Last Friday Mark and I did some hiking in the Superstitions. We stopped at my favorite rock in order to capture some dramatic sunset photos with a half moon, a few stars, and a cloudless sky.
Also, for those of you in Safari who are probably squinting at the weird sky colors, I didn't add any saturation, just some curves adjustments. I am finding that Adobe Camera Raw does not do an accurate job of processing reds from my 20D, so until I can get it calibrated, I am processing all of my photos that contain a significant amount of red hue by converting to a TIFF with the Canon software and then adjusting curves in Photoshop.
categories: desert landscape nature sunrise/sunset
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Nice I know where this rock is. Have you ever hiked that trail all the way up to the flatiron? Amazing views from up there.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:14 PM
I do definitely like your colors better - much more accurate as well.
Looking forward to some night shots!
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 PM
Great photo! The sky is fantastic and so are all the lights in the city :-) On many photos of this kind there's no foreground but the stone makes the photo so good.
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:51 PM
Brilliant Ryan. Love this skyline. The reds/orange is awesome love it man!
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:45 AM
Fantastic shot
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Wow... I have a picture of this exact rock on my wall in my room here that you took last year... hmmm. I'm thinking I need to start a rock collection ;) Amazing
February 5th, 2007 at 12:24 PM
I like the two stars that are revealing themselves as darkness falls along with the lights of the city.
February 5th, 2007 at 2:12 PM
That is one thing I loved about visiting Arizona-- the view of the city from above. Of course, I only saw it from a plane. This is a lovely picture, though.
February 5th, 2007 at 10:07 PM
What a great spectrum of light during the sunset.