“Wild Wild West”

EXIF information
model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
exposureTime 0.033 s (1/30) (1/30)
fnumber f/22.0
isoEquiv 200
focalLength 18.00 (18/1)

When I took this shot I was actually afraid that I had blown out the background because the sun was right in my face but I think it actually makes for a very interesting photograph. I really like the shadows and the yellow tint the light took, enjoy!

Post Processing Details:
LightRoom:
- Recovery +100 to pull back on the highlights from the sun.
- Increased the saturation of the yellow channel to + 62
- Changed the luminance of the Yellow channel to - 40 and the Orange to +100.
- Dropped the Red Hue to -100 and the Orange Hue to -38.
- Increased Vibrance by 64
- Overall Saturation + 48
- Contrast + 48
- Sharpened
- Straightened the Horizon by tilting the image slightly
- Cropped to put the tree on the left third of the picture and take away some of the distracting foreground.

29. April 2008, 06:26 comments (0) Posted in: Arizona, Desert, Sunset, Tucson Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The permalink address (URI) of this photo is: http://thedigitalfoto.com/2008/04/29/wild-wild-west/