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While walking the Wall Street area along the Navajo Loop in Bryce Canyon National Park. The view is looking to the north to a lone, tall evergreen tree with very tall cliff wall all around.
While walking the Queens Garden Trail with a view looking to the southwest in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the way the eroded ridges with hoodoos seemingly criss-crossed the other. I felt this created a layered look across Bryce Amphitheater. The next thing I had to consider was the large dynamic range with the cliff walls off in the distance caught in the morning sunlight and the nearby hoodoos in the nearby shadows. I was able to meter for some of the closer in areas in the sunlight and later pullout the more shadowed areas, while removing any color casts present using DxO PhotoLab 5.
A setting looking to the northeast while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations present in Bryce Canyon National Park. What drew me into this setting was the backdrop of the blue skies and that one lone contrail that seemingly cut across the skies. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
While walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views of hoodoos and other eroded formations present in Bryce Canyon National Park. The view is looking to the north.
A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views across eroded formations and hoodoos present in this part of Bryce Canyon National Park along the Queens Garden Trail. I brought the edge of the escarpment and the hoodoos higher into the image. I felt that brought out more of a sense of grandeur. My other thought was metering the setting. Much to my front was caught in sunlight with only a portion nearby in shadows. I was able to work with both, making adjustments to contrast, saturation and brightness in DxO PhotoLab 5.
A setting looking to the north while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park. What I wanted to capture with this image was things towering above me with the nearby hoodoos. By zooming in on the focal length, I wanted to have those eroded formations stretch off the image edge, creating perhaps that look with the impact of less.
A setting looking to the southwest while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in this part of Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the high ground I was located on and then angle my Nikon SLR camera to capture more of a sweeping view across Bryce Amphitheater. I raised the escarpment edge off in the distance and brought it higher into the image, hoping to create more of a sense of grandeur across this setting.
While walking to Queens Garden Trail with a view looking up and to the north at an eroded cliff wall with hoodoo formations at the top. This is in Bryce Canyon National Park. I used the blue skies above as a backdrop for this and to better highlight the formations present. The lone contrail added what I felt was added touch to the image captured!
A setting looking to the south while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park.
A setting looking to the southwest while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park.
While walking to Queens Garden Trail with a view looking to the northeast to an eroded cliff wall with hoodoo formations at the top. This is in Bryce Canyon National Park. I used the blue skies above as a backdrop for this and to better highlight the formations present.
A setting looking to the southeast while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park.
A setting looking to the south while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park.
An idea I got from a Flickr discussion on using Nik filters to create a certain look (www.flickr.com/groups/niksoftware/discuss/72157636332119723/). I tried out one of the ideas and saved it as a recipe to use with Color Efex Pro 5. I could initially make adjustments with the NEF/RAW image captured in DxO PhotoLab 5 but could then create something afterwards with that slightly off color look. Nik Analog Efex Pro 2 can also create something similar. The original image captured was an in-camera HDR TIFF.
While walking the Rim Trail with a view looking to the southeast and taking in a setting of hoodoos and other eroded formations present in this part of Bryce Canyon National Park.
A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations present in Bryce Canyon National Park. This view is located at Sunset Point and just around sunrise. My thought on composing the image was to time an image captured around the point of sunrise, but some low clouds were present to minimize that look. I chose to work with HDR Efex Pro 2 to better bring that complete color setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
While at an overlook to the switchbacks down along the Navajo Loop in Bryce Canyon National Park. The view is looking to the south and down to the Wall Street area along the trail. I captured this using the in-camera HDR setting with my Nikon D850 SLR camera. I later processed this using DxO PhotoLab 5 making adjustments to contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
A setting looking to the southeast while walking the Rim Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park.
While walking the Rim Trail with a view looking to the south and taking in a setting of hoodoos and other eroded formations present in this part of Bryce Canyon National Park.
While at Sunset Point, taking in a morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. The view is looking to the east-northeast and across the hoodoos and eroded formations. To compose this setting, I brought the horizon a little bit higher into the image, so that I could create more of a sweeping view leading up to the point with the sunrise. I also used the in-camera HDR setting so that I could attempt to capture more of the dynamic range. The rest was later making adjustments with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.