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Cedar Breaks


 
  Cedar Breaks
Cedar Breaks

1/200 Sec - f/11 - ISO 160 - 40mm
Canon 1Dx - Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L

Jeff E Jensen

 
 
 

Stephen Shoff
 

Saturday night, I drove through there in the dark so I don't have any idea of what Cedar Breaks looks like. But it would have been a wonderful opportunity to stop and take a Milky Way picture. I would have if it hadn't been about 25-degress out when I drove through. When were you there? Did you hit that sudden, quarter-mile long patch of thick ice and packed snow right at the top of the crest?

I would try simulate a little of that great red rock sunset glow in this. Brighten the reds a little, darken the sky (multiply blend?) and maybe open the shadows in the foreground a little.

The s-curve is a very important element in this image. It help add depth and distance and continues curve of the ridgeline. But I would try cleaning up the bottom of the picture by cropping it up to about the level where pullout ends, or at the very least to eliminate those bottom two chunks of asphalt hanging off the edge of the pavement.


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March 11, 2014

 

Jeff E Jensen
 
 
  Cedar Breaks - Edit
Cedar Breaks - Edit

Jeff E Jensen

 
 
This was Thursday, around noon. I was driving home from Vegas and decided to take a gamble and make a short detour up Cedar Canyon with the intent of taking the road that cuts north through Cedar Breaks. It was a gamble, because while the main road through the canyon stays open year round, the road through Cedar Breaks does not. And, as luck would have it, it was still closed. So, this is heading east up Cedar Canyon. I'm not sure if it is technically part of the Cedar Breaks park, but it's at least the same rock formations and was the best view I was going to get.

I've incorporated your suggestions, Stephen, to varying extents. I think it is a definite improvement. After more have had the chance to view and comment, I'll post the original image.


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March 12, 2014

 
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