Colorado: Dillon: Tenderfoot Trail

This is actually a relatively small rock (about one cubic yard) with

varied and interesting lichen and moss all over it. The half dead snag

in the background has appeared in several earlier images of mine.

For a study of DOF this is great. Looks like everything is in focus to me. Nice scene to. Hopefully we might be able to come out there towards the end of summer or in the fall.

Technically, you've achieved what you set out to do. Personally, I don't think it does much for me. I can't see any point to this. If it was a study of the rock, very low sidelighting would have been more interesting. It might look good if blown up huge on a wall (40x30 perhaps) but otherwise, I'm afraid not.

I think that for this image, the mountain in the sunlight is just too pretty. It completely steals the show from the interesting abstract of the rock. No matter how much I want to study the subtle coloration and lighting of the rock, I just can't unless I cover up that mountain.

I think if one studies the image it's fairly obvious that it has soft sidelighting from the setting sun on the right. So much for my attempt at emulating the great landscape photographers by having foreground AND background subjects. Oh well. Back to the day job.

I agree with the others who feel the beautiful background draws the eye away from the rock. Personally, I would crop this one in half, leaving just a bit of the rock in the foreground.

Here I thought I was taking a picture of the rock and it turns out I was making an image of the skyline instead. I still like the colors in the rock. Closeup is attached.

Well, it is a really nice rock, Fred.

Thanks John. I take a lot of pride in my rock images.

The rock dominates the image which makes me think it is larger than it really is. The grass and mountains make a nice background, but I think the snag competes for our attention which leads our eeys back up to the top of the image.