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About a month ago, I made my first ever trip to Zion National Park. All I can say is WOW! That place is amazing! Here are some of my favorite images from that trip.
And I apologize for a bit of promotion here, but the entire trip recap can be found on our blog at http://finchphoto.com/zion-national-park-a-photographic-journey/ Fair warning, it's a bit long so if you want, you can just scroll through and look at the 20 images from my trip. However, I have surprisingly found that several people have read it all the way through and seem to enjoy the description of each image.
*EDIT 12-7-13 Several members correctly mentioned a pretty severe blue hue to the whitewater in the image below, "Canyon Oasis." I have fixed this and uploaded the correction (which in turn randomly rearranged the order my images were in.) Thanks for the feedback!
-@johnnygator #1 was actually my favorite image from the trip. I have plans to print that one large. I will definitely go back over the water before printing though. Thanks for the critique; always helps having another set of eyes to check out everything! Sometimes I go a little blind after looking at my own images for too long.
-@matthewh133 I don't know if you've been before, but it's an absolutely stunning place; you will love your time there!
You brought home some great Zion images.
My favorites are 3 and 4 because the clouds and the light in both really make the shots
I think you should tone down the sharpening a bit in #4
I like the last one a lot too - is that from the Kolob Canyon area?
Bob
Thanks for the feedback Bob! I still struggle a bit with getting the proper sharpening for web. And yes, the last one is from the Kolob Canyon area; it's the Double Arch Alcove at the end of the Taylor's Creek hike. That's such a peaceful part of the park!
Alan, I am so happy to see such a wonderful series of the shots from Zion and Bryce Canyon ( yes, I went through your travel blog ). Very impressive indeed. To be honest with you, I cannot decide which ones are my favorites, because they all look great! Keep posting, Alan.
Thanks for the encouragement Kee, and thanks for reading the blog! That was quite a bit to go through. I enjoyed seeing your images from Bryce over the past few weeks. Excellent work!
brian09223 wrote:
Your color is outstanding. I hope I can achieve these results someday. Next purchase will be a warming polarizer.
If you are shooting digital, I'm pretty sure the same effect is achievable with a normal circular polarizer and adjusting the white balance. The only reason I have a warming polarizer is because I also shoot film and wanted some extra warmth when shooting in shaded areas. One tip if you do decide to go with the warming variety: never shoot in auto white balance. The camera will just cancel out the warming effect. Either take a custom WB before placing the polarizer on the lens, or use one of the presets. My first two images, when I used the warming CP, I had my camera set to "shade" WB.
wow
really great
the first three are ones that i would have been more than happy to have shot.
im going to have to get myself out there one of these days
