Arch at Valley of Fire

[Rachel Hollander]

Taken early morning (6:23 a.m.) at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada about an hour outside of Las Vegas.

Canon 5D3
70-200 II @ 200mm
1/500
f11
ISO 800
HH, ff, luminosity mask, levels, curves, sharpened in CCPS.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Don Railton]

Hi Rachel.

Must learn to get out of bed early in the morning...Kudos to you there. Nice study of the rock. Not sure I would have included the clutter lower right corner, and I would have liked a little more detail in the shadows, but neither are deal breakers for me....

DON

DON

[dankearl]

Nice detail and eye popping color, I would crop tighter and focus on the opening.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Don and Dan, appreciate the comments and suggestions. :wave:

[David Cowling]

Lovely contrast between the two dominant colours. Great detail in the rock. I might have cropped in a bit from the top and a bit from the right. TFS

[Don Lacy]

Lovely color and angle of view, I would also look at removing the grass in the LRC by either cropping or cloning

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Rachel...so beautifully done...my only suggestions is to do a slight crop or clone the dried grasses in the LRC...very nice detail throughout...I like the arrangement of the rock details and the arch placement within the comp!

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks David, Don and Andrew for the comments and suggestions.