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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: chuckn on March 23, 2015, 09:28:41 pm

Title: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: chuckn on March 23, 2015, 09:28:41 pm

Random slot canyon, East Zion National Park..

Chuck.

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: sdwilsonsct on March 24, 2015, 12:01:44 am

Not so random: I like the convergence of lines. 


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Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on March 24, 2015, 05:14:04 am

I like the composition, but find the saturation and sharpening a bit aggressive.

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: Bob_B on March 24, 2015, 09:52:14 am

I agree with Paulo about the saturation and clarity or sharpening, but like the photo overall.

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: chuckn on March 24, 2015, 10:48:55 am

Thanks for the comments. I used a 50mm prime lens which captures a lot of detail. As for the saturation/sharpening questions, I really didn't adjust it that much, it was a very colorful place.

Chuck.

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: EricV on March 24, 2015, 12:28:55 pm

Color and lines are nice, but the composition makes me want to move to the right to see deeper into the canyon.

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: maddogmurph on March 24, 2015, 05:46:25 pm

I'd suggest bumping the saturation +30 and Vibrance -30 and take it from there.  The bottom right seems unbalanced in terms of color vividness.  The composition is good.

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: chuckn on March 25, 2015, 05:17:01 pm

Quote from: maddogmurph on March 24, 2015, 05:46:25 pm

I'd suggest bumping the saturation +30 and Vibrance -30 and take it from there.  The bottom right seems unbalanced in terms of color vividness.  The composition is good.

Murphy, I took your suggestion and bumped up the saturation by +25 and lowered the vibrance by -25. I also burned in the rocks and sand in the foreground. I think the image looks better. What's your take. Thanks.

Chuck

Title: Re: Random Slot Canyon
Post by: maddogmurph on March 25, 2015, 05:41:25 pm

I think you've balanced the overall tone.  I think the top of the picture looks less burned and more natural, particularly the highlights on the orange/tan rocks at the top, they clearly look much better.  But I also feel it closed down the shadows over the image a bit.  I struggle with this myself, I personally like vivid colors, I like open shadows, and I like a natural look.  Unfortunately sometimes all those things work in opposition and the more natural it looks the less vivid my image becomes.  I like the vividness and open shadows in your first image but I like the natural look and smoothness of the second edit.  Perhaps somewhere in the middle?  At the end of the day it's all tastes and preferences.