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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: neways on March 05, 2012, 05:30:39 pm

Title: Devils Garden
Post by: neways on March 05, 2012, 05:30:39 pm
Recently I went to Bryce Canyon to photograph the snow scene there. On the way back I drove a small section of the famous "Hole in the Rock" and found this lovely place called Devil's Garden. There are many interesting rock formation by the picnic area. I shot a few and will definitely go back for sunset and sunrise shots.


John
Title: Re: Devils Garden
Post by: jalcocer on March 05, 2012, 05:40:53 pm
nice shots, #1 for me
Title: Re: Devils Garden
Post by: fike on March 07, 2012, 12:48:04 pm
These are nice, but the sky is too blue and the lighting a bit harsh.  I am not questioning the veracity of the images, but in this case it appears that you may have been victim of too much of a good thing. That sky is distractingly dark.

I like the juxtaposition of the gray and dried out tree against the red rocks.
Title: Re: Devils Garden
Post by: neways on March 07, 2012, 02:10:28 pm
Thanks for the comments. I may not have to use PL in such a deep blue sky. I will try to fix it in PS.
Title: Re: Devils Garden
Post by: francois on March 08, 2012, 04:50:25 am
Thanks for the comments. I may not have to use PL in such a deep blue sky. I will try to fix it in PS.

Very nice images and I have to agree about the sky, it's too dark/saturated. One has to be very careful in that kind of conditions. Fixing a sky might not be that easy if the shots were made with wide lenses and a polarizer.
Here, you should have no problem with Photoshop…
Title: Re: Devils Garden
Post by: Lonnie Utah on March 13, 2012, 01:24:53 pm
#2 is Metate Arch. 
Title: Re: Devils Garden
Post by: rambler44 on March 13, 2012, 06:48:16 pm
#1 for me, too.  I like that deep blue.  I like the textured foreground, and, of course, the wonderful shape of the rock.  A very nice composition.  A nice relationship of the different parts.