# Where it lies **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [June 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616 "2022-06-11T19:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/1 "2022-06-11T19:22:13Z")
![Where it lies](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/e/9efd29cdef4a5cf430639e36f67abf9cf4092fe8.jpeg) Sunsets were a bit of a bust during my Badlands workshop - this was the most color on the most colorful day. The cloud deck wasn’t high so I concentrated on the valleys and ridges instead. Luckily the mud dried and I could walk out onto a ridge a bit. ### Specific Feedback Requested There is one thing that bugs me about this shot, but I couldn’t do anything to correct it in the field or in post. Also, how does the wb look? Overall tonalities? Natural looking? ### Technical Details Tripod ![image](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/b/2/b2ae40c74081b9bc82361de9a72f9a1a8ac4d573.png) Lr for RAW edits - mostly to do highlight and shadow recovery and get a basically flat file to Ps. In Ps I used a variety of masks as stencils with dodge and burn layers in order to bring out the contours of the rock. A little clarity action confined to the mid-tones as well as a touch of warming. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/paul_breitkreuz/32/400_2.png) [@Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Paul_Breitkreuz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/2 "2022-06-11T21:37:24Z")
Kris, this one might be my favorite of the group so far. Hard to be too picky as they’re all fine images overall… 🕶 btw: what was bugging you in the scene?.. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/3 "2022-06-12T11:45:11Z")
Thanks @Paul_Breitkreuz - sorting through the images to pick which are the best is tough, too, but somehow I’ll get through it. How do you like the more expanded view? I think it was a tad earlier so I didn’t warm up the scene much. ![Kristen_SmithMay 31, 2022P1087103-Edit](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/b/1/b174534bf4dd978492ef2fb6de4569f3d09b5ffc.jpeg) The same thing that annoys me is going on here, too. If I tell you, you can’t unsee it. Want to risk it? 🫣 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/paul_breitkreuz/32/400_2.png) [@Paul\_Breitkreuz](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Paul_Breitkreuz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/4 "2022-06-12T12:24:28Z")
Kris, the choice between the two posted here is the first tighter view for me… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_Mora](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/alfredo_mora/32/42826_2.png) [@Alfredo\_Mora](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Alfredo_Mora)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/5 "2022-06-12T15:22:19Z")
Kris, is the thing that bothers you the peak that touches the horizon? it is in both of your shared images. The tonality and white balance look good to me. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Bostock](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_bostock/32/34921_2.png) [@David\_Bostock](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Bostock)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/6 "2022-06-12T15:28:20Z")
I prefer the first image too. It has a stronger sense of place than the expanded view. I think the color balance and tonalities look natural. But then, I’ve never been there so what do I know? 🙂 I think @Alfredo_Mora may have hit on what’s bugging you. You just needed a taller tripod. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Schrayer](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Schrayer](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Brian_Schrayer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/7 "2022-06-12T23:17:55Z")
This is beautiful Kristen. I especially like how the soft pastel light in the sky complements the layers in the ridges. The lines and contours keep my eye engaged across the frame. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/8 "2022-06-13T13:56:43Z")
> [@alfredomora](#): > > Kris, is the thing that bothers you the peak that touches the horizon? Got it in one. I tried everything I could in the field, but couldn’t get enough height to change it. Even with my giant tripod that extends over my head. Plus I was on a little bit of rock that wasn’t really big enough to take the tripod extended fully. Thanks @David_Bostock, @Brian_Schrayer & @Paul_Breitkreuz for chiming in as well. When I first saw this vantage point, I thought that the lighter ridge nearest the camera, with its loop to the right and leading line into the frame, would be more of a favorite, but the first shot won me over, too. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_McDermott](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/eva_mcdermott/32/240_2.png) [@Eva\_McDermott](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Eva_McDermott)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/9 "2022-06-13T14:07:30Z")
I prefer the more subtle earth tones in your first image Kris. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/10 "2022-06-13T16:34:40Z")
Thanks @Eva_McDermott - it seems to be the clear winner of this round! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Jacobson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_jacobson/32/3170_2.png) [@Don\_Jacobson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Jacobson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/11 "2022-06-19T21:31:43Z")
Nice image. I like the closer image as well. I think the horizon and the horizontal strata lines work very well together. I would like to see a little more contrast to accentuate the darks. ---
**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/where-it-lies/28616/12 "2022-06-19T22:13:35Z")
> [@Kris\_Smith](#): > > …Technical DetailsTripodLr for RAW edits - mostly to do highlight and shadow recovery and get a basically flat file to Ps. In Ps I used a variety of masks as stencils with dodge and burn layers in order to bring out the contours of the rock. A little clarity action confined to the mid-tones as well as a touch of warming. I really like the first one the best @Kris_Smith . I think it’s neat how the sunset colors mimic the lines in the mountains. Really beautiful!