Fisher Towers

[John Blumenkamp]

This is an image I made this past spring of the Fisher Towers east of Moab, Utah. The sky was pretty hazy behind the towers at the time of this capture, so I worked with the color balance tool and a mask to bring out a little more of the blue, as well as lighten up the foreground. Any other suggestions welcome.

40D w/ 70-200 f/4 IS
1/8 f/11 iso100

Thanks for looking,
John

[Fabs Forns]

I'd love to see this in HDR. Composition is good, just the much darker foreground.

[Bruce Murden]

Beautiful place!

I'm with Fabs. I love your image, beautiful lighting on the towers, and I think you have enough FG here. If not HDR, have you tried double-processing in RAW, once for the highlights, once for the shadows? That could let you blend the FG and towers better than just masking and working with exposure.

[Michael Pancier]

if you have photomatix pro, you can create a pseudo HDR from this image. I can't wait to see these next month.

[Robert Amoruso]

Nice use of layers in the image John - both the FG and in the butte. Just the right amount of FG in shade to anchor the excellent color of the sunlight butte.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey John,
Know the area well....I'm with the not lovin' the FG shadow.....although probably impossible to totally get rid of.....would be interested in the HDR or "pseudo" version.

[Ed Cordes]

I like the perspective of a slightly "long" view rather than the traditional wide angle view standing up close. The shadow is pesky, but I don't know how you can get the last rays of red light without it. I might consider a crop from the bottom to about the top of the horizontal gravel line.