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Radtech1
20th of September 2004 (Mon), 23:04
Interesting question? How do you take a shot that you know has been taken thousands of time before. (And that was just *yesterday*!) I tried for technical quality. Used a Circular Polorizer to boost the cloud/sky contrast, but I was also granted a wonderful day.

The second shot was an effort to show the scale of this absolutely awe inspiring site.

Question, can the second shot stand without the first? Or does it need the first to supply scale?

Rad

http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/BIG2.jpg


http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/BIG1.jpg
Ronin
20th of September 2004 (Mon), 23:42
Is that Devil's Tower?
c0ntr0lz
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 03:22
yep

my parents went there back in June
awesome, beautiiful place
Sailor Don
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 07:17
Radtech,

Wonderful photos for an Instamatic C-30. :D

The second could stand alone without the first. I would recommend removing the fuzzy branches and leaves.

The problem with "combining" the two photos is that they don't match. The angle of the sun is different, perhaps the location of the climbers is on the other side of the tower. I can't make a visual correlation. If you had infinite zoom capability on the first photo, would the climbers be visible?
Radtech1
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 08:34
The problem with "combining" the two photos is that they don't match. The angle of the sun is different, perhaps the location of the climbers is on the other side of the tower. I can't make a visual correlation. If you had infinite zoom capability on the first photo, would the climbers be visible?

Don,

You are right. I should have posted two shots from the same(ish) position. The reason why I chose the one above was that I wanted to show the majesty of the place. When I was shooting from the same position that I was in when I got the climbers, I was a bit too close to capture the vastness of the sky.

What I was trying for was a galacticly huge sky, which would minimize the size of the tower. Then the second shot would show just how big the tower is, when compared to a human scale.

Here is a wider fov taken at (about) the same time that I got the climbers.

Thanks for the input.

Rad

http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/BIG3.jpg

Same shot, showing where climbers are.

http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/BIG4.jpg
CyberDyneSystems
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 10:06
Wow,.. looks just like my mashed potatoes!
Sailor Don
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 10:07
Rad,

Now I change my vote for combined photos using the last photo you submitted, in combination with the photo of the rock climbers. With the definite correlation between the two photos, I would say the combination gives a better presentation of the awesome size. Like you said, it's big.
CDickinson
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 10:40
Rad -

I like the last shot for color ......I think it might be a matter of a different lens and location from where you are shooting.....not sure which one but height seems to be the issue.

C
Moppie
22nd of September 2004 (Wed), 01:44
Wow,.. looks just like my mashed potatoes!


I knew it looked familiar!


I 2nd photo would be perfect, if it wasn't for the damn branch in the corner.
The climbers give a sense of scale, Iv only ever seen the rock in movies and TV images, so untill I saw this thread had no idea exactly how big it was, and how big the formations that make it are.