Hi Sarah, Good basic comp of an interesting view. I like your placement of the grass clump in the foreground along with the embankment line pointing you towards the backround. I thought the backround rock formation was somewhat light and I darkened it. You can do that by burning it in(using the burn tool) or I took a nik graduated filter and darkened it that way.
I felt the sheen of water in the middle ground was a bit bright so I burned that also. You can still see the glare but now with more detail. A polariser probably would have taken most of that out.
Finally, I cropped a sliver off the top feeling I could eliminate the small white band.
Hi Sarah,
I think Dave's repost helped bring some things into balance, but I am not sure the FG grasses add enough to the image for my tastes. You don't mention a polariser.....I mention this as the glare on the water is grabbing my eye and detracting from the wonderful colors. Even in overcast conditions with water present.....it is usually a good idea to use a polariser to eliminate glare. You say ISO 1000 also....typo or that is what you used?
Repost is much better for the reasons already mentioned. I use a polarizer whenever around water. As Roman mentioned, it would have reduced the glare off the rocks a lot. To me the grass in the lower area is nice and adds depth.
Roman,
The ISO was in fact 1000, so this must've been done without a tripod. I can't actually remember whether I used a polarizer, as I had used it for many of my canyon photos. The logistics of photography on a river trip got out of hand at times.
Grand Canyon
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