#31 Idea: Too classic?

thapamd · August 20, 2009

A "classic" (or cliché) picture of North Window, I know, but I haven't see any with nice clouds and a moon, so I thought I might enter it for the competition. I was attending a conference in Las Vegas and wanted to do some photography. The DGrin challenge was definitely on my mind when I decided to make the long drive to Arches NP.

Title: Window into the Desert's Soul.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

Image has been edited as suggested...many thanks!

dlplumer · August 20, 2009

Definitely not theme worthy and a pretty bad shot. Try something else Mahesh

It's a pure play

ghinson · August 20, 2009

ic4u · August 20, 2009

dlplumer wrote:

Definitely not theme worthy and a pretty bad shot. Try something else Mahesh

It's a pure play

Uh...who invited you to play Mahesh????!!!!

JK...nice shot

Oh I really like your title too!

nightpixels · August 20, 2009

Awesome shot, Mahesh! I would darken the foreground rocks a little bit to bring out more details in them. Currently they are just a little too bright, especially on the right side.

Again, wonderful shot!

richtersl · August 20, 2009

Stunning, Mahesh!

clap

divamum · August 20, 2009

add me to the list

The only thing I might wonder is if there's some more detail and saturation to bring out in the sky and background...?

Katmitchell · August 20, 2009

Beautiful shot. I love that perspective..

I think the rocks are intense enough...

But.....

I personally think the "sky" needs some midtone contrast and shadow/ highlight adjustment to recover some of the sky detail so it gives the sky a richer blue to contrast with the orange, and the richer blue will give it more depth. This should be super easy to do since you can select the sky in PP apart from the rocks easily with this shot..

Of course this is just for polish CC, it could be entered as is, and still wow the crowds...

Gorgeous Work

Katmitchell · August 20, 2009

divamum wrote:

add me to the list

The only thing I might wonder is if there's some more detail and saturation to bring out in the sky and background...?

Yes, I agree. Sorry Diva, you were posting while I was typing

sorry for the repetition..

Are we on it or what? :ivar

whiterice · August 20, 2009

Really stunning! Nicely done.

And you even came up with a clever title!!

thapamd · August 20, 2009

dlplumer wrote:

Definitely not theme worthy and a pretty bad shot. Try something else Mahesh

It's a pure play

Thanks, Dan!

thapamd · August 20, 2009

ghinson wrote:

Thanks, Greg! That one emoticon means a lot.

thapamd · August 20, 2009

ic4u wrote:

Uh...who invited you to play Mahesh????!!!!
JK...nice shot

Oh I really like your title too!

Thank you, Karin! You are, of course, way too kind.

thapamd · August 20, 2009

nightpixels wrote:

Awesome shot, Mahesh! I would darken the foreground rocks a little bit to bring out more details in them. Currently they are just a little too bright, especially on the right side.

Again, wonderful shot!

Thanks, Allen! I agree and have darkened the FG rocks a little. I think the oranges now look even richer.

What do you think now?

thapamd · August 20, 2009

richtersl wrote:

Stunning, Mahesh! clap

Thanks, Linda! It was a special morning.

thapamd · August 20, 2009

divamum wrote:

add me to the list

The only thing I might wonder is if there's some more detail and saturation to bring out in the sky and background...?

Thanks, Diva! I have done as you suggested and increased the saturation and a touch of contrast in the blue of the sky. I think the image is better for it.

How does it look to you now?

thapamd · August 20, 2009

Katmitchell wrote:

Beautiful shot. I love that perspective..

I think the rocks are intense enough... But.....

I personally think the "sky" needs some midtone contrast and shadow/ highlight adjustment to recover some of the sky detail so it gives the sky a richer blue to contrast with the orange, and the richer blue will give it more depth. This should be super easy to do since you can select the sky in PP apart from the rocks easily with this shot..

Of course this is just for polish CC, it could be entered as is, and still wow the crowds...

Gorgeous Work

Thank you, Katrina! Looks like you and Diva think alike (great minds!

). I have done as you suggested. I think the images pops more now.

What do you think?

Katmitchell · August 20, 2009

I think it is stunning

... Very commendable work Mahesh..

Kat

The Curious Camel · August 20, 2009

Amazing. :ivar :ivar breathtaking image.

coscorrosa · August 21, 2009

I would definitely enter it, it's a great version of a classic composition (I plan on doing my own version of the shot if I make it to Arches during my trip through Utah in a month). Anyway, I really like it. The fact that the moon is there is great too.

dlplumer · August 21, 2009

Exif?
Mahesh, check your EXIF. It says you took this yesterday, at aperture 5.6 at 1/60 ISO 200 on normal program mode

Is that right

When I first saw this I thought it said you took it on the 16th at ISO 100, 2sec at f/16. Maybe all the PP effected the EXIF. Just curious. In any event, great entry, and I like the work you did on it.

ghinson · August 21, 2009

I was going to ask what aperture and speed to have such a nice, wide depth of field. Can't be 5.6, can it?

Kinkajou · August 21, 2009

Lovely shot and beautiful location!

The rocks look a little bit bright and oversaturated to me but it might just be me

The clouds and moon really are a very nice touch.

thapamd · August 21, 2009

dlplumer wrote:

Mahesh, check your EXIF. It says you took this yesterday, at aperture 5.6 at 1/60 ISO 200 on normal program mode Is that right When I first saw this I thought it said you took it on the 16th at ISO 100, 2sec at f/16. Maybe all the PP effected the EXIF. Just curious. In any event, great entry, and I like the work you did on it.

Oh, thanks, Dan! The first set of Exif is the correct one. I was trying to make some precise dimensional cropping (printer alignment hassles) for a few pictures and pasting various images on other images...the EXIF info must of gotten transposed up that way. I wonder if it really matters in the end as the date is still within the time frame of the competition. What do you think?

thapamd · August 21, 2009

ghinson wrote:

I was going to ask what aperture and speed to have such a nice, wide depth of field. Can't be 5.6, can it?

Hi Greg...see my response to Dan's post. The shot was actually at f/16, ISO 100, and 2 seconds.

thapamd · August 21, 2009

Kinkajou wrote:

Lovely shot and beautiful location!

The rocks look a little bit bright and oversaturated to me but it might just be me

The clouds and moon really are a very nice touch.

Thanks for the feedback! It's funny...the rocks look pretty good on my monitor. The histogram also seems to be ok. I wonder if others think it's too bright and oversaturated...let's see.

dlplumer · August 21, 2009

thapamd wrote:

Oh, thanks, Dan! The first set of Exif is the correct one. I was trying to make some precise dimensional cropping (printer alignment hassles) for a few pictures and pasting various images on other images...the EXIF info must of gotten transposed up that way. I wonder if it really matters in the end as the date is still within the time frame of the competition. What do you think?

Probably not Mahesh. I was mostly curious about what settings you used to get such a good dynamic range.

Oh, I see you just posted it. Never mind

thapamd · August 21, 2009

dlplumer wrote:

Probably not Mahesh. I was mostly curious about what settings you used to get such a good dynamic range.

Oh, I see you just posted it. Never mind

No worries. I actually bracketed the exposures, thinking I'd have to use the over exposed image for the shadows, but the noise control on the 5D II is amazing, and all I had to do was add a little fill light to the normally exposed image and voila!

slpollett · August 21, 2009

:jawdrop All I can think of to say is "Wow!" Awesome shot.

Sherry

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