# Canyon Glow **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002 "2021-05-25T05:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Haynes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@David\_Haynes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Haynes)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/1 "2021-05-25T05:50:59Z")
![Canyon Glow](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/7/f/7f64a7795cf839cf9db23062c97272e90501432a.jpeg) From my Utah trip a few weeks ago. This was from inside Capitol Reef National Park in a small canyon off the main road. Not sure I could even find this one again. What initially drew me to this was vertical striations and then I started seeing other patterns in the rock. ### Specific Feedback Requested Any and all feedback is welcome and appreciated. ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Nikon Z7, 24-70mm Z lens, 70mm, 1/400 sec @ F/8, ISO 125 ###### ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Doncov](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/igor_doncov/32/579_2.png) [@Igor\_Doncov](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Igor_Doncov)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/2 "2021-05-25T07:33:53Z")
This looks really good to my eye, David. Again, I saw these same walls when I was there and passed up compositions such as this one. The detail in the image is superb. One thing I probably would have done is bring out more read in this image. And it likely would have been a mistake. I’ve been shooting my walls with more red but I have to say that I like this the way you decided to do it. ---
**Author:** ![GregVaughn](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gregvaughn/32/41926_2.png) [@GregVaughn](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/GregVaughn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/3 "2021-05-25T18:52:05Z")
Excellent job of composing this photo and capturing the detail. Color and contrast are just right to my eye. ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ben_van_der_sande/32/5511_2.png) [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ben_van_der_Sande)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/4 "2021-05-26T10:22:33Z")
David, this looks rather different to me. A bit like an ancient handwriting. Well done ! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/5 "2021-05-26T14:09:24Z")
A beautiful abstract David, and I love the way you made use of the shadows to create texture here. I also like your use of repetition of shapes and lines, both in the shadows and the vertical striations. Nice job of seeing to extract this abstract scene, its a great image đź‘Ť đź‘Ť I think this works extremely well as presented. In addition, if you wanted to try to make more of a play on the vertical striations, it might be interesting to convert this to B&W. You could then play with the red and yellow sliders to tease the striations out a bit more. For illustration, a rework example in B&W. ![20210408-_DSC4026-Edit](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/e/8/e8bfd5f8afbada8936273cd2df6104d187cb55de.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Haynes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@David\_Haynes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Haynes)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/6 "2021-05-26T19:41:25Z")
@Igor_Doncov , @Ben_van_der_Sande , @GregVaughn , @Ed_McGuirk …Thank you for your comments and suggestions. Igor, I agree with you on wanting to go more red on these varnished walls but I chose a more minimalist type of processing for this image. My biggest concern was the vertical lines bending inward and maybe wanting to straighten them but I decided to just go with what the wall gave me. Ben, this is a little like ancient writing. The walls in this area are pretty amazing in the right light. Thanks Greg for you comment. I appreciate that. Ed, I really like this in B&W and I did not see the potential. There is lots of contrast and I wouldn’t have thought that looking at the color version but seeing this rendering makes me want to play with this idea. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![joaoquintela](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/joaoquintela/32/20552_2.png) [@joaoquintela](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/joaoquintela)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/7 "2021-05-26T21:53:59Z")
This is beautiful. Love the abstract here and those stripes of vertical colors. I can spot (imagine, really) a lot of different figures there, including some women profile… ---
**Author:** ![David\_Haynes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@David\_Haynes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Haynes)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/8 "2021-05-26T22:12:56Z")
Thanks for the comment Joao. I too saw the woman’s profile but didn’t want to say anything about it since most people don’t see what I see in these abstracts. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/canyon-glow/22002/9 "2021-05-27T12:59:21Z")
> [@David\_Haynes](#): > > Ed, I really like this in B&W and I did not see the potential. There is lots of contrast and I wouldn’t have thought that looking at the color version but seeing this rendering makes me want to play with this idea. Thank you. Your image is a great illustration of why B&W lets you successfully push contrast so much harder than you can get away with in color. The moment I saw those striations, I thought B&W. My B&W rework was quick and dirty, but I think this image is well worth spending some time on in B&W.