River Runs Through It

Ahhh yes! as I told you this image is spectacular for me, Im happy you uploaded it 8^), composition, textures, light and colors are truly out of common!

Curtis, another masterly done!!! Best regards.

Excellent composition, very good angle of view and nice lighting !

The use of light and shadow here are remarkable, as is the exposure control. Outstanding composition.

Hey Curtis, I love the shot, it's gorgeous, but is this a composite of two exposures? Something looks, well, like it couldn't be done with one shot? I dunno. I could be wrong. It looks so crisp and fine-edged with the high congrast lighting. I only ask because it says non-manipulated, which is no biggie. Either way, nice capture! Looks like a great adventure too!

Brian, to answer your question, this is a single exposure of the actual scene. This is full frame and nothing has been added or removed.

Excellent shot, Curtis!

Very good image, with a few really interesting colors and a saturation.

Best regards.

The balance of color is amazing! You have bright brilliant sky with some shadow in the canyon but there is no extreme from shadow to light, really amazing.

Truly outstanding... Jiri

esplendida-7/7

Cool, since it's a single shot and not a composite I'm even more impressed! Excellent! That's some dynamic range!

magnificent!!

Very good image

Wonderful!

Very impress with the overall balance and details of this picture.

Hello Curtis, I don't think that I rated this one low?

 

It is a good image with a strong composition. The interface between the rock wall on the left and the sky looks a little suspect, making one consider that the sky as presented, may not be the sky of the original scene, but hey, what does that matter, the effect is rather stunning - if not a little distracting - (but this is only my taste). The yellows, oranges and blues work well together.

 

Brian seems to have a valid point.

 

Regards, Nick.

Nick, I assure you the sky is original as photographed. I have never added or removed the sky in my images.

Regards

Hello Curtis, I believe you!, it just looks a little odd.

 

The lighting conditions were such that there must have been a huge contrast in terms of exposure between the sun rich sky and the shadows of the canyon. It is therefore likely that you have had to do some dramatic dodging and burning to have both areas so well exposed. What you have achieved is a great image, but you have produced lighting effects which are dramatically different from what the eye/brain is acustomed to seeing in nature, this is perhaps why it "looks suspect".

 

Don't get me wrong - there is nothing dishonest, or bad about this, in fact it is one of the things which makes this one of your most interesting photographs (in my opinion at least).

 

Regards, Nick.

Very good exposition and colors.

Excellent composition. The masses of colours are skilfully aranged.

i love the colours in this; has the saturation been digitally enhanced? How DO you manage to get such crisp perfectly blue skies and such sharp interfaces between the skies and the mid-ground? I wish I knew how to do this!!!

This pops off the page! Nice control of lighting and contrast.

fantastica !!! come tutte le tue foto ....BRAVO !!

I just visited your portfolio again...what happened to "Shining Through"? Are you deleting some photos for some reason? I miss it!