Red Rock Canyon just outside of Las Vegas, NV.

[Rjcommando]

Hi everyone! I'm brand new around this site. Here's an image I shot early one morning in Red Rock. Other than a slight cropping, this image is unmodified. I shoot a lot of my B&W images using the custom monochrome settings in camera. Let me know what'cha think. I'm my own harshest critic and always see room for improvement.

 

[Bo4key]

Nice watermark

 

[Rjcommando]

It is a little overpowering, but I've had a few images "borrowed" without asking.

 

[dxqcanada]

Image is a little small.

 

[molested_cow]

If I was impatient and saw the photo without reading the title or opening thread, I'd have thought the pic was an advertisement and this is a spam.

 

[Rjcommando]

Image is a little small.

Hows this?

 

[Rjcommando]

If I was impatient and saw the photo without reading the title or opening thread, I'd have thought the pic was an advertisement and this is a spam.

Gotcha. This is my first thread here. Definitely not trying to spam or anything. I'll try again in a bit with a toned down watermark.

 

[dxqcanada]

Hmm, your camera does a fair job on the B&W conversion.
I feel that there is too much sky though ... possibly crop some out.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

How can you have a B&W version of Red Rocks??? Red Rocks is about the majesty of its color.

Lets see the color version before its copped to black and white.

 

[Frequency]

Many photographers have mentioned why they are forced to place the watermark on some principal point of the image; so i think that may please be tolerated anymore.....

Regarding the image: You have a wonderful cloud formation here; the rock crests are also solid in style; what ifeel is that there must be more light in the foreground and also on the rocks.... i would like to know how it looks after that changes

Regards

 

[mwcfarms]

See to me B&W doesn't do this image justice. I was in vegas in April and Red Rock well is gorgeous and the colors are part of what makes it so special. I would love to see this in color. I went to Valley of Fire when I was out there and thought that it was amazing. Love Nevada. If you haven't been to valley of fire I highly recommend you go. I have a bunch of images on my flickr from there and its truly spectacular.

 

[Destin]

I can understand the giant watermark in the middle. I went through a stage where I did that. You'll get through it.

But are TWO watermarks really called for man? For real?

Agree with the others about B&W not doing it justice. Let's see it in color.

 

[Rjcommando]

Red Rocks is definitely spectacular with the colors. I shot this image at the crack 'o dawn on what turned out to be a dreary and rainy day. I felt the B&W captured the moodiness of the scene. Valley of fire is spectacular too. Busy family life keeps me from getting out there at prime hours though.:meh: I do have a couple spots scouted out for the occasion.

 

[Rjcommando]

Alrighty. I cropped it a bit tighter and removed the obnoxious watermark across the middle. It seems to have lost some depth to me. I think the mountains trailing into the distance were what caught my eye when I shot it.