The pot of gold

[Dylan8i]

to excited not to post this one tonight, story and more pics to follow (probbably on tuesday night).

now i just need to learn how to lighten that dark corner to make it perfect. critiques?

[Greg McCary]

Oh man. What a shot. Where's the gold????? Awesome sky.

[mjs1973]

Very nice image Dylan! I love delicate arch, but I think it's one of those spots that gets photographed so much, that all of the images start to look he same. I think the rainbow makes this a very unique imge of his landmark. I could just be the angle that you took the pictrure from, the it appears to be leaning to the right.

I try not to critique images at work because everything looks really dark on this monitor. I can't wait to get home and view this on a better machine. As for the dark spot in the corner, you can try the shadow/highlight adjustment (Image>Adjustment>Shadow/Hightlight) in PS to see if that will bring out a little more detail, as well as the dodge tool. Create a duplicate layer and make your adjusments on that. Then you can adjust the opacity to fine tune your changes. I did play around with it a bit, but with this monitor, it's hard to tell if I helped, or made it worse.

[echoback]

wow dylan, gorgeous!! I agree with Michael, it is definitely the rainbow that makes this image stand out. the only thing maybe I would suggest is to fix the slight tilt to the right. otherwise, again, wow!!

[Dylan8i]

if you have never been there, you'd be surprised at how much of a tilit the arch actually has. i'm pretty sure it is pretty close to being level, but i will double check it against some other images.


michale, the enitre image is pretty dark, and probbably needs lightened alittle. as far as post editing i don't have ps :-( only arcsoft photostudio 5.5.

i will probbably be playing with this image a bunch to get it perfect and may have a bunch of questions.


and btw part of the story is i had to run the final bit to get to the arch and the rainbow was still gone within 5 mins, so i had no time to get a different angle and barly time to get my film camera out and snap a pic or 2.

[Copy_Kot]

Wow Dylan, great picture! Why not leave it as is? The dark corner does not bother me at all.

[Dylan8i]

copy kot- thanks, thats an option as well, i just though it would look stronger if it wasn't there. but all my attempts haven't looked good at all.

do you think i should lighten the right side and corner at all? it seems dark to.

[Coastal Flyer]

I agree, the dark corner is fine. If anything it adds another element to a pretty nice photo. The sky is tremendous, the arch, rainbow.... I think it is great the way it is.

CF

[Loupey]

Talk about being in the right place at the right time! I've not been there personally, but the tilt does appear to be camera induced.

I wouldn't be too worried about the dark corner. I'd be happy just to have gotten the shot off in time

Good job!

[Jaedon]

a picture perfect moment... and someone had their camera =)

Awesome shot Dylan. I love the entire sky...it reminds me of the moment after a storm when the sun first shines through and the world seems to fade back into existance.

[Dylan8i]

Yeah so heres the story. I was planning on going to the arch for the full moon. Because i was hiking all the way up there i was goign to go in time for the best lighting from sunset ( about an hour before it sets) so as i was leaving my house a giant storm hit. drivign north following the storm i entered the park and saw all the flash floods and pour offs gushing. No time to stop i said, need to get to the arch. took me longer to get to the parking lot due to slow driving. i got out of my car and started hiking the 1.5 miles all up hill, ( takes me about 30 mins with my camera gear) in the rain and a few thunder claps. i had just though about how awesoem it would be to see a ranibow at the arch, and about half way up i saw this incredable rainbow, over 180 degrees so i got out my digital and took a few pictures. not thinking it would last until i got to delicate. this then became a double rainbow. as i neared the arch i got to frame arch and ran up to it. snapped a few pics and then RAN along the ledge to the actual view point, snapped a few with my digital and then had to dig my film slr out of my bag and snapped 2 pics and had to switch to a tighter lense ( i picked to tight of one_ and snapped another as the rainbow was fading away.

heres the one with frame arch around it. (haven;t gotten a chance to play with the contrast and colors with this one yet).



i could probbably rotate this one with out making it look to bad, but the arch really is this sloped.

[Dylan8i]

oh yeah and i agree it is WAY overshot, i do have the classic normal sunset pics, but don't post them. i always look for the "different" shot to take. i have full moon pics, reflections in puddles, completely dark ones with no moon, the shadow from the full moon and now these.

[Ronnoco]

Here it is with more detail in the dark areas. Does this help?

Ronnoco

[Dylan8i]

hey thanks alot ronocco. i like it alot, although im not sure which one is more aethestically pleasing. i think ive been looking at this photo to much since last night.

[Dylan8i]

heres a shot i took this morning when i TRIED to get sunrise pics, but it was cloudy and the sun rose not where i was predicting. BUt anyhows this is from approximently the same position, shot from LEVELED tripod. sorry for the grain, forgot to change it back from the darker period i was shooting from 5am to 6 am.



still think i should rotate it?