Garden of the Gods - part 2: I initially posted my first image to the UHH forum and everyone was very positive and offered many helpful/useful comments . . . I appreciate that...

SafetySam Loc: Colorado

I initially posted my first image to the UHH forum and everyone was very positive and offered many helpful/useful comments . . . I appreciate that tremendously as I regain my confidence after such a long absence . .

I have started playing with Luminar3, and went through some additional images from the Garden of the Gods shoot earlier in February, and found this image as the morning golden hour was fading and the storm clouds were moving in . . seemed like a striking image of the rock formation in the early morning light . .

Nikon D810 / ISO 100 / 24-70 lens / 1/125 @ f5.6 handheld . .

Some slight adjustments with the sky filter, but overall just some minor moves.

Thanks for looking and any comments welcome
Sam

IR Jim Loc: St. Louis

Nice capture, I just flew home from there yesterday.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

This is a powerful image of the vertical rock against the deep blue sky. But (in my opinion only) the pathway is too much of an eye snag. It almost becomes the "hero" of the photo. You might consider cropping up from the bottom to the nearest fencepost. That minimizes the path but doesn't eliminate it.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

photogeneralist wrote:

This is a powerful image of the vertical rock against the deep blue sky. But (in my opinion only) the pathway is too much of an eye snag. It almost becomes the "hero" of the photo. You might consider cropping up from the bottom to the nearest fencepost. That minimizes the path but doesn't eliminate it.

The problem I have with the pathway has to do with scale. Since we only see the part of the path near the viewer (and not the path as it winds further into the landscape) it fails to provide scale to the picture. It actually seems to make the rock seem small.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful capture!

SafetySam Loc: Colorado

Thanks for your comments and suggestions . . After looking at the image for a while, I agree that the "rock" should be the prominent feature, but I still don't want to lose the foreground completely . . so I cropped a little from the bottom (about 1/3) and re-framed a little . . How about this . . (could be a little more but don't want to "float the post" without an anchor . .)

Sam

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SafetySam Loc: Colorado

IR Jim wrote:

Nice capture, I just flew home from there yesterday.

Thanks, don't get down there from Denver often enough.

SafetySam Loc: Colorado

photogeneralist wrote:

This is a powerful image of the vertical rock against the deep blue sky. But (in my opinion only) the pathway is too much of an eye snag. It almost becomes the "hero" of the photo. You might consider cropping up from the bottom to the nearest fencepost. That minimizes the path but doesn't eliminate it.

Liked your suggestion . . cropped some off the bottom 1/3 but could be a "smite" more . .

Thanks for your comment

SafetySam Loc: Colorado

dsmeltz wrote:

The problem I have with the pathway has to do with scale. Since we only see the part of the path near the viewer (and not the path as it winds further into the landscape) it fails to provide scale to the picture. It actually seems to make the rock seem small.

Understand your view . . sometimes "the now" catches up and you don't have much time to plan . . did some cropping on your suggestion and re-posted the crop - take a look

Thanks for your comment and suggestion.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

SafetySam wrote:

Thanks for your comments and suggestions . . After looking at the image for a while, I agree that the "rock" should be the prominent feature, but I still don't want to lose the foreground completely . . so I cropped a little from the bottom (about 1/3) and re-framed a little . . How about this . . (could be a little more but don't want to "float the post" without an anchor . .)

Sam

Better. In the original, it was the longer shadow on the path that distracted me. I agree that we want to keep the path to draw the viewer in, but this smaller path image seems a huge improvement to me.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice photo, but perhaps a bit heavy on the blue?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice one, but perhaps a bit heavy on the blue?

Red Sky At Night

Definitely like the cropped version better. The rock is much more prominent while intensifying the mood.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey