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Ed Cordes
03-24-2008, 05:32 PM
Last October my wife and I were out west and spent quite a bit of time in and around Moab, UT. This image was made near Fisher Towers late one afternoon. I like the curve of the river and the clouds.

1DMK2 with 24-105 @ 85. Evaluative metering at ISO 100 at EV -1/3 with f 18 and 1/15 with polarizer.

Image is full frame horizontally cropped to pano to eliminate unnecessary FG and emphasize the river valley curve.

Thanks for looking. Comments most welcome.

Robert Amoruso
03-24-2008, 06:05 PM
Very dramatic looking clouds. The river valley makes a nice curve into the scene and it is easy to see how it carved its path in the rocks. I might suggest shadow/highlight adjustment to bring up the deep shadows a bit.

David Kennedy
03-25-2008, 01:19 AM
Ed,
Robert is on to something re: a lifting of the dark tones. I do wonder if you cropped a little too tightly from the top--I feel that a touch more sky might help. Also, you might restore a small amount of the foreground to complete the diagonal line that begins near bottom right-hand corner.

Bob Ettinger
03-26-2008, 06:19 PM
I like the image and the comments already posted would make it better.