The Fiery Furnance

[Dylan8i]

Shots from last weekend while hiking around the fiery furnance (Arches NP) with some co workers. We were comming out just as the sun was setting. unfortunantly they arn't photographers and i had already made them wait enough.





you can actually see balanced rock on the right in the last one.

[jar_e]

Dylan,

Good shots given the time constraints and such. Just a few things I noticed...

The first shot, it's unfortunate that the shaded area of the rock takes up such a large section of the shot. The blue sky and the lit rocks look great but the dark area really distracts from the show.

With the second, the tilt is very noticable. I'm guessing it's not actually tilted (and that's just the way the land flows) but it makes it feel like it's tilted and that's probably one of the toughest things to deal with in a shot like this. Nice mix of color with the sky and the sun-lit rocks.

Good shots.

[Dylan8i]

thanks for the feedback jar_e the first one i was tilted looking up at the top of the fins, and could not move back further, so i would have had to zoom in alot.

the second one does have that natural flow down hill, but i didn't get to set up my tripod so it might have been tilted to.

i always debate myself over wether i should alter the slope if its natural to make it look "correct" or make it look how it is when your their. (their are alot of sloping lands that look like they should be level but arn't in utah)

[jbaldocchi]

I think the second shot is the keeper. It looks like a surface shot of Mars. Sunset lighting really ads drama to this photo.

Cheers,

Jim B.

[jar_e]

i always debate myself over wether i should alter the slope if its natural to make it look "correct" or make it look how it is when your their. (their are alot of sloping lands that look like they should be level but arn't in utah)

Dylan,

That is always a tough thing to deal with. I usually have just left them "au natural" though I've gotten the same critique I gave you...I'd be interested to hear what people "recommend" in regards to that.

[Dylan8i]

yeah I always wonder if its "Proper" to level the shot. in some cases where there are no trees that will be tilted i guess its ok, if your not trying to record the area for some reason.