Mother & Children

[Darcy Grizzle]

RRNCA this morning. Got off work early so headed up and it was WINDYYYYYYYYY. Now it looks like it is snowing up there. I did a little dodging & burning...how did I do for my first time?

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[Ben Egbert]

Looks pretty good Darcy. There may be a dark band across the top that is lighter at the right corner. I only say this because you mentioned D&B, otherwise I would just assume it's natural, which it may well be.

This is a very nice image..

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Looks pretty good Darcy. There may be a dark band across the top that is lighter at the right corner. I only say this because you mentioned D&B, otherwise I would just assume it's natural, which it may well be.

This is a very nice image..

I think that is my polarizer and that is why I hate using it.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Looks pretty good Darcy. There may be a dark band across the top that is lighter at the right corner. I only say this because you mentioned D&B, otherwise I would just assume it's natural, which it may well be.

This is a very nice image..

I didn't touch the sky, only highlights & shadows on the mountains & the cactus

 

[JimFox]

It looks like this was a great time to get out. I like the look of this, and despite the wind everything looks pretty sharp to me.

In the older days of Photoshop Dodging and Burning looked horrible, it would turn things into a greyish tone that I didn't like. Because of that I have never used Dodging and Burning since, because early on I had to use Layer Masks to paint area's darker or brighter as needed. All that to say your Dodging and Burning looks great. Like Ben I wouldn't have known it had you not said something.

 

[JimFox]

I think that is my polarizer and that is why I hate using it.

Learn to love your polarizer.

A polarizer is an awesome tool, it can correct and enhance an image in many ways. But it also can hurt an image. So learning to use it is really important. One suggestion I will give you is that when you adjust it, pay attention as you turn it that you stop in a spot where it helps graduate the blue of the sky evenly with no super dark areas.

Another tip with Polarizers is I will typically take photos with the polarizer in 2 or 3 different positions. 1st - where the effect in the sky totally goes away as you rotate it. 2nd - rotating it to where you just start to see it darken one of the sides (evening out the blue in the sky. 3rd - Rotating it to where it just looks good. If that is the same as #1 or 2, then don't shoot it.

Then when you go back home and sit in front of the computer you have several different looking skies for the same scene that you can choose from to work with.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

It looks like this was a great time to get out. I like the look of this, and despite the wind everything looks pretty sharp to me.

In the older days of Photoshop Dodging and Burning looked horrible, it would turn things into a greyish tone that I didn't like. Because of that I have never used Dodging and Burning since, because early on I had to use Layer Masks to paint area's darker or brighter as needed. All that to say your Dodging and Burning looks great. Like Ben I wouldn't have known it had you not said something.

Thank you , done in lightroom with the little magic wand

 

[AlanLichty]

I must have shown up late to the dodge and burn show but will say the end result looks quite inviting. I can't see the wind at all

Any hints of wildflowers in the deserts around the LV area yet?

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I must have shown up late to the dodge and burn show but will say the end result looks quite inviting. I can't see the wind at all

Any hints of wildflowers in the deserts around the LV area yet?

No not yet. Death Valley I hear is starting. But nothing up at Red Rock & I drove the whole thing today looking for burro's.

 

[lionking]

This is pretty cool capture, it could probably look nice to place the mother between the peaks.
Probably another reason to visit this amazing location...

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

This is pretty cool capture, it could probably look nice to place the mother between the peaks.
Probably another reason to visit this amazing location...

Thank you, and I agree it would be a better composition