This image was taken two years ago during a photoworkshop with Mark Metternich. We were centered in the Page, AZ area and completed a morning shoot. As we were finishing lunch, the tour leader said, "Finish you lunch, we're headed to New Mexico." We didn't really know where we were going as non of us had ever been to Shiprock. When we got there, the skies were flat and gray. The wind was blowing all kinds of dust in the air. I was already thinking this could be a difficult shoot and monochrome might be the way to go. We set up and tried a couple of compositions but the flat gray really wasn't giving me the moody shot I was contemplating. All of a sudden, the skies started to clear and color appeared in the sky. And then the rainbow. We were like giddy children during Christmas. The scene seemed to last forever which gave me time to compose and capture this image.
rji2goleez wrote:
You have a good memory . . . better than mine! I did some tweaks to this image recently (better color balance and temperature).
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J. Pow wrote:
I remember because I took photo off FM and then your website to learn how to to shoot landscapes better. Everyone on the site and a few others have been really helpful in my growth
Joel
That's the best part of this site. I have learned more on FM than anywhere else.
Wow, what an amazing photograph, this is just beautiful. It's also another testament to the value of patience and experience, to know that conditions can turn like they did for you.
Out of curiosity, since you posted this before, I would love to see that older version to observe what you thought was worth changing. Do you maybe have a link to your previous post?
JWRisinger wrote:
Wow, what an amazing photograph, this is just beautiful. It's also another testament to the value of patience and experience, to know that conditions can turn like they did for you.
Out of curiosity, since you posted this before, I would love to see that older version to observe what you thought was worth changing. Do you maybe have a link to your previous post?
Lightroom develop history can help here. Here are both versions
Interesting story, but I don't buy it....at least not all of it. This shot of Shiprock was taken from the SE side, facing roughly NW. You claim this shot was taken in the evening, after leaving a morning shoot in Page. Well for a rainbow to appear at sunset, you'd have to be looking away from the sun, or facing roughly east. Not a chance you could get a rainbow at sunset facing this direction as you claim. Also, with a rainbow spanning the entire sky, you would need to have some light on the scene, yet not a single piece of the landscape has any bit of sunlight on it, not even the top of Shiprock itself which is well inside the arc of the rainbow. I'd like to hear your explanation....
akavalun wrote:
Interesting story, but I don't buy it....at least not all of it. This shot of Shiprock was taken from the SE side, facing roughly NW. You claim this shot was taken in the evening, after leaving a morning shoot in Page. Well for a rainbow to appear at sunset, you'd have to be looking away from the sun, or facing roughly east. Not a chance you could get a rainbow at sunset facing this direction as you claim. Also, with a rainbow spanning the entire sky, you would need to have some light on the scene, yet not a single piece of the landscape has any bit of sunlight on it, not even the top of Shiprock itself which is well inside the arc of the rainbow. I'd like to hear your explanation.......Show more →
How is that trolling? He's presenting an image as if it was one magnificent shot and its clearly a composite and all I did was call it out for what it was and provided reasoning for it. That's not trolling. Its a beautiful shot, but obviously shot in 2 different directions and then combined in post processing.
This isn't a bridge for trolls to hang out under. Go back there and don't come back.