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Image Title:  Grand Descent
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 By: Paul Lara  
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Photographer Paul Lara  Paul Lara {Karma:88111}
Project #52 Patterns in Nature Camera Model Canon EOS 20D
Categories Nature
Landscape
Alternative Process
Film Format Digital JPEG High
Portfolio Archeological
Aviation
nature
Lens Canon 17-85 USM IS lens @ (effective) 136mm
Uploaded 5/3/2006 Film / Memory Type Digital ISO 200
    ISO / Film Speed
Views 800 Shutter 1/500
Favorites Aperture f/8.0
Critiques 25 Rating
5.40
/ 5 Ratings
Location City -  Grand Canyon
State -  AIRZONA
Country - United States   United States
About Having flown into Vegas more than a dozen times for work, I look forward to the descent over the Grand Canyon. As compensation for shooting through two layers of plexigass window, I boosted levels and contrast.

The turquoise blue of the river was really something that morning.
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Abdelrahman Elwassimy Abdelrahman Elwassimy   {K:3707} 5/19/2006
wow:) this makes it so harder to take the shot and deserves more greetings:)excellent paul:)

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Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/19/2006
I was much higher than a chopper...I was on an American Airlines Super-80 making its descent into Las Vegas, but we were probably about 12,000 feet up.

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Abdelrahman Elwassimy Abdelrahman Elwassimy   {K:3707} 5/19/2006
always have a dream to visit this amazing place:)but now i visited it through ur nice image:) excellent perspective and angle! but where were u standing? it seems u got it from a chopper:) thnxx so much for ur nice comments i'm so happy u liked the images:)

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Billy Bloggs Billy Bloggs   {K:51043} 5/15/2006
Nice shot under difficult circumstances and good PS work. It looks really natural. I flew over here about a year ago, in daylight, and was surprised that I seemed to be the only passenger taking any notice of the view. I didn't bother talking a shot because I didn't think it would come out too good. We live and learn.
Regards, Gary

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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia   {K:96391} 5/13/2006
wonderful. great composition.

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Romy Fabian Garmaz   {K:17105} 5/6/2006
Paul
wooooooooooow
excellent perspective and tones.
a beautiful shot
congrats
Romy

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Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/5/2006
Oh, yes. I had not connected the dots with a gradient + adjustment layer. I'm off to fiddle, Rina.

I really appreciate the assistance!

Paul

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Caterina  Berimballi Caterina  Berimballi   {K:27299} 5/5/2006
Hi Paul,

Beautiful aerial shot of the canyon. Marvellous job bringing out the colour of the water, it looks stunning. Well done.

Just read through the critiques so far and noticed your last comment. I have a suggestion that I hope may help...

I'm going to assume you have photoshop :) Firstly, create a new adjustment layer > select curves and give it a gentle S curve.

Then mask that adjustment layer using the gradient tool - foreground to transparent - and drag the pointer from dead center down to bottom right edge, effectively getting rid of that area gradually.

If the shadows and highlights don't quite match or are stronger than that of the bottom right in the original layer, simply reduce the adjustment layer's opacity until it looks even or play with different layer blends.

Hope that makes sense to you. I've attached a rough example of possible end result...

Cheers
Rina.

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curves adjustment layer


Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/5/2006
Yeah, if you have any ideas how to remove some of that blue haze in the background, I'm all ears!

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Erik Neldner Erik Neldner   {K:10846} 5/5/2006
paul,
nicely done man. even with the work you've done i still would wish to see the image with a bit less "haze" in it. a tall order indeed....
cheers,
erik

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Mark Julian Mark Julian   {K:36866} 5/4/2006
A really good shot from an airplane -very nice and colorful. Grand job Mark

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Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/4/2006
LOL! Thanks for the correction, Edith.

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Edith Krueger-Nye Edith Krueger-Nye   {K:451} 5/4/2006
Hi Paul
Just wanted you to know that the Grand Canyon is in Arizona, not Nevada.
They already have Las Vegas
Edith

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Christopher Kosegarten   {K:119} 5/4/2006
I had this same problem with the contrast when I took this flight in Feb. Nice shot.

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Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/4/2006
Well, the reference to '5x7' is irrelevant for web posting. Here, it is only total pixels that count. I stay within Usefilm guidelines, making sure not to exceed 850 pixels on the images longest side. You may also need to adjust your JPEG compression, to ensure your re-scaled image is smaller than 400k.

Further, Usefilm now allows posting of panoramas, at which point the smallest side must stay within 850 pixels, but the larger side can now go up to 1200 pixels.

I hope this helps, and thanks for the comments, Bill.

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ricardo longhi-frantz   {K:9628} 5/4/2006
marvelous picture! so beautiful natural patterns! great processing, splendid result! favorite!

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Tabitha Woods   {K:8650} 5/4/2006
Wow great dramatic shot, well done an through a window too!! much better than the original, would be interesting if you played some more with this in shadows & highlights, it may get rid of the washed out colour in top left corner?
Regards :O)

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bill smith bill smith   {K:5416} 5/4/2006
Very nice Paul, I was going to say you were only an hour or two from Bryce but then I read you shot this from a plane. Makes the shot even more remarkable.
Can I ask how you're able to post such a large photo? If I try to post anything over a 5X7 it tells me it's too large.
Again very nice fly by shot!!!!
Bill

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Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/4/2006
Oh, and just so you can see what a difference it can make to create and adjust multiple layers...here is what the orignal shot looks like (underwhelming for sure).

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original shot


Paul Lara Paul Lara   {K:88111} 5/4/2006
Well, Sal, if you're seated on the starboard side of the jet, you could have a chance at this very image.

This was shot around 10:30am on a long final to McCarran runway 25R.

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Jaci Barnett   {K:314} 5/4/2006
Love how the focal point contrasts colour-wise so much with the rest of the picture. Interesting perspective as well!

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Salvatore Rossignolo   {K:13559} 5/4/2006
Paul you're freakin' killin' me man! I'm going to Vegas in a couple of weeks and We couldn't swing the canyon trip. Your the man, what a great aerial.
Sal

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João F * Photography João F * Photography   {K:41945} 5/4/2006
Paul great photograph my friend !!
jo

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Magali De La Cruz Magali De La Cruz   {K:5775} 5/3/2006
Awesome view and extraordinary composition with great detail and impressive beauty.
hugs.
Magali.

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Gregory McLemore Gregory McLemore   {K:35129} 5/3/2006
Striking perspective and view capture.

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