SkyScape near Monument Valley.
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Nigel Turner
Registered: Aug 02, 2004
Total Posts: 340
Country: United States

I'm sure that most folk that have been to Monument Valley will recognize this formation as it's right next doors.

My memory forgets the name of the butte but as we were driving away from Monument Valley I was drawn by the clouds and sky and the way they interacted with the main formation. We'd been up at Monument Valley for sunrise which wasn't brilliant. To cap the morning off I was really under the weather with a bad stomach bug but was still trying to get my group a great image.

And that is where this came from.. driving down the road towards nowhere in particular when I saw this cloud formation over the butte. The strangest thing was that nobody in the group saw the same thing and said "STOP" look at that...!

Anyway.. thanks for looking.

Nigel Turner
Registered: Aug 02, 2004
Total Posts: 340
Country: United States

BTW.. taken with the Sony RX100. Fabulous little camera with so much control.

ChiShutter
Registered: Mar 08, 2010
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Nice.

RobDickinson
Registered: Sep 25, 2009
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Nice shot, nd filter + polariser?

Nigel Turner
Registered: Aug 02, 2004
Total Posts: 340
Country: United States

RobDickinson wrote:
Nice shot, nd filter + polariser?

Nope. straight from camera with curve controls in PS. Slight drag down on the mid tone curve.

M.P.R.
Registered: Oct 16, 2012
Total Posts: 197
Country: United States

Great shot, love those clouds! Sky looks a bit blotchy on my monitor, but not bad for a small point and shoot camera.

Frank

teked
Registered: Sep 06, 2006
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Striking and impressive. Lovely work, Nigel.

Cheers,
Ed

nma
Registered: Jul 22, 2003
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Nigel,

I like it very much. The clouds provide a lot of punch, complimenting the buttes and desert scene. On my monitor, the sky above the clouds is almost a blue black which becomes very saturated as you move down below the clouds in altitude.

-NMA

savingspaces
Registered: Oct 01, 2012
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Beautiful!

Mirza Ahmad
Registered: Jan 01, 2007
Total Posts: 1164
Country: Netherlands

Very nice.
Mirza

Adam Schallau
Registered: Feb 09, 2005
Total Posts: 334
Country: United States

I believe this is Eagle Mesa. Nice shot...the colors from the RX100 are wonderful.

David Leask
Registered: Nov 19, 2003
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Nice one Nigel, it's a winner!
David

bktools
Registered: Mar 23, 2002
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Superb, in all respects.

Bob

nburwell
Registered: Jan 15, 2006
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An absolutely awesome image. Great work!

-Nick

irlfan82
Registered: Oct 17, 2012
Total Posts: 24
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very sharp looking pic..thanks for sharing

Phrasikleia
Registered: Aug 08, 2012
Total Posts: 258
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I gasped when I opened this page. Really beautiful!

Fred Miranda
Registered: Dec 31, 2001
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Love the contrast in scale. Beautiful photo!
Fred

helenica
Registered: Mar 23, 2012
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Beautiful shot.

Nigel Turner
Registered: Aug 02, 2004
Total Posts: 340
Country: United States

Thanks for all your feedback and so happy that you liked the image!

dave.b.smith
Registered: Feb 04, 2008
Total Posts: 24
Country: United Kingdom

Very nice image, Nigel - fabulous sky. I can't believe nobody asked you to stop. I would heve been screaming out at you if I had been with the group!

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