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i cropped the sky to make picture more balanced.

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Beautiful detail and lighting.

Stunning... I love it, sort of photo i would love blown up to put on a wall in my house...thank you

Great photo ! Can you put the version with the sky !? I would liked to see a little over the clif... I think it would make a better photo. But I like it very much ! Beautiful !

I really like this cropping as it seems to make a more powerful statement. In the sky version, I'd crop it just so there was about 80% less sky. Both are great captures.

You've done justice to this very beautiful place. Canyon De Chelly.

Definitely prefer it "with sky" this just looks strange as if you're trying to look at it with something getting in the way.

Good light, impressive view, nice composition, stronger than the version with the sky. Gives some vertigo feeling. Yes, why not? Karl

This is a gorgeous image and very unique perspective. You caught the lighting just right, and your exposure is impeccable. Great job!

nice photograph...

 

i believe this was were one scene in Mackenna's Gold was filmed ? where, those pillar rocks point to the cave entrance to the valley.

thanks for the comments. most of you apparently like the cropped version,

but i can understand john who prefers that including the sky. I myself like that original version very much, but still think that the cropped one is more balanced

Nice view of this area, good choice to crop a sky.

Regards from Sweden

Ralf

Lovely place, good composition and a great quality of light, cheers Jana

Nice lighting condition captured of Spider Rocks (Canyon De Chelly National Monument, North East Arizona).

you know, this is such a photographed scene but you have done well by it. I do feel that I want more drama here (contrast in the lighting) and that maybe it is a little pink feeling. I haven't been here for awhile, but my recollection was that it was a bit more yellow than pink-not that you have to match color, but this just feels a little too pink to me without regard to true color. And the overall feel is a bit soft to me.

 

For me, the sky version is much less intimate and so I am more drawn to this one for that reason. Second, I think the one with the sky is not as good a composition and, for me, John's comment seems to apply to that one more than this one. I feel the columns are much too centered in that one and so tends to make it pretty static feeling. Here, you have moved the columns to the right a bit and that opens up the eye to move around a bit better.

 

Nice photo, makes me want to go back again.

The light is unbelievable. And the focus is perfect. A great photo Dieter. Bradd

Dieter,

 

This is an excellent image of Spider Rock with beautiful lighting. As someone has already stated, this is indeed where the film Mackenna's Gold was shot. The only thing I would comment on is that the colour balance (attractive thought it is) is a tad on the warm side.

 

BTW, I much prefer this to the image with sky - it has so much more impact and concentrates your attention on the rock formation.

I love the view point and the light. Also de composition is fantastic. Kind regards.

Very nice Dieter, I do wish for a bit more on the top though or a different crop maybe what do you think? Still its very nice.

 

DK.

 

P.s. I think I took to much off the left side.

 

Lovely pic look like epic two tower of lord of the ring! gret guns.....

thanks for your comments.

 

mona, david, you mention the redish tone. you are basicly right, i could change the tone slightly, though the ton strongly depends on your screen. i have two screens, and colors look different on each.

 

david, thanks for suggesting a different cropping. the towers taken by themselves could be placed somewhat more off center, but my argument for the present cropping was to consider the entire light part of the canyon floor. in addition i prefer a 3/2 format instead of a 4/3 one, but this is simply a matter of personal tast

Excelente imagen, gran composicion, color, y un bello encuadre, un cordial saludo Dieter.

Dieter, I've looked at this several times over the past few days, comparing this to the version with the sky, and I lean with this one. I also like the alternate crop. Very nice image. - Sean

perfect

Nicely composed and very nice warm colors. The image gives a nice sense of vastness and magnificence. Makes us feel so small...