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enough interest throughout the frame?
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Image Description
Morning light sets the rock walls of Valley of Fire SP ablaze.
Technical Details
Canon EOS 5D II, EF 28-70mm @ 70mm; f/16 @ 0.5 sec, ISO 100; Gitzo tripod, RRS BH 55, remote trigger
nice composition except I am a tiny bit bothered by the brightness of the rock on the lower left edge. it is pulling me away from the central attraction: the rocks brightly lit by a setting sun, I think. just burning it down a bit might help
Thank you @bill_theis . The lower left lighter rock surface is reflected light from the right side rocks. I’ll look at burning that a bit. The rock has now been burned enough that it more closely mimics the tone of the rock to its right.
Bob,
This image has a nice mix of warm and cool tones as well as some wonderful light highlighting those interesting geological formations. For my tastes your repost with @bill_theis suggestion works best. Beautifully done.
Thank you @Ed_Lowe for your comments. It is always interesting to note what others see and how little is required to improve the image. I believe that is much of what makes NPN better than it was before.
When I was in academia I had an editor who meticulously poured over everything I wrote. Authors cannot proofread their own work. We know what we want to say and therefor miss all the errors. Sometimes it is simply the antecedents in a sentence or paragraph. I still have an editor, just not one from the University.
