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We were ahead of schedule arriving in Salt Lake City, so I’ve had a while here with a nice 3G connection, so I thought I’d upload this photo taken as we passed through Ruby Canyon near sunset. This is from my cabin, taken with a cheap 50mm lens through the acrylic windows, and without any post-processing save for a bit of cropping.
When in the canyons today I’d wished for a wider lens than the 50mm that I brought, but narrower and without the distortion inherant in the 8mm fisheye. Not wanting to carry large lenses I didn’t bring the 24-70L, but it may have been a good idea. Still, I was able to get a few good images, and more time was spent looking at the canyon directly instead of through a viewfinder.
Tomorrow should involve the Sierra Nevada, including passing through an area right near Donner Pass.
The color on that is amazing. No post-processing? Really amazing.
Joy: None at all. I just confirmed that the Lightroom changelog for that image is a simple Import, then a few crop actions. (See screenshot here or full-res here). From what I’ve read the canyon is actually a reddish rock, and combined with the sun setting and just happening to be at the right angle made for that sort of effect. Stuff like this is so much more brilliant in late afternoon as the slight shadows on all the little bits make the depth and detail stand out wonderfully. I feel pretty lucky that the time of year and train schedule conspired to make this possible.