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Henry W
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p.1 #1 · Cloudless MV Morning

We were on our way to Lake Powell but had to stop at Monument Valley hoping to catch the full moon rise there. The moonrise bombed so you have make do with what you have.
This was hand held while lying on my back trying to get low enough to frame the shot with the Juniper tree. I didn't feel them at the time but my wife pulled cactus needles out of my shirt afterwards.
This is 2 exposures hand blended from a single RAW file.

Oct 14, 2008 at 10:43 PM

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p.1 #2 · Cloudless MV Morning

Great color in a sweet composition. Well worth the needles (not sure your wife feels the same).

Bart

Oct 14, 2008 at 11:31 PM

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p.1 #3 · Cloudless MV Morning

Very cool Henry. Is this "that Junper tree?" Looks like could be the other side of the tree. Nice crisp silhouettes.

Oct 14, 2008 at 11:31 PM

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p.1 #4 · Cloudless MV Morning

Probably going to go down as my favorite shot of the mittens.
Fantastic framing with the tree.

A well-worth sacrafice.

I have never seen, or heard of anyone -else- shooting upside-down, on thier back.
Excellent effort.
Great shot, a bit noisy, but very nice colors.

Thanks for that, Bob

Very nice www.

Oct 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM

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p.1 #5 · Cloudless MV Morning

Clouds would have ruined this shot. The beautiful color layers of the sky add so much. Well done!

Sharon

Oct 15, 2008 at 02:49 AM

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p.1 #6 · Cloudless MV Morning

One of my favorite comps of the 'mittens' I've seen. Too bad you got so much noise in the shadows though

Take a couple more cactus needles and set up your tripod next time! Great colors, I agree with Sharon, clouds would have hurt this image more than help it.

Rob-Bob wrote:
Probably going to go down as my favorite shot of the mittens.
Fantastic framing with the tree.

A well-worth sacrafice.

I have never seen, or heard of anyone -else- shooting upside-down, on thier back.
Excellent effort.
Great shot, a bit noisy, but very nice colors.

Thanks for that, Bob

Very nice www.

Really? I've done all sorts of weird contortions... that's half the fun!

Oct 15, 2008 at 03:01 AM

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p.1 #7 · Cloudless MV Morning

Hey Henry,

Sweet work here. I agree clouds would have taken away from this shot, and you ended up with a very unique composition! Good job on your creativity!

Jim

Oct 15, 2008 at 03:09 AM

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p.1 #8 · Cloudless MV Morning

Tim ONeill wrote:
Very cool Henry. Is this "that Junper tree?" Looks like could be the other side of the tree. Nice crisp silhouettes.

Hey Tim, had you seen or heard that your tree is dead as a door knob? I saw that when I was there earlier in the year. I am glad I got the shots I did a couple of years ago with that one.

Jim

Oct 15, 2008 at 03:10 AM

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p.1 #9 · Cloudless MV Morning

Lovely composition indeed.
I agree with Floris about the noise, but I love the shot anyway.

Barry

Oct 15, 2008 at 03:56 AM

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p.1 #10 · Cloudless MV Morning

Tim ONeill wrote:
Very cool Henry. Is this "that Junper tree?" Looks like could be the other side of the tree. Nice crisp silhouettes.

Thanks Tim.
I think the tree you are referring to is here: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/697537
It is not well but was still standing :-)

Oct 15, 2008 at 04:10 AM

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p.1 #11 · Cloudless MV Morning

Bart Carrig wrote:
Great color in a sweet composition. Well worth the needles (not sure your wife feels the same).

Bart

She is a trooper. Thanks, Bart.

Oct 15, 2008 at 04:11 AM

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p.1 #12 · Cloudless MV Morning

This is great! Love the framing.

Oct 15, 2008 at 04:59 AM

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p.1 #13 · Cloudless MV Morning

Wow,
The framing, pale foreground light and the sky colors make this a very nice comp.
Thanks for posting.
Dan

Oct 15, 2008 at 05:08 AM

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p.1 #14 · Cloudless MV Morning

I love the composition and the wonderful glow on the horizon. That is so beautiful.
Only the noise in the shadows bothers me a bit, especially on the right mitten.
Ute

Oct 15, 2008 at 05:43 AM

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p.1 #15 · Cloudless MV Morning

This is extremely beautiful!

Maybe shoot 2 RAW files next time, one exposing for the shadow detail, one for the sky.. I wonder what it will look like.

Oct 15, 2008 at 07:11 AM

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p.1 #16 · Cloudless MV Morning

Ohh yes, very nicely captured and processed Henry - it's a beauty

David

Oct 15, 2008 at 05:49 PM

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p.1 #17 · Cloudless MV Morning

Thanks for the heads up on the noise.
In my haste to get this posted I did overlook that aspect. Here is another while not perfectly clean it looks a heck of a lot better.

Oct 15, 2008 at 06:31 PM

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p.1 #18 · Cloudless MV Morning

Hello Henry,

Beautiful, rich, clean color. Very well done.

hugh

PS - maybe the addition of a small tarp to your kit?

Oct 15, 2008 at 08:08 PM


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