Arizona Desert 1

[Bill Randall]

Canon 5D, 24-70 mm, set at 50 mm, ISO 400, 1/5 sec, f/16 Taken just before sunset at a location called the Fins.

[Gail Spitler]

Bill
Nice light, excellent definition.
I am not sure I like the stick just along the line where the new rock curves appear (at the base of the little mesa tower in the center of the image).
There is a nice flow to the composition - curving up along the right side. I am not sure about the curve along the left - whether it pulls us back or sends us in another direction.
BTW Alain Briot is just starting a series of columns on composition over at the website Luminous Landscape that you might find interesting. (Hope it's okay to mention other websites). URL is
http://luminous-landscape.com/columns/Composition_Intro.shtml

Cheers
Gail

[Gus Cobos]

Bill I like the composition the way it is. I would leave the stick just where it is. Its part of the habitat. The colors are fine, I was thinking of boosting the contrast and saturation, but it works for me like this...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

fantastic light angle and awesome colors!!! well captured all around. would add a little more sharpening to make it pop even more!!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Bill Not sure I'm crazy about the exposure I'm seeing very little highlight detail Would try a double conversion of the raw image, one linear the other normal. Then you can blend and should get something.

Can also lower the color temp a little, at times the whites get blown out with a perfect histogram (check red channel)

I like the composition and regarding the stick would include if it was in a different place. Don't like it were its at now. One sweet place to photograph !!!!

[Bill Randall]

Alfred you are right about the red in histogram. I noticed it and tried to get it down to a reasonable level before posting. I didn't try merging two images.
Thank you all for the comments

[denise ippolito]

Bill, Really nice composition. I love images like this!

[Bill Randall]

Alfred, I find I don't know what you mean by "linear conversion". I tried several conversions but nothing seemed to improve the detail in the highlights. Please point me to a discussion of linear conversion.

[Gus Hallgren]

Great shot, Bill, I love it . . . .

Gail Spitler's link on composition http://luminous-landscape.com/column...on_Intro.shtml (http://luminous-landscape.com/columns/Composition_Intro.shtml) is absolutely wonderful. One of first articles by Emile Zola I parrticularly like.
"Art is something we want, not something we need." and he goes on with more wonderful advice. Thanks Gail!

Bill thanks for sharing your interesting photo

Uncle Gus