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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Vieri Bottazzini on July 28, 2016, 02:25:43 pm

Title: Zion's Watchman at sunset
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on July 28, 2016, 02:25:43 pm: Almost all landmarks in Zion National Park have been named by Mormon pioneers after biblical characters or events. This is Zion's Watchman, photographed at sunset.

(https://vieribottazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/6Z12300.jpg)

With the Pentax 645z and the 28-45mm. Thanks for viewing, best

Vieri
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 28, 2016, 02:57:21 pm: Well done. I like the tonal uniformity and the leading lines.
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Post by: Brookie on July 28, 2016, 09:10:14 pm: Very nice! I particularly like the cottonwoods and the silky, silvery water. How long was the exposure?
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Post by: MattBurt on July 29, 2016, 01:01:17 am: Really nice!
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Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 29, 2016, 02:55:06 am: Quote from: Brookie on July 28, 2016, 09:10:14 pm
Very nice! I particularly like the cottonwoods and the silky, silvery water.

Fine stuff.
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Post by: stamper on July 29, 2016, 03:22:33 am: An amazing image!
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 29, 2016, 04:02:28 am: Wonderful.
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Post by: Bob_B on July 29, 2016, 08:35:51 am: +1. Beautiful.
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Post by: philaitman on July 29, 2016, 08:47:03 am: Wonderful and stunning. Everything balances so well tonally and compositionally.
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Post by: Kevin Gallagher on July 29, 2016, 02:26:14 pm: Just beautifully done Vieri, for me it evokes an very Autumnal type of mood.

Kevin in CT
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Post by: DaveRichardson on July 29, 2016, 02:33:53 pm: Beautiful !

Dave
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Post by: luxborealis on July 30, 2016, 10:42:23 am: Lovely colour palette. My first inclination would have been to "correct" it. Either you've left it the way it was or made some thoughtful decisions on how it should look.
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Post by: Cornfield on July 30, 2016, 11:40:32 am: Love it. Really nice blend of tones and colours.
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Post by: tonyrom on July 31, 2016, 09:21:30 pm: Superb photo. The reds and contrast the mountains add are amazing! Well done!
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Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on August 02, 2016, 04:15:41 am: Thank you very much everyone for your comments, much appreciated - I am glad you enjoyed it! :D

@ Brookie: the exposure was 25 seconds

@ Terry: Thank you for commenting. It was February, and I loved the "autumnal" hues as Kevin put it, and accentuated them a little in post. I loved it that the river looks like metal, and brown / red palette around it :D

@ tonyrom: Thank you, I thought that the contrast that the red of the mountain brought balanced very well with the hues of the rest of the image - added by the leading line provided by the river, it really makes the Watchman the center of the image for me :D

Thanks again everyone, best

Vieri