Snow Canyon.

oldoval

A little creative editing on these. Harsh midday light so I played around untill I came up with something moody and pleasing. Does it work?

rwells

Nice work on these Nate

oldoval

Thank you Sir.

jsrucci

Good job...
Good job, Nate. You successfully banished that harsh midday light!

oldoval

Thank you Steve.

Crokey

I really like the first one a lot. I think it looks a bit flat, but it might just be that the black point needs to be pushed in, some of the dark shadows are just a zone above pure black. Other than that, I think you have done a great job controlling the contrast in it. The second one has the obvious bright top left which has taken on some magenta hue during the processing. I really don't know what you could do about that, which is why I like the first one more.

oldoval

Crokey wrote: »

I really like the first one a lot. I think it looks a bit flat, but it might just be that the black point needs to be pushed in, some of the dark shadows are just a zone above pure black. Other than that, I think you have done a great job controlling the contrast in it. The second one has the obvious bright top left which has taken on some magenta hue during the processing. I really don't know what you could do about that, which is why I like the first one more.

My goal here was to have something that looks a little different, a little mystical. Sometimes I think it's good to stop worrying about the histogram and experiment a little. I could push the black point up in the first shot, but I would probably lose the smokey quality. Same with the magenta hue in the shadows of both images. I could "standardize and normalize" both images but I'm trying to get away from having the same image that has been taken from this view a thousand times.

Tango

hey, I literlly see my neigborhood! ha!

I've never thought to climb that peak, now maybe I will:D that's good long view! (btw, is there a road that gets you close or did you park on highway 18 somewhere?) you say this is a usual view? I guess I've never spent much time up on the north end...??? I love the dunes and the south end and usually end up there when I get time to goto Snow Canyon... what a sweet place it is!


That lighting is pretty hard to work with, huh! but you have worked these to look very natural (which is good imo).

oldoval

AaronNelson wrote: »

hey, I literlly see my neigborhood! ha!

I've never thought to climb that peak, now maybe I will:D that's good long view! (btw, is there a road that gets you close or did you park on highway 18 somewhere?) you say this is a usual view? I guess I've never spent much time up on the north end...??? I love the dunes and the south end and usually end up there when I get time to goto Snow Canyon... what a sweet place it is!


That lighting is pretty hard to work with, huh! but you have worked these to look very natural (which is good imo).

If you head up 18 a ways past Diamond Valley but before Dameron Valley, you will see a parking area on the left. They call this the Red Mountain trail. It's termius is near Tuacahn. Long hike. From the parking area off 18 though, this overlook is about 2 miles in and a spur off the main trail....well marked. The trail used to be an old Jeep road, pre-wilderness designation. Lots of interesting rock formations when you get close to the rim.

Tango

ok, I've been on that trail once, but only made it maybe just a mile in (where there are some rain pools). Thanks for the info, guess I'll walk further next time:D