This was taken at Moran Point a day before the one I recently showed from Yaki Point. Comments welcome.
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Soft Light
- Thread starter Ben Egbert
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Timmeh
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Hi Ben,
Your title suits this well. The rich color that came out of no direct light is lovely. The only thing I'm unsure of is the brightly lit orange formation in the middle left. It draws the eye out of the frame. My suggestion is to crop about a fifth to a quarter off of the left.
Tim
Your title suits this well. The rich color that came out of no direct light is lovely. The only thing I'm unsure of is the brightly lit orange formation in the middle left. It draws the eye out of the frame. My suggestion is to crop about a fifth to a quarter off of the left.
Tim
Thanks Tim, I will consider this.
AlanLichty
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I like it. The GC with good light is always a nice subject and in this case the indirect light is great. Tim's crop suggestion might be a good one as it seems to drag my view farther down the canyon.
Here are a couple different crops. The first is too squarish for me, so I cropped it further to my preferred aspect ratio. Too small to print now, but ok for web.
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Kyle Jones
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I like the original crop just fine. Wonderful light!
Thanks Kyle obviously I do too. But i tend to be an ultra wide angle guy.
BarryHamilton
Founding Member
I like the original crop best, of these. But I think I would like the 2nd with maybe half the sky cropped off, keeping more of the foreground. You'll get tons of options here. 
I also prefer the softer light and contrasts in the 2nd and 3rd. But that may just be me. Wonderful lighting and view!
I also prefer the softer light and contrasts in the 2nd and 3rd. But that may just be me.
Wonderful lighting and view!
Thanks Berry, I had to start from scratch for the last two because the first one was cropped before saving. The main difference is that the first one is a bit darker.I like the original crop best, of these. But I think I would like the 2nd with maybe half the sky cropped off, keeping more of the foreground. You'll get tons of options here.
I also prefer the softer light and contrasts in the 2nd and 3rd. But that may just be me.
Tom Kualii
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Great images...
Thanks Tom and welcome to the forum.
Pete Van Hamersveld
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I like the original the best. I would darken (dodge effect) the brighter left side a little, but still leave brighter than the right.
Thanks Sasha. you probably know the place well, this was my first time there, but no excuses, I suspect I should have used a long FL here. This was shot with a 17TSE shifted I believe to offset the horizon. I will look at you suggestions.
Thanks Pete, this is how I am leaning.
Thanks Jim, you are correct, lots of options, some would have been better dome in camera, as most have to do with what part of the scene to include. This was a 21mpx image. If it would have been the 5DSR more cropping would have been more feasible.Hey Ben,
Lot's of ways you can go with this shot. It's interesting to see the different suggestions. I think it's one of those shots where you really can't go wrong.
But with that said, I am actually leaning towards the square comp.
Jim
This and the other Grand Canyon image were taken 3 years ago and have never made it to my walls. I could not put my finger on it, but the suggestions here are giving me insight.
Bart Carrig
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Absolutely gorgeous ! And I like it from each perspective you have shown. But ultimately, it's the first for me.
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