This was taken after sunrise at Dead Horse Point so not the best light. It was cloudy anyway, so even sunrise was not the best. I found a new viewpoint for me.
CC welcome.
CC welcome.
Marlboro Point
- Thread starter Ben Egbert
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Timmeh
Well-Known Member
Hey Ben,
I really like the soft light and it evokes good memories of standing at overlooks. The rightmost foreground rock feels like it was shortchanged a little bit, but your camera position for fitting the rocks into some of the canyon lines is very well thought out. I wish that the center point of the cloud split matched up with the leading line of the leading line of the crest, but you can't always get what you want.
Tim
I really like the soft light and it evokes good memories of standing at overlooks. The rightmost foreground rock feels like it was shortchanged a little bit, but your camera position for fitting the rocks into some of the canyon lines is very well thought out. I wish that the center point of the cloud split matched up with the leading line of the leading line of the crest, but you can't always get what you want.
Tim
BarryHamilton
Founding Member
Great view and pretty cool sky, despite the light.
I'd be really tempted to crop about half the rather uniform sky to a pano format.
I'd be really tempted to crop about half the rather uniform sky to a pano format.
Thanks guys, this was taken with a 11 mm lens and one tripod leg on that center rock to get as much as the rock as possible. The crop is a good idea.
AlanLichty
Moderator
I like this viewpoint with the clouds. My initial reaction was for no sky crop but after gazing at this a bit that actually might be an interesting thought.
Hey Ben,
This is a very cool view, and I like those clouds. I have been mentally cropping this one too (looks like we all have).
I tried the idea of cropping off some of the sky, but I think the power of those clouds get lost. Those clouds really have a nice powerful motion to them sweeping up from the horizon and swirl up to the top.
Now I like how you composed the ground layer, but I do find those white cap rocks in the foreground to be a bit distracting to me. The white really sticks out from the red, and so the eye gets drawn down to the lower left which isn't good as the eye doesn't get to really enjoy the scene. I think the foreground visually over powers the rest of the ground layer and Marlboro Point. Now... if you crop from the bottom to lose the white rock, going to a pano crop and leaving the sky intact, I think you end up with a really powerful image, because then the ground layer with the points and canyons in the background can really be enjoyed.
So that's my crop suggestion.
This is a very cool view, and I like those clouds. I have been mentally cropping this one too (looks like we all have).
I tried the idea of cropping off some of the sky, but I think the power of those clouds get lost. Those clouds really have a nice powerful motion to them sweeping up from the horizon and swirl up to the top.
Now I like how you composed the ground layer, but I do find those white cap rocks in the foreground to be a bit distracting to me. The white really sticks out from the red, and so the eye gets drawn down to the lower left which isn't good as the eye doesn't get to really enjoy the scene. I think the foreground visually over powers the rest of the ground layer and Marlboro Point. Now... if you crop from the bottom to lose the white rock, going to a pano crop and leaving the sky intact, I think you end up with a really powerful image, because then the ground layer with the points and canyons in the background can really be enjoyed.
So that's my crop suggestion.
Hey Barry, Jim and Alan, here are a couple crops for you,, one from the top and one from the bottom.
The tough thing at Marlboro is to get down into the bottom of the canyon without pointing the lens down. Craig uses a TSE for this, I use an UWA. If I wanted to exclude the foreground, I should have placed my tripod closer to the edge.
Crop off the bottom
Crop off the top
The tough thing at Marlboro is to get down into the bottom of the canyon without pointing the lens down. Craig uses a TSE for this, I use an UWA. If I wanted to exclude the foreground, I should have placed my tripod closer to the edge.
Crop off the bottom
Crop off the top
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AlanLichty
Moderator
I like the one with the crop off the bottom. That is a pretty tasty cloud layer and I find it more interesting than the rocks at the bottom.
I am with Jim about the bright rocks. Of the two crops, I like the first one where the clouds are retained. Additionally I'd be tempted to just clone out the bright rocks from that crop rather than crop off even more from the bottom.
And yes the TSE would work much better here. The 17TSE is ideal here.
And yes the TSE would work much better here. The 17TSE is ideal here.
Ok, here goes, I wsih it did not cut off the bottom of that butte.
AlanLichty
Moderator
Methinks that last chomp went too far. That robs a lot of the foreground below.
Thnaks Alan, that was my thoughts as well. I will make a trip there someday and spend a full day and night and this trip was to look for better comps. I took several others, and for one without foreground, I already have it from another year.
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AlanLichty
Moderator
That's some tasty light.....
Mike Mancil
Well-Known Member
That’s an impressive view and I really like #3.