Sunset at Turret Arch, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
Copyright © 2010 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
Turret Arch is in the Windows Section of the Arches National park. It’s about a 126ft ascent with a gentle grade most the way up. There are a couple of spots it’s steep, but not too bad.
I normally don’t like people in my landscapes, but I have to admit I like them in these photos because they give you a sense of just how HUGE these arches are.
Underexposing this frame I was able to bring out the rich colors my eyes were seeing. I recovered the foreground using the Fill Slider in Adobe Camera Raw. I do have a hot spot- or blown out spot here. I am wondering if using my Reverse Graduated Neutral Density filter would have helped…
Nikon D300s, Nikkor 17-35mm @20mm, f11, 0.5second, ISO 200, On a Tripod, triggered with a remote release cable/intervalometer
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Lovely colours, a difficult exposure with bright sky and dark foreground. great job, well done on a tricky image
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I love this shot I don’t think it could be much better
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Looks even better here, “on black.” Wonderful-er.
Regarding the GND, I believe it would not have been helpful here, with the window and all. I probably would have attempted either a digital blend, or HDR if the people weren’t moving. If you were auto-bracketing, you would have options.
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Thanks Todd,
I don’t “auto-bracket” but I do in cases like this take a quick shot one stop up and down and 2 stops down to get the color.
I don’t like the look I’ve got with HDR so I’ve given up on it. When you say digitally blend do you mean use two layers-say a dark and lighter one and paint in the details I want? Unfortunately none of the frames I took have color in that section. It was “hot!” I think all the pixels are blown since I’ve not been able to recover them in ACR.
This is the 2 stops down frame! If there was color there it would have shown up here in this frame of all frames. 🙂
Tell me about digitally blending please? Is it something other than blending layers by masking and painting?
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Gorgeous colors Deborah and the small hot spot adds to it’s beauty as it accentuates the rest of the sky.
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