This is not original at all. I thought the image looked familiar...I used to have this as a background back in high school. A quick image search confirmed this is an over-photographed site. Originality aside, I can't say I'm impressed by the technical quality either.
//images.google.com/images?q=%22Mesa+Arch%22&hl=en
After reviewing this Google offering, reviewing your profile, and seeing this image, it's painfully obvious that it may be best if you reserve your comments, look and learn from Brent and the others here that actually participate, recognize, and appreciate a truly spectacular photograph. That Critique Club thing that seems to like them? They also seem to share the opinion that this is a nice shot.
Oh......and perhaps all those voters that helped give it a blue ribbon.....they seemed to be of a consensus that it's a pretty okay shot, too.
Also if you've never been to Canyonlands National Park, you have no appreciation for how difficult it is to translate this kind of grandeur to a mere photographic image.
Brent, truly nice work......I'm glad I stumbled onto this! A fav for sure!
This is an excellent interpretation of Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park & the La Sal mountains. Looking at the big collection of photos taken of this site "Mesa Arch", it appears that each photographer sees it differently. It almost makes me want to run out there myself and take a look. How can one spot get so many different interpretations? It is facinating. What I like about this photograph is that there seems to be a balance of form and size that is artistically finished. And more importantly, it creates a feeling a "being there and looking out" as opposed to just a photo of a heavy arched rock. The heaviness is gone and the landscape intrigues the eye.
This is not original at all. I thought the image looked familiar...I used to have this as a background back in high school. A quick image search confirmed this is an over-photographed site. Originality aside, I can't say I'm impressed by the technical quality either.
//images.google.com/images?q=%22Mesa+Arch%22&hl=en
So, does that mean landmark pics, no matter how spectacular, are taboo just because someone, somewhere, has at some time taken a picture of/from the same thing? I've seen shots of this before too, but I LOVE this one. No two photos are ever alike.....
Bloody hell Brett !! What a shot. If you have more detail in your prints - I would love to see them. The detail you have in what we see on line is absolutely breathtaking. Well done. I would love to hear the technical details of what you did.
This is an absolutely breathtaking image. I gave it a well deserved 10 and in all likelyhood would have voted it even higher had I been given an opportunity to do so. I shall assume by the lighting that you took this image in the latter part of the day.
Stunning capture that makes me want to pay a visit to your part of the world. I remain confident that an image of this quality posted of a travel brochure would entice people to visit the Canyonlands National Park... I know it does for me, and I will.
Ray
Ray,
Thanks for the compliment!! If you go to Canyonlands to shoot Mesa Arch, get there very early in the morning. When it's still dark (5am), and stay until at least 10am. Sunrise is the only time of day to shoot this arch.
This is an absolutely breathtaking image. I gave it a well deserved 10 and in all likelyhood would have voted it even higher had I been given an opportunity to do so. I shall assume by the lighting that you took this image in the latter part of the day.
Stunning capture that makes me want to pay a visit to your part of the world. I remain confident that an image of this quality posted of a travel brochure would entice people to visit the Canyonlands National Park... I know it does for me, and I will.
::: Critique Club ::: First Impression - the most important one: Fabtastic, stunning and maybe slightly over-neat-imaged
Thank you for the kind words. Believe it or not, I didn't use neat image at all on the shot. I lose the detail when I resize for the web. No matter how much I sharpen or how I sharpen, I never seem to be able to get the detail back. My prints always look so much better.
This is not original at all. I thought the image looked familiar...I used to have this as a background back in high school. A quick image search confirmed this is an over-photographed site. Originality aside, I can't say I'm impressed by the technical quality either.
When will YOU submit something so we can all see what is "original", "impressive" and "technically superior"?
This is stunning, Brent! You are definitely a master. There is no place on this planet that I love more than the Southwest and you have truly captured the beauty that makes this so! Congratulations!
Although I don't care whether or not this shot is original, I agree that the technical quality isn't that great. For me, the photo doesn't look sharp and there are too many artifacts. It is a great composition and exposure, though, and the majority of voters thought it was the best of the challenge. You should be thrilled with that. Just my 2 cents...
Originally posted by anusaha:
This is not original at all. I thought the image looked familiar...I used to have this as a background back in high school. A quick image search confirmed this is an over-photographed site. Originality aside, I can't say I'm impressed by the technical quality either.
//images.google.com/images?q=%22Mesa+Arch%22&hl=en
You know, I read anusaha's comment and felt the need to post my opinion.
I looked at the google link, and althought there are many different shots of this location, I find that yours is much better than the ones on google. Great job!
Hey Brent, it's a great shot. The fact that you took a popular scene and made an excellent shot is something to be proud of. I feel that's how we learn. We find pictures we like and see if we can do the same or better. This is one of the best I've seen. Good work.
This is not original at all. I thought the image looked familiar...I used to have this as a background back in high school. A quick image search confirmed this is an over-photographed site. Originality aside, I can't say I'm impressed by the technical quality either.
//images.google.com/images?q=%22Mesa+Arch%22&hl=en
im happy i just decided to check this site while im here in mexico. glad you got a ribbon this is an outstanding shot man. i love it and this makes me wanna go there so bad. i love the light and wonder when you had to wake up to get this.
9 - Very good. Like the big size. Good username capture. Criticism; not much, to really nit-pick, maybe a slight variation in the crop at the top, but minor. Perhaps a little more detail on the fore rock (including the 'overhang'), but likely difficult. Hard to discern with this view, but the horizon may need a slight nudge up on the left, but apologies if wrong - the shadows are nice in the fore, but if they and the colors could be emphasized just slightly (if possible), may have made this even better in my opinion. I think I have to take this up to 9 from 8.
Is this Brent's 7.7 shot? It's gorgeous if it is. I wish you could have just a tad more contrast on the right horizon, but I guess that's where the sun was coming from. 9
A beautiful shot! I love the warm colors you have in the frame. My only critique would be that the cool blue face in the upper left doesn't compliment the orange of the frame- maybe crop a bit (just under the crack on the smooth portion mid-photo)
Very pretty. I think it is screaming for a curves adjustment - it would really deepen the tonality. The vista and detail of the rocks is nice, but I think that added oomph would really send this panorama over the top. Nicely focused and the perspective is good. 7
This is breathtaking. If I had any suggestions for improvement, it might be to crop about 3/4" or so off the top so it's not so "heavy" up there, but other than that, it's gorgeous. :)
DANG that's sweet. I wish it didn't have that processing halo look where the sky meets the distant hill line. Fine shot regardless, and great take on the name :-)
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