Mesa from the side

[Don Lacy]

So its about 45 minutes after sunrise and the mass of photographers that had arrived for the morning has now dwindle down to about 7 of us left, which gave me the opportunity to explore some different angles and views which lead to this image. It never ceases to amaze me how often I see other photographers miss images from either not properly working an area or from walking away from a scene once they think the action is over I see this all the time especially when shooting Avian and wildlife.

This is a single image from a 6D, 16-35 f/4 at 17mm, 1/80s at f/13, Evaluative Metered, ISO 400, and rare for me hand held. Nothing to fancy for processing around 7 layers total including a tonal contrast layer using Niks CE4, dodge and burn layers using soft light and overlay, 3 different curve layers using luminosity mask, and selectively sharpen using a layer and mask to hopefully avoid halos that Don and Morkel keep catching :S3:

[Dvir Barkay]

very nice, maybe a bit softer light would have made it a bit more balanced, but its still very nice.

[dankearl]

Nice warm light.
I think a bit off the top would look good....

[Diane Miller]

I love the dynamic composition with the wide angle. The detail on the arch closest to the viewer pulls me into the scene. Wonderful color for that long after sunrise!

[Don Railton]

I pretty much like it just as it is Don.. I especially like the perspective on the arch, I least like the intersection of the underside of the arch with the distant ridge. Maybe a couple of faint clouds in the sky would help.. but you cant have everything

Don

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Don, you have found a great abgle from which to photograph this iconic scene. Nice to see something a little different. Ditto your comments about not working a scene. I will often go to a location and spend an entire day there.