Twilight Wonderland Photo

Photographer’s Note

It had been raining off and on here at the eastern area of the South Rim. I had dodged a thunderstorm and finally the rain stopped for a short time. I tried to make the most of that time shooting a series of shots at this location.

Repost note: adjusted shadows and highlights, lowered saturation on red, yellow and blue and increased contrast slightly on foreground.
Although this example is not as colorful as the original post, it is truer to the original scene as I saw it.

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danyy (68572) 2008-04-04 14:55

Bonjour Michael,
beaucoup de profondeur dans cette photo qui montre une des merveilles géologiques de notre planète.
Tu as bien choisi l'endroit de la prise de vue qui nous permet d'amirer le fleuve en contre bas.
Un joli ciel aussi, la pluie présente à gauche.
Best regards.
Daniel.

mesutilgim (36657) 2008-04-04 14:57

Hi Michael,
Very nice and impressive scene, very well captured. Good pov and good sharpness.
Short but nice notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

azleader (6) 2008-04-04 16:25

Wow... this seems to me to be a much better image (overall) than earlier images in terms of the sky.

On the other hand, I like the previous processing better in terms of the rest of the image.

Isn't that how it always goes? LOL!!! :)

crhieatt (5143) 2008-04-05 0:48

Michael,
This is a great shot - for soeone like me, at least, because it immediately evokes the feeling of being there, as these amazing scenes roll by. The light may be to subtle for many!

I see made you have two versions. Mmmm, perhaps there is a happy medium? :)

Regards
Colin

p.s. I'm sitting in quite a dark space at the moment and your photo is getting brighter and brighter!

rgarrigus (0) 2008-04-05 1:34

Hi Michael,

Ohhhh that sky! I love the colors at twilight and this image shows why. For me everything is perfect in this photo from the composition to the colors. There is still plenty of detail in the shadows for me. I love these moments sitting in an open space with the camera watching the twilight colors change.

Cheers!

Bob G.