Monument Valley Open View (Arizona) • PhotoTraces

As we speak’s picture options the long-lasting view of the Monument Valey I witnessed proper after coming into the Navajo tribal park. I noticed this open view of the valley on many images earlier than visiting the park, however I nonetheless was overwhelmed by the dimensions of the scene. In actual life, it was a lot bigger than I anticipated.

When I used to be compositing the shot, I noticed a pickup truck driving alongside the dust highway of the valley within the distance. I made a decision to attend a few minutes till the truck turned extra recognizable so I may use it because the reference level for my composition.

Capturing

The first problem for me was a really robust wind on the high of the hill the place I used to be standing. For higher stability, I needed to apply some further stress to my tripod utilizing my physique weight. Additionally, I needed to hold wiping the entrance of the lens each couple of minutes due to the sand particles within the air.

Digicam: Sony s6000
Lens: Sony 16-70mm
Focal Size: 49mm
Capturing Mode: Aperture Precedence (A)
ISO: 100
Aperture: F9
Shutter Velocity: 1/400s
Tripod: FEISOL Event CT-3442

Enhancing & Processing

It was a a single RAW processing workflow. 

Lightroom (80%)

First, I used the Crop Overlay to straighten up the {photograph}.

I used the method I outlined within the article: Tips on how to Straighten a Picture in Lightroom.

Subsequent, I used the Pure preset from my Panorama Preset Assortment as the bottom for Lightroom Fast Enhancing. Then I used TOOLKIT to spice up the Distinction and the Readability.

The Lightroom Preset Enhancing Components: Pure (13, 21, 23, 32)

Photoshop (20%)

In Photoshop, all I needed to do is to boos the main points and apply noise discount.

Plugins: DeNoise (noise discount), Topaz Element (native distinction increase).

Whole Time: 10min

Earlier than & After Transformation