Factory Butte Sunrise

[ryan_travelfirststudios (Ryan morris)]

This image was taken on September 18th while on a Utah photography trip. I was disciplined enough to get up for sunrise at Factory Butte and fell in love with the amazing textures and shapes that this location provides. Although it was not a terribly interesting sunrise for the sky the warm light off of the butte itself made up for it!

I tried not to overedit this, focusing on the contrast between the highlight and shadow areas and keeping the warm red glow that I saw when I was there.

Take on Sony A7RV with Sigma 100-400: f 5.6, 1/20 sec, iso 120 @ 100 mm

Any comments/critiques or re-edits are appreciated!

Raw File

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My Edit

[bill_theis]

for grins I made a recording of the correction producing this… if you have questions, please ask… this image is not sharpened nor has there been any selection and local adjustment made. It is a very different interpretation of the scene as I went for graphic shapes and colors. If Ryan wants to experiment with blending the color or luminosity back into his correction, that would be fun.

the recording is on YouTube at:

- YouTube