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Monument Valley Sunset

Posted by Scott F. Schilling (San Martin, United States) on 11 August 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This is a vertical composition of the Left Mitten at Monument Valley, Arizona - similar to a previous horizontal composition I posted. I used my 70-200mm zoom and tried to isolate the Mitten with the cloud formations - I combined 3 images to create an HDR image and then processed the final version in Photoshop CS4

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Bill Brown from California, United States

Excellent HDR processing, the end product is fantastic.

11 Aug 2009 5:25am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Beautiful... the rocks are amazing.

11 Aug 2009 7:29am

zOOm from Paris, France

Oh thanks Scott for this wonderful image !
Great quality of light. It displays a subtle colour palette. A unforgettable picturesque scene, a poignant subject and a striking photography.

11 Aug 2009 8:20am

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Outstanding!!!

11 Aug 2009 8:37am

Anina from Auckland, New Zealand

GREAT shot!
I absolutely love this
Great light, tones and composition
Well done :)

11 Aug 2009 9:16am

K.B.R from Switzerland

Impressive sculpture. I presume it is the time and wind have carved this natural monument.
Wonderful photo, bravo.

11 Aug 2009 11:06am

daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany

excellent 3D effect, good processing!

11 Aug 2009 11:13am

Eleftheria from Athens, Greece

wow!

11 Aug 2009 11:25am

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

I like the HDR because it looks "natural". Gorgeous photo. All of the work on it paid off!!

11 Aug 2009 11:27am

Dawn from Maryland, United States

I love the crisp focus and detail with the soft clouds. The colors are beautiful!! Love it!! : )

11 Aug 2009 12:03pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Superb! With shots like this, no wonder they call it Monument Valley, Scott! Bravo! ;-)

11 Aug 2009 12:22pm

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

The rock formation is incredible and your point of view gives it such power. The colours and textures are once again mind blowing. Bravo!

11 Aug 2009 12:35pm

Yonatan from Bronx, United States

Beautiful shot with great clarity and vivid colors. This is HDR done just right!

11 Aug 2009 1:01pm

Barbara Kile from Ft. Worth, United States

Excellent compositional line. Beautiful image, Scott!

11 Aug 2009 1:10pm

Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States

Just plain GORGEOUS!

11 Aug 2009 1:20pm

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

Mesmerizing, Scott !

11 Aug 2009 2:19pm

Tracy from La Selva Beach, United States

I love this! The textures of the rock blow me away! Beautifully processed-subtle and timeless!

11 Aug 2009 2:41pm

Don Smith from California, United States

That foreground makes the shot Scott - looks very steep from this image! The lines in the rock of the foreground takes the eye naturally to the monument.

11 Aug 2009 4:24pm

Hema Iyer from Bangalore, India

Excellent. I felt happy seeing this image.....its so beautiful.

11 Aug 2009 5:53pm

peter from new york, United States

stunning hdr!

11 Aug 2009 7:19pm

PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Fantastic shot! I like the foreground also. We were at monument valley in March, 2008 - but only for one afternoon/sunset. It is a great place for photos

12 Aug 2009 12:03am

Frédéric A. from Païta, New Caledonia

Excellente image. Un rendu très réaliste.

12 Aug 2009 1:48am

Lambspun from Madison, Maine, United States

I had to press my 5 stars before I commented on this one!! This is incredible....a most beautiful subject here :)Beautiful detail.....so impressive. I am truly amazed :)

12 Aug 2009 1:55am

Didier DE ZAN from somewhere, France

Wonderful view great shot

12 Aug 2009 5:01am

Allan Clark from Dunedin, New Zealand

outstanding landscape !!!!!

12 Aug 2009 5:08am

Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India

As always this is another brilliant composition with great color, depth and detail...amazingly beautiful Scott!

12 Aug 2009 5:26am

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Hello, Scott, I'm back from my holidays.
Great detail and color in this wonderful rock, I like it very much.

12 Aug 2009 6:28am

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

A lovely pink tonality in the sky & on the well known rock. Gorgeous place... and shot.

12 Aug 2009 1:33pm

jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States

The detail in this is very impressive. Nice!

12 Aug 2009 2:22pm

MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States

Holy cow! Scott, this is just marvelous and worth the effort you put into it. They way the mitten is lit, I would have suspected Lightroom. Anyway, it is just great work.

12 Aug 2009 3:34pm

John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States

Like a picture from National Geographic. Absolutely stunning, Scott. I would love to visit this place once in my lifetime. Breathtaking image!

13 Aug 2009 1:56am

Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States

beautiful. I love an HDR that is not too over-processed.. this has just enough

13 Aug 2009 11:55am

k@ from Paris, France

When Native Indians lived here..................... Their set is beautiful under this pinkish light*

13 Aug 2009 1:54pm

mats from Texas, United States

Texture rich and another one for the National Geographic. :-)

14 Aug 2009 4:48am

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Gorgeous. I especially like the sky.

14 Aug 2009 5:55pm

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

Magnificent!! Love the texture and tones. Fantastic light and framing

15 Aug 2009 4:34am

Vitor Martins from Lisboa, Portugal

Beautiful. Amazing colors

15 Aug 2009 9:35pm