Yellowstone Grand Canyon
There are many places in Yellowstone National Park and this is one of the places I liked in Yellowstone. Tried to capture as much as I can in the frame without much negative space. Love to hear what you guys think.
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11 Comments
A great scene and well composed Satya. It looks over exposed to me and the colors need some saturation I think.If the place is called yellowstone the yellow colour of the stone would be good if accentuated.This could also work well in black and white and upping the contrast a bit.
Some of the shadows are a bit darker than what I thought, which is why I had to bump up the exposure. Otherwise, the scene is getting dull. Below is the B&W image
Thanks for posting this version for comparison. Like others have said it would be a great spot to capture at different times of the day.
Very nice S bend to lead in. Good composure.
1) would it have been possible to frame this so the river leaves/enters directly from the lower right corner.
Biggest issue for me is:
Time of day ... Sun looks a little too high and harsh so images is very flat.
Thanks Andy. The thing is the the sun rises in the left corner where there is a mountain and set towards the right corner which is also covered by mountain. This gives us a dark shadow instead of any golden hour or orange tint. You can't also see the mountains at the horizon at those times.
That is the tip I can go. There is a valley to the right.
The location has some promise, but this time of day doesn't really do it any justice. Perhaps if you can return at sunset or sunrise, it would be a little more interesting.
Yeah I agree with Jordan I think. The sun is just beating straight down on the valley which just blows out all the shadows, flattens the shape and you lose the sense of the water carving its way through a deep ravine.
It just doesn't look deep and you lose the sense of scale. Depending on where the sunrise is in the shot, return at sunrise or sunset and try to catch the light whilst it's low - it'll cast deep shadows right across the ravine, and make the image much more three-dimensional.
The thing is the the sun rises in the left corner where there is a mountain and set towards the right corner which is also covered by mountain. This gives us a dark shadow. Because of which I have to bump up my ISO and lose some details. So, I didn't do that
Fair comments Satya.
Satya,
what do you think of this? Cropped out some of the sky and the sides which brought the focus in on the river, which then leads your eyes out to the horizon and emphasizes the wide open spaces of the west.
Also, if you wanted, you could crop even more of the right side and turn this photo into more of a "portrait" format.
Wayne, I like the portrait one rather than cutting the horizon.