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Sunset at Valley Of Fire. Another View, same location as the other image (link below). Slightly different angle and few minutes later when sun was getting below horizon,

https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1203167/0#11469359

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When sun went below horizon

Apr 13, 2013 at 02:56 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Valley Of Fire II

Love it, nice work.

Apr 13, 2013 at 06:15 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Valley Of Fire II

Beautiful.
Harsha

Apr 13, 2013 at 08:27 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Valley Of Fire II

Nice soft light, sweeping curves, and color on the horizon. I'm not completely sold on the processing, though. The darkening of the distant hills (blend? GND?) is a bit distracting, and the darkening of the sky looks too black to my eyes. An attractive photo, nonetheless.

Apr 13, 2013 at 08:41 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Valley Of Fire II

Beautiful light on the foreground and on the horizon. I agree with the comment above about dark skies. Lighten it a bit and you have a winner here.

Apr 13, 2013 at 11:16 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Valley Of Fire II

A cool composition you have here, you really nailed that. But I agree that the sky is just too dark compared to the foreground. I would brighten up the sky, and then also darken the foreground a bit selectively.

Jim

Apr 13, 2013 at 11:33 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Valley Of Fire II

I like this image. It should make a very nice print. It has nice soothing flow to it.

I might tweak the colors a bit just to try something but it is good as it is.

Apr 14, 2013 at 08:32 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Valley Of Fire II

Thanks everyone for the nice comments and C&C. I played with lightening the sky a bit and rebalancing the tones.

One observation: By lightening the sky / horizon i am loosing the smooth transition effect between the sky/rocks transition line. The rocks are sharply in focus and standing out. I may need to look at my processing and do some selective de-focusing to regain the perception of depth and distance.

How do you smooth the transition areas in this situation?

I'll tweak further as i get some time, print both versions this week and report back.

Thanks

Edited on Apr 14, 2013 at 02:16 PM · View previous versions

Apr 14, 2013 at 02:12 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Valley Of Fire II

Love this version. Perfect lighting and well composed.
The sky is a tad dark and brightening it could improve this already great shot.
Best,
Fred

Apr 14, 2013 at 02:15 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Valley Of Fire II

Nicely done! As others have said, the sky is a tad dark.

Apr 14, 2013 at 05:38 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Valley Of Fire II

Lovely image. The sky is a tad dark, but still a gorgeous image.

Apr 14, 2013 at 06:45 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Valley Of Fire II

Although I love VOF I have never thought it that great for landscape photography. I do like your shot here/. Nice job.

Apr 14, 2013 at 08:18 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Valley Of Fire II

IMHO this photo looks great with the sun rays seem to highlight the lower part of the foreground sandstone.
I may want to make the top portion of the sky a little bit darker instead.
Well done, msoomro.

Kee

Apr 14, 2013 at 09:03 PM


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