monument valley Monument Valley

Thanks for visiting. Comments are appreciated.

Lovely place to photograph, especially in the golden hour like this. I'm not sure about this choice of framing, but the blue certainly contrasts with the red.

Amazing shot and colors!!!

Beautifully done. An original perspective and the lighting and colours are great. The large sky also fits well here.

Regards,

Christoph

 

Too much saturation in the foreground.

Really beautiful work!!

On closer inspection of the front rock, the colours are posterized and blown - which looks like a saturation boost as John says. There's also a think halo where the rocks and horizon meet the sky.

John and Ben, here is the original file (unedited, except it was cropped) for discussion purpose only. It was a spectacular sunset and the color was very rich. This photo was shot with Canon 5D in Landscrape Picture Style mode and Auto White Balance.

Thanks for clearing that up, must have been one hell of an evening. The halo must be jpeg artifacts - I'd assumed it was combined shots or combined layer masks.

I love it. Nice compo. I think the red saturation is the normal problem with the 5D in the Landscape program... very well with green and blue but... really saturated in red. Anyway, the shot is expectacular. Congratulations. Regards. Agus

I always shoot RAW, no parameters to worry about in camera then.

Stunning composition also colourwise, cheers Jana

Excellent photo with great color saturation. Nicely composed. Makes me remember all those John Ford movies with John Wayne. Loved the photography in "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" coming across the plains with the thunderstorm right on top of them. Truly a wonderful shot. Your picture does it justice. Nice work and thanks for sharing it with us.

Excellent. The tall red rock in the back looks almost 3d. Great exposure.

This is a fantastic image. The color is perfect!

Thanks everyone for your positive comments. I was lucky enought to capture the spectacular sunset. The sunrise next morning was non-existent.

good light, indeed

Stunning photo. Light and colors are so good. Great job.

What a fantastic sunset. The super rich redness of the rocks contrast well with the clouds and the shadows are in the right places. Well done in getting this shot! Cheers!

What a butte!

Yes, beautiful shot and scene! I agree with Ben about shooting in RAW mode. You can control the white balance before converting to tiff, and I recommend no sharpening at all until you reach final print size or web size. That way you minimize artifacts, especially if you avoid using the jpg format (until its the final version).

Great shot of a very special place.

Beautiful photo despite the oversaturation.

I love the Monument Valley and I love your "supernatural" photo.

Congrats

Eli