american southwest Mesa Arch

Early Morning shoot at popular Mesa Arch. Please have a view larger and

offer your feedback on what works or what could improve the shot.

Thanks.

bela paisagem e boa gama tonal, abraços e um bom ano para você.

Great mood and lighting which created it!

Best regards, Jon!

PDE

Jon, the lighting and composition is exquisite.  7/7.  Congratulations.

I like it but that horizontal line a third of the way down is distracting. It seems so pronounced, more than I have seen on other images of Mesa Arch.

I like it.  It's different from what I took years ago.  There is nothing wrong with the line 1/3 of the way down.  You can't change the landscape.

I actually find that division line fascinating.  Because of the varying levels of contrast above and below that line, it offers the illusion that the lower portion of the frame is underwater.  Now that I've created that illusion in my mind, I find it difficult to see it any other way.  Because this is presented as a matted photograph I must assume that this might be an image ready for delivery to a client which leads to my only criticism.  It's not ready for delivery.  The upper portion of the image is littered with sensor dust, most prominent in the upper left but present throughout.