"Escalante's Winter Moon" (last winter shot of the year)
Roaming the Utah, Escalante's slot canyons in winter this year was something I may never forget the rest of my life. A certain unique and awesome beauty that in many ways can not be captured by a camera. I left with only a few "keeper" shots, but the experience of solitude, wilderness and winter will always remain and certainly made it more than worth the trek even if not one photo was obtained.
This is a slot canyon wall covered in snow. The low, soft wintry light drew me in as I followed the moon around for a more subtle, minimalistic approach.
Wow... for such a simple scene I sure spent a lot of time looking at this one! The texture, details and lines on the canyon wall are mesmerizing, and the smooth sky and moon perfectly compliment the scene
I really like how the surface of the rock bends, as if you are seeing the curve of a planet. Did you take any where the moon was exposed to show detail. I'm just curious what that would look like.
Really like the creativity here, Mark. Wonderful work.
A sincere thanks to everyone for the compliments and feedback.
pearlstreet wrote:
Did you take any where the moon was exposed to show detail. I'm just curious what that would look like.Sharon
I got this in one shot due to the clouds diffusing the moon glow, then rendered it as close to what my eye was seeing as possible (for that moon area). The temptation was to bring out more moon detail, but then I though that the diffusion looked good; that it went well with the low soft lighting...
Very abstract, and very nicely done, Mark. Love the texture you captured in this. I think you could also make this very interesting by cropping from the bottom to a 4:5 format.
teked wrote:
Very abstract, and very nicely done, Mark. Love the texture you captured in this. I think you could also make this very interesting by cropping from the bottom to a 4:5 format.
Cheers,
Ed
Thanks Ed. I agree on the crop option, that would put it more in 3rds.
teked wrote:
Very abstract, and very nicely done, Mark. Love the texture you captured in this. I think you could also make this very interesting by cropping from the bottom to a 4:5 format.
+1.....all the way around. The other + to the crop idea would be that it would stop that one strong compositional line from terminating almost dead in the lower right corner (admittedly, that's the mother of all nits to pick on such a nice image).
