Canyon Seekers Photo

Photographer’s Note

I just happened to get the great light at the south rim and although I rarely include people in my scenic shots, sometimes it's really best to leave people in a scene such as this to give a sense of scale to a place, especially here.

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aadilj (17950) 2008-02-20 21:18

Lovely spread of textures and tones and a very good use of lights and colours. great work and composition

scalerman (25733) 2008-02-20 23:12

M: yes, I'll agree with your note on scale. Sharpness and saturation on this amazing landscape are spot-on. Some info on f/stop and exposure would've been nice too. regards, c

kozerog (1149) 2008-02-20 23:24

Fantastic place and shot, Michael.

Ramy (771) 2008-02-21 0:07

Hello Michael,
I wonder if those picture feel the madness of this view, its really hard to feel what you felt when you took this picture but how small those people really helps to show the greatness of this place. Well captured!
Regards, Ramy.

ktanska (16567) 2008-02-21 1:10

Hi Michael,
Excellent low warm light on this. I can imagine that sunrises and sunsets are often real spectacles there. I also like those people there. Very strong 3D feeling. Or 4D, thinking about millions of years that has made this place.
Kari

azleader (6) 2008-02-21 12:26

I like this composition with the inclusion of people for scale. Like you, I do not normally include humans in my landscapes.

This image is interesting to me for a technical reason...

First, when I look at it in "Levels" I can see it covers the full range of color tones, which is exactly what you should always normally have. But the right side of the luminosity curve is just a 'blip' that is mostly red with a small amount of blue and green. Then there is a big gap until you get to the rest of the other color tones.

If, in full RGB, you cut off the rightmost 'blip' back to the rest of the other color tones you will get an image with better overall brightness.

That change will make the brighter rocks that the people are standing on lose detail and look more 'overexposed'.

However, if you applied 'Levels' as an adjustment layer then you could just paint with black on the mask part of that layer and bring back all the great detail that was lost.

The final result would be an image that has the best of both worlds.

chpp (3980) 2008-02-21 15:03

Hi Michael
I like this image a lot. great colours and sharpness. amazing how small people llok comparred to this huge place. Perfect light and details of all strata
great shot
cheers
C

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-02-22 4:37

Wonderful effort, Michael.
You really nailed that light!
Being on the South Rim gives you major lighting advantage (on the North Rim you'll be shooting into the sun from dawn to sunset), and you made perfect use of it. Great POV and overall detail, awesome colors.
Have a great weekend, I'll see ya soon.
Ciao,
Fulvio.