Sedona, AZ - famous for it's red rock landscape. Feedback welcome.

Sedona, AZ - famous for it's red rock landscape. Feedback welcome.

I like it. There are a couple of things I might change though...o.k. one thing I would, and another I would try and see if it worked...

 

First off, get yourself one of those enhancing filters that they use on redrock. They use didymium to bring out the reds. Very essential I think with this work. Apparently almost EVERYONE uses them when shooting redrock. B+H sells them starting at around $30.00. They sell a B+W 62mm for $50.00. They make a big difference. The problem with redrock is that it tends to get "muddy" on film. The filter will fix that. Certainly a must-have.

 

Now, as to what I would try and see if it works -

 

Cropping. I think your shot is degrading the rock spire a bit. Maybe a better shot would have been to have the bottom of the frame at the current 1/2-way point so you get trees - rock spire - sky. This mean you would have to move a bit, but in doing so, I think the rock spire would look much taller.

 

That said, I do like the tone of your sky. Not TOO dark...not too light. Many people I think over-polarize. You also seem to have a knack for including what I would call "disparate items" in your picture. In that one shot you have included lowland desert, high chapparel, and redrock country. Good vision.

Thanks for the feedback Robert, it really helps - I havn't started to take photography seriously until recently and enjoying the thrill. One obstacle I did have with this photo was the surrounding houses - I tried to get the best composition on could without getting any man-made objects in the picture - in this photo for example there were houses just over the crest and too the right.