Michael Weatherford
About the Image(s)
This month I’m featuring a shot I took in Dinosaur National Monument in NW Colorado on August 11, 2020.
The Green River enters Dinosaur National Monument in northwestern Colorado at an entrance to deep canyons called Gates of Lodore. Major John Wesley Powell passed through there in 1869 on his voyage down the Green and Colorado Rivers. He named the entrance based upon the poem “Cataracts of Lodore” by Robert Southey. The canyons are filled with rapids that posed major challenges to Powell’s group as they passed through.
Pentax K-1. Pentax 150-450mm @ 150. 1/400. F13. ISO200. Monopod.
Processed in Lightroom and Luminar 4 to brighten, sharpen and selectively reduce haze.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
8 comments posted
Since I love editing photos, if this were mine I would use LIghtroom's Adjustment brush and ever so slightly add a bit of brightness and yellow to the parts of the cliffs on the right where the light strikes. It would add even more drama to the scene.   Posted: 09/05/2020 10:20:47
I had some time so I played a bit in Lightroom to breathe some "life" into your fine image.
Brushed in some highlights, darkened shadows and added some yellow or magenta to the appropriate highlights. Also added a slight GND filter to the bottom.
Hope you don't mind.   Posted: 09/05/2020 10:40:26