Bad light in Zion = Improvise

bike21

Had a quick overnight in St. George the other week and got out early for a few hours of shooting. The clouds didn't part so the light wasn't great. Worked hard to improvise and make the most of it. Cheers!

Photo Lego Dude was also disappointed with the light.

Juano

I like the composition in #4!

roaddog52

#2, I see Dragons!

Phil

denisegoldberg

I love Photo Lego Dude's viewpoint!

--- Denise

jerryr

I like #1 as well - very clever ! Great job!

Cornflake

Good ones!

I've heard there's no such thing as bad light. I don't believe I, but I've heard it.

JonaBeth Russell

I don't see any bad light here, and think you did a great job. After living the better part of a year in the PNW, as well as a long rainy summer in southeast AK, I learned that all light is good light. Those reds and purples tend to pop more under the grey clouds.

Cool set, thanks for sharing!

fool4thecity

Great shots! Gotta love #1. Hang in there lego man, try back another day for better light. .

Eia

I think these are all great; especially converted to b/w. However, I think the fourth one is awesome! Very nice!

bike21

Thanks for all the kind comments! I agree #4 is probably the strongest composition & my fave from the day. Over in Austria at the moment so sorry I can't take time to reply individually. Cheers!

Mitchell

I'm glad to see Lego Dude made it up Angel's Landing.

JonaBeth Russell

Mitchell wrote: »

I'm glad to see Lego Dude made it up Angel's Landing.

I'm pretty sure that's the eastern edge of the park, at the overlook. Down below is the road that disappears into the tunnel system over on that side of the park.

I only remember that I have photos from that spot, and there's a GIANT rock on the side of the hill in the distance that's nearly perfectly cubed. In the lego man photo the rock is blurred.

bike21

JonaBeth Russell wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that's the eastern edge of the park...

Yep, it is the Canyon Overlook with the much shorter hike. Goal was Angels Landing that morning but with the clouds getting up at 3am wasn't enticing. 5am was hard enough

bike21

Eia wrote: »

I think these are all great; especially converted to b/w. However, I think the fourth one is awesome! Very nice!

Thanks Eia! The cool thing is none them were 'converted' per se as all were shot in camera as b/w with the simulated yellow filter (my fave) on the Fuji X-T1.

bike21

JonaBeth Russell wrote: »

I don't see any bad light here, and think you did a great job. After living the better part of a year in the PNW, as well as a long rainy summer in southeast AK, I learned that all light is good light. Those reds and purples tend to pop more under the grey clouds.

Cool set, thanks for sharing!

Good point, I guess I was hoping for more 'dramatic light' that morning.