End of the day

After a long day canyoneering, the group heads out. Blown out

highlights unavoidable. Any other critique?

Nice, but I would used a little longer lens to compress the walls and make the people larger in the frame. Avoid blown-out overexposed areas such as top of walls.

I like the composition, colors and details in the rocks.

I like this. It is very interesting but I think everyone would like to know where this is at. What area of Utah?

I have the same question as Kevin - Could you tell us where this is? Knowing a little bit about the dramatic light of the SouthWest, I think this is a fine effort.

 

Cheers. MP

This is sometimes called Mile 28.1 Canyon and is sometimes called Leprechaun Canyon. It is just off of state HW 95 (at mile marker 28.1), about 3 miles past 276 going towards Hite. Higher up this is a slot canyon involving a few short rappels and lots of tight areas (walking sideways). I personally really like the wide-angle perspective--it really gives a good feel for the canyon.

Part of what attracted me to this image was the very smallness of the people, so I would not change that significantly. Tough question about the blown-out highlights at top: Looks to me as though even if you closed down 1/3 to 1 stop (as the 10D deals with stops, and sacrificing some shadow detail at upper right) you're still going to have blown-out highlights. So I suspect that no exposure change is necessary. Maybe a little recomposition would have been helpful: a little less of the blown-out sky showing at the top.