Canyon Wall & Lone Pine

[D. Robert Franz]

This is an image from Arches N.P. when I was there in Jan. I like how this pine tree was living on the ledge of the rugged canyon wall. The canyon is Courthouse Wash.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 11
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: 24-105mm
Focal length: 58mm

[Dave Mills]

Hi Robert, Great color and texture within the image.I also like the fact the tree is sitting on a diagonal ledge. Since the center of interest is the tree I thought the original comp minimalized it too much. I cropped it much tighter to emphasize the lone tree more. I also brought up the green a small bit.
There are other crops but this one example...

[Robert Amoruso]

Dave's crop is exactly the crop I envisioned when I open the thread. The diagonal cliff and that tree are the strongest elements and deserve all the attention.

Good job see the possibilities here. Many would pass this by.

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

The crop really makes this image, nice shot Robert

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Dale,
one of my favorite areas......I will offer another opinion and possible direction......while Dave's crop is where I would go approximately top and bottom.......I would leave the LH side......more pano....why? I like the curve and lighter layer there........I also darkened the area behind the tree and lightened the tree.......A bit heavy, but I wanted to make the tree stand out more from the BG rocks. Hope this just gives you another option to explore. Let me know your thoughts on this.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I immediately thought pano crop when I opened this. Roman's repost is the winner IMO here. well seen!

[Markus Jais]

I like all 3 versions although I think Roman's version is the best. Great light and colors. The lone tree makes it special.

Markus

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful shot. Lovely textures and nice use of the tree in the composition.