Bryce's Beauty, a photo from Utah, West

Photographer's Note

So here we have another photo taken from Bryce Canyon National Park.

This was a scene from our Navajo Trail Hike, there are so many of these rock formations you could take hundreds of photos.

I hope the lighting translates ok with this photo, it was such a superb day for hiking and the Canyon Rocks lit up like Christmas Trees.

As I mentioned before it was -20 Degrees outside but with the sunlight and the warmth of exercise it wasn't all that bad.

I'll post 2 WS photos with Me in them, just to show the scale and size perspective. Normally I would have posted pictures with other people, but there was only 1 other person on the entire trial the whole time.

Hope you like this one

ikeharel, cornejo, PaulVDV, COSTANTINO, bukitgolfb301, shreya2000, snunney, Royaldevon, adramad, ChrisJ, Hansaphotos has marked this note useful

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dta (98848) 2016-02-18 9:41

Hello Craig ,
What a fabulous place ! Hiking there in winter with this perfect weather ( a little cold for my taste) must be a great experience .
A superb view of the peak here , with a superb effect of the polarized sky . I like especially the WS 1 , too .
the kind of place where you can take pictures at each step ...

Best regards .

PS : As you say , I'm looking for the best lights . I've made the same walk twice , but the pictures taken early in the morning where much attractive .

cornejo (61504) 2016-02-18 10:14

Hi Craig, very good pictures of these beautiful and interesting compositions in this interesting place that snow gives it an added beauty. Very well captured in these beautiful images with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Great and interesting job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good afternoon and happy weekend.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
Angel.

Silvio1953 (220775) 2016-02-18 10:55

Ciro Craig, great view of fantastic place, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

GyurMaster (24696) 2016-02-18 11:15

Hello Craig!

Excellent view, with stunning 'colour gradient' starting from white to deep blue.

Best Regards,
György

rbassin (27472) 2016-02-18 11:24

hello Craig,
Une belle série de photo du Bryce Canyon National Park.
Celle-ci est magnifique, bien cadrée, La lumière met en relief ces roches rouges.
Bonne soirée
Roland

PaulVDV (62810) 2016-02-18 11:28

Hello Craig,
Both pictures in the workshop do show the scale very well. The sights are awesome. On all pictures I like the contrasts between the blue sky, the snow and the warm brown tones of the rocks.
The sharp peaks of these rocks are really remarkable.
Don't tell us that you came down the snowy slope we see here on the main picture :)
Impressive presentation in the vertical format.
Best regards, Paul

COSTANTINO (115673) 2016-02-18 11:28

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy new day
lovely winter scenery
breathtaking view to those high rocks
great view of this fantastic place
greetings dear friend for this
capture
regards
Costantino

holmertz (102104) 2016-02-18 12:19

Hello Craig,
I don't suppose this was the peak where you took that last dare-devil photo? It looks dangerous in any case but fantastic from this presumably safe POV. I like the composition of three mainly diagonal areas of intensely dark blue, ochre and white. It's a fascinating scenery and of course it is perfectly exposed. The "Little Me" workshop gives us another great view of this fantastic part of the world.
Best wishes,
Gert

carlo62 (81265) 2016-02-18 14:06

Ciao Craig
tre colori e una luce fantastica per una foto magnifica.
Mi piacciono anche le foto del ws, sia per i soggetti sia per le inquadrature, ma la presenza della persona è determinante per avere un senso più giusto delle dimensioni.
Questa foto rimane comunque la migliore delle tre, la diagonale costituita dalla montagna è proprio bella.
Saluti
Carlo

abmdsudi (95869) 2016-02-18 15:30

Hi Craig
This is a great series you're giving us, thanks. It's a beautifully taken shot worthy of your effort climbing up and most rewarding adventure and you had a fabulous shots the way you've caught them, probably once in a life time. Breathtaking scenery of this beautiful park with the contrast of the fiery colors of the rock and the white snow, just love the clarity and feeling of purity in this. The snow really makes this... Fabulous shots, your extra images are real bonus too, Congrats.
Best wishes

bukitgolfb301 (54014) 2016-02-18 18:48

Hi dear Craig

So stuuning color touch and angle shot.
Very eye-catching and appealing moutain / landscape shot. I like this deep blue color against white world so much.

All the best and best regards, Takero

HimalAnda (10671) 2016-02-18 23:05

Hello Craig,

I really like the contrast of colors between the red rocks and the snow. The light is beautiful.
It should have been great to hiking in Bryce Canyon in winter!

Stéphane

shreya2000 (2815) 2016-02-18 23:07

Hi Mac,

This is a unique series of picture from your side showing the top snow capped mountains with very good lighting and composition. I like it.

PS :- The barbers get paid more than their normal fee on the banks since this is a special occasion for any pilgrim at the holy ghats of Ganges.

Regards,
joginder

dkmurphys (79209) 2016-02-19 2:33

Hi Craig,
Very beautiful natural shapes, quite a sculpture there. Good colors and contrasts, well taken.

Daniel

Nicou (193806) 2016-02-19 2:41

Hello

encore une merveilleux ave la pente blanche de neige quelle forme et la couleur cet ocre quelle vue sur cette roche superbe vue et série.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

snunney (130967) 2016-02-19 2:55

Hello Craig,
Superb colours and clarity for this delightful mountain scene. I like very much the balance between the three elements and the excellent textural detail to be observed in that beautifully coloured rock face.

Sergiom (117241) 2016-02-19 6:37

Bonjour Craig,

C'est le genre de photo qui je présume a du faire ta journée à partir du moment de ton arrivée sur le site jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit dans la boîte. Cela a du prendre un grand effort pour se rendre sur le site. Quelle belle lumière sans pollution.

Amicalement

Serge

Royaldevon (85678) 2016-02-20 10:16

Hello Craig,

Each new photograph shows us the beauty and the scale of this amazing place. Nature is a wonderful sculptor!
You have three colours and what impact they have as we follow them across the frame!

I can't help thinking that the w/s looks as if you are looking over a city of skyscrapers!
It must have been amazing!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

ktanska (44492) 2016-02-21 5:36

Hi Craig,
Texture of the snow looks so good in this light. It kind of attracts me even more than those spectaular rock formations. Truely wonderful place.
Kari

samson (2250) 2016-02-21 7:35

Hello Craig,

Such a beautiful scene. Must be a great place to take great picturesque photos.

Mountains with snow always look more majestic and you have captured that well. Against the deep blue .... well done.

cheers
sam

adramad (72622) 2016-02-21 10:01

Hi Craig.
Impressive these steep red rocks, which appear as straight out of a story, in which we were to imagine, is an impregnable castle, I lovely contrast with the whiteness of the snow.
Excellent POV, with very good lighting, color and sharpness to enjoy the details.
Very good work. I like it
Enjoy a happy Sunday.
Best regards.
Luis.

npecanhuk (79329) 2016-02-22 18:17

Hello Craig!
Unique & superb composition for those formations there in BRYCE Canyon!
I love that place and you bring me good memories of excellent hours spent there!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, slim black borders, vertical format and chosen pov are all excellent too!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

mkamionka (73560) 2016-02-23 7:30

Hi Craig,
I do remember that my photos from Bryce where I used polarizer at the top end setting produced similarly dark blue sky. Now I would rather tone it down a tiny bit. For some reason wide angles in vertical don't need even polarizer and they get quite polarized effect :) I don't know if you have noticed.
Nevertheless it is a spectacular view from this amazing place. I like how well you have exposed the snow so that we can see its texture. Lovely composition with unearthly rock formation and extraordinary colors.
I like it very much,
M

emka (157292) 2016-02-23 15:07

Hi Craig, I went only small part of hiking, I was with LF, ... Marvelous contrast of the deep blue sky and these orange rock with snow. Bryce in winter is marvelous indeed.

WArm regards MAlgo

ChrisJ (171392) 2016-02-24 16:14

Hello Craig

The hot colours of the exposed red rocky butte contrast well with the clear blue sky to give a sublime warm cold color contrast. Good sharpness and a terrific upward pov on the weathered and interesting geological formation or hoodoo. The exposure on the snow is just perfect. You would love Cappadocia in Turkey if you liked Bryce. Tfs!

Hansaphotos (11381) 2016-02-27 13:56

Hi Craig

A pleasant presentation of this wonderful landscape. I really like the contrast between the rock formation and the deep blue sky. As an apropos to this lovely winter picture, did you know they`re filming parts of the coming film "The Snowman" in Bergen now, with actors like Val Kilmer and Michael Fassbender. The film are based on the books of the Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø. Well, anyway, a brilliant shot! Thanks.

Greetings, Erling

claudeD (47754) 2016-03-07 9:05

Hello Craig,

wonderful view from Bryce Canyon National Park showing this very well composed view in perfect sharpness and calrity. The deep blue sky is simply amazing. Very well done.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

willperrett (14195) 2016-03-07 11:51

Hello Craig

Don't know how I managed to miss this one: not wanting to spend all day on TE I suspect! Truly majestic. The portrait format chosen is perfect for emphasizing the stupendous verticality of the subject. Polarizer I assume?

Regards

Will

kiks (12805) 2016-05-18 2:26

Beautiful indeed. I love the contrast of the warm orange of the rocks with the white snow. Beautiful crop.
tfs
KIKs