Sedona AZ

08whitex08whitex Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
edited October 30, 2011 in Landscapes
Spent a couple days in Sedona this weekend with Aaron Newman and met up with Ron Coscorrosa for a few hours. Only came home with 2 shots I like.

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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2011
    LOVE that first one! excellent work! rather a shame about that little branch sticking up from the bottom, but sometimes mother nature doesn't give us the exact scene we want... ;)

    i get what you were after in the second, but there's just not quite enough visual separation between the leaf in front and those in the background... needs a bit more 'bokeh'...
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  • 08whitex08whitex Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 24, 2011
    squirl033 wrote: »
    LOVE that first one! excellent work! rather a shame about that little branch sticking up from the bottom, but sometimes mother nature doesn't give us the exact scene we want... ;)

    i get what you were after in the second, but there's just not quite enough visual separation between the leaf in front and those in the background... needs a bit more 'bokeh'...


    I hear you about the little branch. I am not a big fan of removing live branches for a shot so it is what it is.

    That was all the 'bokeh' I could get out of the lens I was using for the second shot. I thought there was enough, but what do I know.

    Thanks for the CC
  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2011
    08whitex wrote: »
    I hear you about the little branch. I am not a big fan of removing live branches for a shot so it is what it is

    Thanks for the CC

    i'm the same way. i'll usually take a step or two to one side to shoot around it, or perhaps bend it out of the way temporarily, but that's about as far as my 'landscape modification' goes... ;)
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
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  • 08whitex08whitex Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 25, 2011
    Spent a little time this morning working on that little stick.

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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2011
    08whitex wrote: »
    Spent a little time this morning working on that little stick.

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    gotta say, i like this one better! gorgeous colors, too!
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited October 25, 2011
    Beautiful shot. Love the colors. This shot would have made the trip worthwhile for me.
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2011
    Very nice Joe. thumb.gif

    I too prefer the photoshop cheating 2nd shot. :D
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  • shawncshawnc Registered Users Posts: 718 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2011
    anwmn1 wrote: »
    Very nice Joe. thumb.gif

    I too prefer the photoshop cheating 2nd shot. :D

    Photoshop, a tool to express what you saw, and a tool to create what you wanted to see...

    Great stuff Joe! love the clarity in the Cathedral rock shot! Kudos

    I think the Leaf shot has plenty of Bokeh.
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  • 08whitex08whitex Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 28, 2011
    Here is one from Oak Creek.

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  • shawncshawnc Registered Users Posts: 718 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2011
    I really like this, nice grab. This is one of my favorite portions of that trail, it is so unusual.
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  • 08whitex08whitex Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 28, 2011
    Thanks. Aaron showed me this spot. Definitely one of the best spots along the trail.
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2011
    08whitex wrote: »
    Here is one from Oak Creek.

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    I'm not even going to edit my shots from there now. :nah bowdown.gif
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  • 08whitex08whitex Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited October 28, 2011
    anwmn1 wrote: »
    clap.gif

    I'm not even going to edit my shots from there now. :nah bowdown.gif

    HAHA thanks. You should put yours up. I think your comp was a little different than mine.
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited October 29, 2011
    I like the leaf shot, esp. the curved branch. Nice.
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  • Glide446Glide446 Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited October 30, 2011
    Nice picture.... Great place to get married !163810_105987962810828_100001988739816_38120_1373993_n.jpg
    08whitex wrote: »
    Spent a little time this morning working on that little stick.

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