Kirk Gulledge
October 2024 - Arch Rock, New Mexico
About the Image(s)
This is a picture of Arch Rock, near Farmington, NM, a beautiful but remote arch which took a fairly long hike to reach. This image is a 3-picture panorama stitched together with Photoshop. I took it with my Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 camera at 10mm, 1/500th sec, F/8 with ISO 125. (It was blocked by a number of trees, so I had to get fairly close to it which made it difficult to capture in a single shot.) I used Photoshop to crop, lighten shadows and increase contrast, and NIK Color Efex to brighten the colors a bit.
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8 comments posted
Hi Kirk,
This is a very nice image. Considering the height of this panorama, I believe that the 3 original images were vertical - Am I right?
Everything is tack sharp and the clip and rock details are fantastic. Beautiful sky.
Good sense of depth with the directing lines.
Great image. Posted: 10/11/2024 21:23:38
This is a very nice image. Considering the height of this panorama, I believe that the 3 original images were vertical - Am I right?
Everything is tack sharp and the clip and rock details are fantastic. Beautiful sky.
Good sense of depth with the directing lines.
Great image. Posted: 10/11/2024 21:23:38
Hi Pierre- Yes, the images were vertical. And yes, I was lucky with the sky since clouds are pretty rare during the dry season. Thanks so much for your comments. These natural rock formations are really fantastic to see- especially one like this that is in a remote area and not often photographed. Posted: 10/12/2024 17:23:03
Love your rock pics Kirk, you have got them down to a fine art. Lighting, clouds, detail are really good, not to mention the clarity and sharpness of the ic, well done Posted: 10/17/2024 00:41:16
Thanks, Geoff- I really love going back to the American Southwest because there are so many interesting geological forms there. You'll probably see more of them appearing on this discussion site as time goes on. Posted: 10/17/2024 10:37:32 Posted: 10/17/2024 19:52:36
Hi Kirk. This is another interesting collections of your rock pictures. I appreciate your efforts to get this frame and angle. To me. This DDG is a place to learn. The members will not get the benefit of learning when there is no idea or suggestions on how to improve our image. My PSA mentor always remind me to first have a close look for white and black 'clipping'. I saw a bit of black clip among the bush areas. I also wonder if the shadow at the bottom at seven o'clock position was your hand holding the camera. I purposely did not remove it. I also adjust the horizon a bit. Posted: 10/26/2024 03:32:14
Hi Franz- Really appreciate your astute observations and comments. About the shadow, I didn't realize that my shadow might be in the shot, but it very well could be. I don't think I know what you mean by "black clip". Could you elaborate a bit? Posted: 10/26/2024 10:57:04
Hi Kirk,
Clipping refers simply to the area where there are no details. If you look at the histogram, the right and left end of the graph should not touch the frame. You can click on the little boxes above. Normally the Black end would be highlighted in Blue and the White end would be highlighted in Red. These zones of your images would not have any details. Posted: 10/26/2024 13:32:17
Clipping refers simply to the area where there are no details. If you look at the histogram, the right and left end of the graph should not touch the frame. You can click on the little boxes above. Normally the Black end would be highlighted in Blue and the White end would be highlighted in Red. These zones of your images would not have any details. Posted: 10/26/2024 13:32:17
Thanks so much,Pierre. Just learned something new!
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Posted: 10/26/2024 16:08:02