So I went back and found a different picture of the two people looking up at the Saracen’s Tent formation. Is this one any better? There isn’t the third person in the photo.
Yes, it is better, although now it’s so much closer to perfect it almost makes it worse! 😉 The lady on the right moved over perfectly, but the guy didn’t help you out all that much. If he was over to the left a bit (for separation), and looking up instead of sideways (to match the lady’s pose and bring the viewer’s attention back up to the height of the cavern) – then it would be perfect! Why can’t random tourists cooperate a little more for passing photographers?? Lol!
@bennett-family here is a picture of the Mirror Lake with the waterline centered.
That’s looking better… but I still think there’s a whole lot of stuff drawing attention pretty equally. However, I think you can help bring a lot more stability to the photo through post-processing. I popped it into LR real quick, and here’s what I came up with.
I am by no means an editing expert, by the way, so I’m sure that you could come up with much better results by spending a bit more time with it! Here was my thought: which main elements of the photo do you want the eye to be attracted to? I brought up the shadows and exposure, reduced highlights, and – importantly – did some local adjustments, brightening the areas I thought should be brought out and keeping other areas less contrast-y and a little darker. If you do it carefully, you can also potentially bring a better sense of depth with the local adjustments. I think some local brushing will really do the trick with this photo!
And finally, one of the most unique pictures I took at the caverns was of the “Bath Towel” (and it really looks like one!!), an interesting translucent formation .
“Interesting”? I’ll say so! Way too cool!
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