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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Graham Clark on September 07, 2013, 01:12:06 pm

Title: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: Graham Clark on September 07, 2013, 01:12:06 pm

Hello all!

I just got back from Grand Canyon National Park where I was shooting for about a week. Just now getting images processed and wanted to share a few with you. Images were captured on a Canon EOS 6D and a sensor modified Canon EOS 5D IR.

Any comments, questions or critiques please don't hesitate to leave a response. More feedback the better! : )

"With practice we become proficient in handling the image-management & value-control procedures; the interval between our first perception of the subject & the completion of visualization & the requried technical procedures becomes suprisingly short." Ansel Adams

(http://www.grahamclarkphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Grand_Canyon_Sunset1.jpg)

(http://www.grahamclarkphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/untitled1.jpg)

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: AndrewKulin on September 08, 2013, 02:08:35 pm

I like the colour shot though the blue sky in the upper top-right seems to my eye to have a magenta cast to it.

The B&W, because of the time of day (~ mid-day), comes across to me as too bright in the lower third, notably the other side of valley on the right half of the photo.

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: Bruno Gil on September 08, 2013, 04:12:29 pm

Love the colors on the first one, but the 2nd i like it more, IR right?

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on September 09, 2013, 04:08:51 am

First one is very good, with high quality of light. In the second one, IR, the contrast is too high for my taste.

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: Bullfrog on September 09, 2013, 09:21:44 pm

I like the first one very much. Really nice.
I feel the composition on the second one is not ideal.  I would try to re-crop but it may not work.  I find the foreground left side is cropped in an unnatural way which creates confilict - but I do like the background.

ETA:  I was trying to determine if its contrast or crop in the second one, and think it is the lines that intersect and create visual disharmony - particularly the left foreground rock formation.  I would have maybe tried to shoot this from a different angle if it were possible.  Its just my opinion, and I hope this is helpful. 

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: batmura on September 10, 2013, 12:58:14 pm

The first one is amazing!

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: Matt Tilghman on September 10, 2013, 07:53:20 pm

Love #1!

Title: Re: Grand Canyon Sunset
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 11, 2013, 01:49:52 pm

Lots to like in #1. On the other hand, the cliffs in the bottom left seem a little bright if the sun is also coming from the left.