tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712635786476468343.post4034950915814106703..comments2023-05-08T03:49:05.944-05:00Comments on Sometimes I Wonder, Sometimes I Wander: The Grand Canyon: Postcards from the RimEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479780624208966355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712635786476468343.post-69083530899860284212012-10-21T14:42:39.569-05:002012-10-21T14:42:39.569-05:00Very cool.
As you pictures get better, my expecta...Very cool.<br /><br />As you pictures get better, my expectations increase accordingly.<br /><br />In my humble opinion...<br /><br />Picture 1 has all the elements of an "average picture": the distance is getting hazy, the foreground has some "vegitation" that looks like just what was in front of you. (I'm sure you shopped for the best foreground, but it does not measure up when compared to picture 3.) The sky is overcast and so the lighing is all diffuse and flat.<br /><br />Picture 2 is much better: all the average elements from picture 1 have changed. The sky is showing through and where you can see it it is very blue. The foreground is now terrain/rocks with vivid colors. But the light is behind you so the facing canyon walls still look flat.<br /><br />Picture 3 is wonderful: there is a close forground object that is not just trees, but is rocky terrain up close, with just a bit of green and yellow. It matches the "terrain as rocks" that we see in the rest of the picture. The lighting of the facing walls is a combination of sunlight, shadow, and cloud cover. I particularly like the fact that the entire near face is in shadow, including the light colored foreground rocks. The contrast of dark in the lower right and light in the upper left keeps my eyes moving! The contrast in "mood" between the near dark and far light is surprisingly effective. Very good!<br /><br />(My only question for future reference is how a polarizer might have changed the sky color in picture 3.)<br /><br />Upon reflection, lots of pictures of the GC are actually of people standing in front of it. Many of those pictures include trees or other very close objects for "interest" or "framing" effects. But when you want to take a picture of the GC itself, do you want to include those same "framing" elements? Not in the same way, I think. That's why the trees in picture 1 seem out of place - they distract from the red rocky nature of the terrain. In picture 3 the close object is the canyon itself and that's why I think it's so much more effective.<br /><br />gregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712635786476468343.post-43741109603589422062012-10-19T08:10:26.104-05:002012-10-19T08:10:26.104-05:00One of the things I remember Dad saying when we we...One of the things I remember Dad saying when we were young was that it was impossible to accurately paint the Grand Canyon because the colors are constantly changing. <br /><br />He would really like your photographs!Earlnoreply@blogger.com