Bryce Canyon Sunrise Spotlight

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Bryce early morning spotlight.jpg
Bryce early morning spotlight.jpg3852×2400 2.66 MB

RAW Bryce early morning spotlight.jpg
RAW Bryce early morning spotlight.jpg2000×1334 1.48 MB

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Description

It was the last morning of my week’s stay in Bryce Canyon and I had seen a lot beautiful scenes, from snow covered formations, sunrises and sunsets. The hiking was superb. I chose Inspiration Point for my last shoot at Bryce because I had not been there yet and as many had commented that it was one of the best locations at sunrise. It was a cold and blustery morning but it did not dampen my enthusiasm. I spotted this formation lit by the sunrise, but because I was using my 24-120mm lens at the time, I knew this image was going to be a crop.

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All feed back welcome. Particularly interested in whether the light in the background detracts from the subject.

Technical Details

Nikon Z8 24-120mm f/4 1/125 sec f/8 ISO 800 @ 120mm Edied in LR/PS/Nik Collection Color Efex. I did soften the background a tad, leaving the subject and foreground in focus.

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I would cool this image down, making the shadows slightly blue. Then I would push the oranges. This area is famous for the red earth so color is important.

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Gary: One of my favorite places on the planet. I was lucky enough to enjoy this exact scene several years ago. I like the cropped version with its emphasis on the spotlit hoodoos. I found myself using a long lens and extracting smaller scenes which you may want to consider if you go back. I’m OK with your color management. Nicely seen and captured. >=))>

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Noted, Igor. Thx.

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Good point, Bil. I had a longer lens with me, but I did not want to loose the light on this subject. Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t.

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The rework looks great Gary. The crop and small tweaks to the color place more of an emphasize on that rock formation basking in that beautiful light. I also like the trees scattered about the landscape as they add a nice sense of scale to the scene. I think the light in the BG looks just fine. Very nicely done.

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