use of foreground element to draw you into a beautiful scene. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on November 14, 2014 at 8:25 AM

This turned out very nice. Jumbled yet coherent.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 14, 2014 at 9:20 AM

Real nice, Jim. Your comp works quite well, giving a sense of place and leading me through the image. Great color, too.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on November 14, 2014 at 8:15 PM

I really like the low perspective you have given us in this view Jim. The lrhc is beautiful with the mixture of leaves and bark, and the fallen tree leads one into the rest of the image with the beautiful autumn colors.

Dig it

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 14, 2014 at 11:22 PM

Love the composition, Jim, how the eye moves along the old fallen tree, exploring the scattered fallen leaves on the right and the beautiful autumn color in the background. Comes across as a tribute to this ancient tree.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on November 15, 2014 at 12:32 PM

I think this scene works well, Jim. The fall color is obviously beautiful, and the log provides a nice diagonal line and provides foreground interest.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 15, 2014 at 10:01 PM

This works for me, Jim, I like the 4 distinct layers here!

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Comment posted by Bret Edge on November 16, 2014 at 4:06 AM

You did a remarkable job creating a cohesive composition of a somewhat chaotic scene. Beautiful image, Jim.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on November 16, 2014 at 9:39 AM

I typically would think that something so large and dominating in the frame wouldn't work. But this is excellent, and a beautiful scene.

Chris

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 17, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Wonderful composition and color Jim. On my work monitor it appears slightly oversharpened.

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