Arches National Park - Windows Arches (2)

[BJF]

Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikkor 18-135mm

 

[tygr1]

I really like the first shot. I like the angle and composition.

 

[BJF]

I really like the first shot. I like the angle and composition.

Thanks!

 

[flea77]

This might be interesting, take the first picture and crop it into a "panorama" that is solid rock with only the one window with the sky showing through it.

Allan

 

[BJF]

Very interesting crop. Thanks Allan!

 

[Studio7Four]

Very nice - I like that you didn't use the standard "dead on to the arch" perspective. Nice diagonal line created in the first shot, from upper left to lower right.

You might want to try masking and playing with the sky a bit. I can believe that the sun is coming in at such an angle as to hit the rocks but leave the sky and clouds dark, but it still doesn't look quite right. I'm not sure how to make the sky look more like it fits (brighten it? make it more contrasty/stormy?), but take a look at it if you're in the mood to play.

 

[McNugget801]

Cool shot but I think its lacking perspective.
The north window is a large Arch but its hard to tell from these photos. By adding some scale it would of enhanced this image IMO

 

[BJF]

Very nice - I like that you didn't use the standard "dead on to the arch" perspective. Nice diagonal line created in the first shot, from upper left to lower right.

You might want to try masking and playing with the sky a bit. I can believe that the sun is coming in at such an angle as to hit the rocks but leave the sky and clouds dark, but it still doesn't look quite right. I'm not sure how to make the sky look more like it fits (brighten it? make it more contrasty/stormy?), but take a look at it if you're in the mood to play.

Thanks Rob. The shots were taken about the beginning of sunset that day. I used PL filter. It could be the reason why the sky looks dark. Maybe the color could be more natural without using the PL filter.

 

[BJF]

Cool shot but I think its lacking perspective.
The north window is a large Arch but its hard to tell from these photos. By adding some scale it would of enhanced this image IMO

Thanks for comments. You are right. I use the wide side of 18-135mm lens. The perspective sight was not so natural.