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    I took this image several years ago when visiting southwestern Utah. The day we visited Capital Reef National Monument was all wrong for photography. We got there on a cloudless day at about 11:00am and the sun was increadably bright. But I did whatever I could to get as decent exposure as possible and added the clouds in the post processing of the image. Hope you like it, but if you don't I would certainly like to hear why not. Shooting data follows:
    Nikon D2X
    2005:09:29 123:39
    24-120mm @ 40mm
    60mm (in 35mm film)
    1/80 sec, f/8
    Mode: Manual
    Metering: Multi-segment
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    ISO: 100
    White balance: Auto
    Flash: Off
    File size: 333MB
    Image size: 4131 x 2826
    Color space: AdobeRGB
    Saturation: Normal
    Sharpness: Normal
    Contrast: Normal
    Color profile: Adobe RGB (1998)

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    Hello Wheeler

    Well I like it...mostly. Nice colours in the rock and the cloud you have added compliments the image nicely and it all still looks 'natural' to me. The bit I don't like so much is the tree in the foreground on the RHS that is cut off. So I would have taken one step to the right to include all of that tree and remove the little bit of scrub popping into frame on the LHS, ie crop to the last 'e' in Wheeler. I would hope that in doing this the road was not obscured by the tree just right of center... It looks to be a very hot location....!

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    Don,
    Thanks for your thoughts. I agee with you, especially about the tree on the LHS. Do you think it would improve the image if I cropped it out? Thanks again.
    Mac
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    Hi Mac

    Its the RH tree I dislike the most. I would look at cropping this out and then either leave or cloning out the LH bush with the red gravel... Unfortunately I am not in a position at the moment to try any of this on your image.

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    Hi Don,
    Here is a repost with the crop that you suggested. I didn't crop the tree out because I would have lost the big butte on the far right, so I took just the tree out, which I might say wasn't very easy as I could not remenber what was behind it. So I used my imagination. By the way to answer your guestion about it being hot there it, really was, but it isn't always hot as it has a fairly cold winter as it is about 8,500 feet in altitude. Thanks again for your thoughts.
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    I think that is much better Mac although there are still artefacts at the tree site. Guess you know that... With the tree gone the distraction is removed and there is a better balance I feel. The road, while not to the edge still leads you into the image..

    Don..

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    Hi Wheeler, good points about the composition already made by Don. Repost works ok, but I would have liked some of that empty FG to create an extra layer in your image. The tree half you had to clone out looks like it would have made a nice FG compositional element.

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    Your second crop is more appealing, Wheeler...but overall I just feel the light was against you here. It does look like a nice scene and a good place for a loooong drive .
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