Stan Bormann, FPSA, MPSA
About the Image(s)
Shot with an Olympus M1 Mark II with a Panasonic 12-60 lens at 25 mm. On the way to Mathers Point, we saw a trail to the right that brought us to the rim with a view of the overlook which we could use as a foreground for a view of the canyon. We liked it better than the shots from the overlook. Shot at ISO 400, f/16, 1/300 sec.
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8 comments posted
Barbara Asacker
(Group 65)
(Group 65)
Hi Stan,
You have captured a breathtaking view. It's well composed, sharp, and has good depth of field. Nature has provided you with a perfect color palette. Your composition draws my eye to the two brave souls out on a ledge.   Posted: 04/05/2021 11:41:29
You have captured a breathtaking view. It's well composed, sharp, and has good depth of field. Nature has provided you with a perfect color palette. Your composition draws my eye to the two brave souls out on a ledge.   Posted: 04/05/2021 11:41:29
Norm Solomon
Stan, This is a beautiful image.It is sharp, well composed & has wonderful color. The hikers add even more interest. One suggestion might be to crop out or clone out the branches at the right of the image. I also wonder if `dodging' the figures of the hikers might make them pop even more.
Norm   Posted: 04/08/2021 14:58:31
Norm   Posted: 04/08/2021 14:58:31
Stan Bormann
Yes, cleaning up the twigs is well worth it. I usually start out keeping images so I can enter them in the "reality" divisions. I could maybe even crop them for that, but it gets a little close. If not used in reality, they should go.   Posted: 04/08/2021 21:21:35
Hi Stan,
I would suggest cropping the twigs on the right of your beautiful picture. You were so lucky to notice the two brave souls. I hope they were safe.
Beautiful picture, one I would hang on my wall.
  Posted: 04/08/2021 18:34:34
I would suggest cropping the twigs on the right of your beautiful picture. You were so lucky to notice the two brave souls. I hope they were safe.
Beautiful picture, one I would hang on my wall.
  Posted: 04/08/2021 18:34:34
Stan Bormann
Not sure I noticed them when I took it, but I am glad they are there.   Posted: 04/08/2021 21:22:54
John Hackett
A fabulous location with spectacular scenery. I like the way you have the foreground with a bit of vegetation and then the plantless background. the two figures give scale to the scene while not being a distraction.   Posted: 04/17/2021 04:33:31
Great shot of the Canyon with lots of contrast in the colors making it up. It looks like an afternoon image. The red colors might pop even more with a photo taken a bit later in the day. Really nice work as usual   Posted: 04/18/2021 08:53:33
Harriet Ciccone
A very arresting image and the repeating horizontal steps make for drama. I would agree that the branches on the right do not add to the image. If it were my image, I would also open up the pines in the foreground and up the saturation a bit. The hikers are a bonus and add scale.   Posted: 04/18/2021 14:43:58