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Cathedral Rock in evening light, iphone landscape

Posted by
Julie L. Brown, Photobirder (Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) on 9 September 2013 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

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Sedona, Arizona
3-28-13 at 5:34pm

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At the end of March, 2013 I went to Arizona for a landscape workshop led by Don Smith and Gary Hart. The itinerary for the fourth day was to shoot the sunrise at Horseshoe Bend, then drive south to Sedona, where we would shoot our sunset location. Now, we go from spectacular to pleasant. One of the most famous scenes in Sedona is Cathedral Rock, with Oak Creek in the foreground. After a short walk from the parking lot, we found a group of people sitting in camp chairs at the water's edge, waiting for the sunset. Since I would not be able to set up my tripod in front of these people, I took a quick hand-held iphone shot and followed Gary down the trail that followed the creek. Every opening along the river was occupied. Finally, I found a spot on a little sand bar and sat down with my tripod. I will discuss this vantage point with tomorrow's post.

I tweaked this iphone 4 shot in Lightroom and NIK, but the low pixel count did not hold up to processing-thus the poor image quality.

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Apple iPhone 4 1/640 second F/2.8 ISO 80 35 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

You captured it beautifully here Julie, the building and the people almost blend in so it doesn't take the eye too far away from the rock and the creek

9 Sep 2013 6:42am

@Doug: Thanks, Doug. I cloned out some bright spots too. The building and trees are smudged, but don't take away too much from the scene. Fortunately, the famous rocks are the focal point. I should have at least put the iphone on a tripod here and done it properly.

tataray from Deux-Sèvres. (Charentes-Poitou), France

Couleurs chaudes superbes, quel paysage grandiose.)

9 Sep 2013 7:18am

@tataray: Merci!

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

impressive view, people add scale to it.

9 Sep 2013 7:36am

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

It's a beautiful landscape. Have a nice day.

9 Sep 2013 7:50am

jean pierre from paris, France

magnifique paysage!! amitiés

9 Sep 2013 8:07am

Focales from Rhône-Alpes, France

I love this warm colors

9 Sep 2013 8:22am

michel creze from le havre, France

Belles couleurs et belle composition !

Beautiful colors and beautiful composition!

9 Sep 2013 10:22am

Nazzareno from Rome, Italy

Wonderful view and great colors.

9 Sep 2013 11:22am

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Beautiful composition and superb light and colors !

9 Sep 2013 11:29am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Am I seeing a house or a building hiding away amongst those red rocks??

9 Sep 2013 12:28pm

@Curly: Yes, and it is all smudged from the noise reduction. This is really a poor quality shot, but it was the only one I got from this POV. A bit of bait and switch huh? I give you a series of good quality images, then throw in a crappy one! Better one tomorrow.

John Jungklaus from Chase Mills, NY, United States

Superlative view, and very fine camera work !! It's very nice to see this majestic site !

9 Sep 2013 1:45pm

Eric C. from Un peu partout, France

Great lanscape !

9 Sep 2013 5:04pm

Baldwin Vandewalle from Bejuma, Venezuela

Amazing view of this wonderful landscape ... the contrasts of colors and light are fabulous !!!

9 Sep 2013 6:49pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

I almost did not notice the building and the people, for the gorgeous color and light of the natural view.

9 Sep 2013 6:53pm

Denny Jump Photo from Easton, PA, United States

Such a beautiful shot ans spot, Julie...dang tourists - always getting in the way...I this i this is really nice shot for all the trouble you had! Oak Creek Canyon is so darn crowded nowadays, from what I hear...Nice work on this one Julie!!

9 Sep 2013 7:24pm

@Denny Jump Photo: Yeah, everyone wants to see these rocks at sunset. Those two ended up in my other shots downstream as well!

véronique cherpantier from potenza, Italy

couleurs et composition magnifiques

9 Sep 2013 7:46pm

kiwisa from North Shore, New Zealand

Absolutely beautiful, I'm loving your series.

9 Sep 2013 8:25pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Absolutely beautiful! The color is just gorgeous! This is fabulous!

9 Sep 2013 8:54pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

A stunning capture even with your iPhone!! I am glad you found Oak Creek....we looked forever and thought it was dried over. :-(

9 Sep 2013 10:25pm

@Steven: Thank you, Steven. The iPhone can do much better than this. You really could not find Oak Creek?

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

beautiful and rich colour tones that make this landscape stand out!

10 Sep 2013 1:25am

@DarkElf: Well, thank you. The tones are beautiful, but the image quality is not!

L'angevine from Angers, France

intéressantes ces couleurs

10 Sep 2013 2:21pm

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

Looks an amazing place, looks good for climbing

10 Sep 2013 6:05pm

Jackie from Montréal, Canada

Fantastic landscape with beautiful textures! A very nice place!

11 Sep 2013 11:32pm

Apple iPhone 4
1/640 second
F/2.8
ISO 80
35 mm (35mm equiv.)

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