Arches National Park

Terri French · May 23, 2005

Just returned from a very fun four day trip to Moab, Utah. I took over 500 pictures. The weather was sunny and hot. Here are a few from the first day. All taken with D70 and kit lens.

All were taken in RAW. As I am fairly new to this, I love comments on my technique or post processing. You are all helping me learn a great deal.

F15Todd · May 23, 2005

Terri those are wonderful shots. Looks like you had a great trip.

JeffKohn · May 23, 2005

These are really nice. I especially like the third one, very striking composition. It has a strong center of interest, and the shadowed forground gives the image a sense of depth and a more "layered" look.

Dave Rosser · May 23, 2005

I love the deserts of the American West, these pictures make me want to go back yet again.
I love the pictures, my only comment is that some are perhaps a little bit oversharpened, it might be worth playing with the amount of sharpening and see the effect of varying it, did you use unsharp mask?

Dave Rosser · May 23, 2005

Dave Rosser said:

I love the pictures, my only comment is that some are perhaps a little bit oversharpened, it might be worth playing with the amount of sharpening and see the effect of varying it, did you use unsharp mask?
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Then again I realise I had my outdoor spec on and was peering over the rims with my nose up against the screen - things look much better through my reading specs :lol: (I am very very short sighted!!)

JerseyJay · May 23, 2005

Did you use polarizer ?

Those are great. Did you use Matrix or Spot metering. You handled the sky/land exposure wonderfully.

Keith · May 23, 2005

Nice series Terri, really like the composition in how you put these together, you put some thought into it and it shows. Well done!

Terri French · May 23, 2005

F15Todd said:

Terri those are wonderful shots. Looks like you had a great trip.
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We did have a great trip. Maybe next spring when you live in Boise you can visit some of sites of the southwest. It is am amazing area.

hans · May 23, 2005

I think the second is great,good comp.

Terri French · May 23, 2005

Jeff

JeffKohn said:

These are really nice. I especially like the third one, very striking composition. It has a strong center of interest, and the shadowed forground gives the image a sense of depth and a more "layered" look.
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Thank you--I think it is one of my favorites as well. It took a little work, because the foreground was black on the unprocessed Raw file. I think I will print and frame this one.

Terri French · May 23, 2005

Dave Rosser said:

Dave Rosser said:

I love the pictures, my only comment is that some are perhaps a little bit oversharpened, it might be worth playing with the amount of sharpening and see the effect of varying it, did you use unsharp mask?
Click to expand...

Then again I realise I had my outdoor spec on and was peering over the rims with my nose up against the screen - things look much better through my reading specs :lol: (I am very very short sighted!!)
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Those darn glasses. Getting older is a bummer sometimes. Maybe its time for some progressive bifocals. Switching between two pairs would be really hard.

Terri French · May 23, 2005

polarizer

Jay Luto said:

Did you use polarizer ?

Those are great. Did you use Matrix or Spot metering. You handled the sky/land exposure wonderfully.
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The first day of our trip I didn't use a polarizer. These were all taken without. My hoya polarizer seems to be giving me some problems. I never had any problems on my 8080 with a hoya circular polarizer, but on the D70 I get a brownish cast to some of my pictures when I use it.

I used matrix metering on all and shot in Raw. I had to do a lot of shadow reduction both in ACR and in photoshop using the shadow/highlight tool.

Thanks for commenting.

Terri French · May 23, 2005

Keith R. said:

Nice series Terri, really like the composition in how you put these together, you put some thought into it and it shows. Well done!
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Thank you Keith. I used to be in such a hurry that I would forget to concentrate on the composition. I am trying to work on consciously taking time for each shot. I have so much to learn, but I can see some improvement with practice. I guess we just have to keep trying.

RFCGRAPHICS · May 23, 2005

Hi Terri,

This set of images are magical. Very very nicely done !

Regards

RFC

Terri French · May 23, 2005

RFCNIKON said:

Hi Terri,

This set of images are magical. Very very nicely done !

Regards

RFC
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What a nice compliment. Thank you very much.

d_ip · May 23, 2005

They are absolutely gorgeous. You made the kit lens shine. Thanks for sharing.

Vinod Menon · May 23, 2005

Great shots! Love the vibrant colors!

Philippe Roger · May 24, 2005

Hi Terri,

I have to add my compliments to all the others: the colors and composition are wonderful. My favorite is #3, followed by #1, but they are all great!

Dave Rosser · May 24, 2005

Terri French said:

Dave Rosser said:

Dave Rosser said:

I love the pictures, my only comment is that some are perhaps a little bit oversharpened, it might be worth playing with the amount of sharpening and see the effect of varying it, did you use unsharp mask?
Click to expand...

Then again I realise I had my outdoor spec on and was peering over the rims with my nose up against the screen - things look much better through my reading specs :lol: (I am very very short sighted!!)
Click to expand...

Those darn glasses. Getting older is a bummer sometimes. Maybe its time for some progressive bifocals. Switching between two pairs would be really hard.
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Tried them a few years back, could not make them work, my wife has them, you should see her trying to get onto the top of escalators though :lol:

Harry S. · May 24, 2005

Terry, you have good eye for composition. That kit lens behaves really well.

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