ABOUT THE COLLECTION
It's fun to make collections like this and it was motivated by a client who would like to print 8 of these to put in his theatre room. They will be covering the floor to ceiling speakers that line the theatre room. Meaning they will be printed on speaker fabric. The room already has this but with a different theme from previous owner... the new theme will be UTAH NIGHT SKIES.
There can only be 8
I have 9 options I personally consider very solid
But it's not my theatre room so i have 12 stand by options.
What would you choose?
#1 WAVE LIGHTPAINING - Border of Utah/Arizona Vermillion Cliffs
(If vertical is needed this could work depending on the proportions as one of my favorite night shots I hope it gets included but understand if it doesn't because of form factor)
Click on any of these images if you're on PeakD.com and you will be able to see the image much larger
#2 UINTA NIGHT PANO - Mirror Lake Highway
(Easy to crop this massive pano vertically)
#3 ARCH NIGHT CLOUDS - Arches NP
(If vertical is needed this one should crop nicely)
#4 WINTER LAKE VERTICAL - Lake Blanche, Big Cottonwood Canyon
(there is a more popular but horizontal choice below)
#5 MILKY WAY AND DUNES - Little Sahara Recreation Area
#6 THE CLIFF FACE - Notch Peak, West Desert
(Second biggest shear cliff in USA it holds a special place in my heart as one of the most unique and yet unknown places in Utah)
#7 THE DESERT ARCH - Mesa Arch Canyonlands NP
(Client expressed interest and this is one of the more iconic arches in utah but if it needs to be vertical this may be first to go)
#8 ZION'S RIVER - Zion NP
#9 THE FULL ARCH - Moab Utah Corona Arch
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
Most of the second options are horizontal but perhaps they are great options AND possible for the form factor for the client.
PLUS fun to share them since it completes the theme of UTAH NIGHT SKIES.
#10 MONOLITH IN ARCHES - Arches NP
#11 RED FLARE NIGHT - Arches NP
(mistake from a friend's headlamp)
#12 AirGlow Commet - Canyonlands NP
#13 GOBLIN COHORTS - Goblin Valley State Park
#14 GOBLINS ALONE - Goblin Valley State Park
#15 WINTER LAKE Horizontal - Lake Blanche, Big Cottonwood Canyon
#16 THE BRIDGE - Natural Bridges National Monument
#17 MESA ARCH LIGHT - Canyonlands NP (In case a little bit of a human element is a good addition)
#18 HEART LIGHT - Technically across border in Nevada
#19 NEBO NIGHT SKIES - Nebo Loop (Probably too vertical for client)
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#20 LAKE POWELL VIBRANT - Lake Powell area (not of lake obviously)
#21 CANYONLANDS MILKYWAY - Canyonlands NP
All the images were great, to me these 7 were the stand outs,
#2 I like pano shots, and that has a lot going for it. I love the reflection of the stars.
#4 I thought I would like the horizontal pano better, but the vertical one seems more spectacular to me.
#5 I like how it reminds me so much of the movie Dune
#16 I like how the background color is so different than the foreground color.
#17 I think it hints at a lot of different movies, and it is a theater room.
#18 Just because I can see so many different things in it.
#20 I like how it speaks to a desolation feeling.
I think he will have a hard time picking.
Wow love the awesome commentary!!
Simply wonderful serie of images, thank you for sharing !
The 2 best in my opinion : (Lake reflection and stars are awesome with great landscapes and mountains)
#2 UINTA NIGHT PANO - Mirror Lake Highway
#15 WINTER LAKE Horizontal - Lake Blanche, Big Cottonwood Canyon
And some special mentions to these one :
These are all most excellent @jarvie. Your client is very lucky, I don't know how he/she would choose.
Most excellent indeed!
Yeah it may be hard... or proportions for images may determine a lot of it.
Wow these pictures are great so beautiful and such a good quality. I like the wave lighpainting one the most. If I wouldn't use my own pictures as desktop background these would also give beautiful background pictures. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts :)
Awesomeness of epic proportions! 🤩🤩🤩
#8 ZION'S RIVER - Zion NP
That's one of your faves?
yes, i like the nos 1,2,6,8,14,16.17,18 best
These are awesome. I like number 18 the most.
One of the two that are technically not utah... the other one (the wave) is just a mile or two on the other side of the border. But the client saw that one and liked it and it is pretty close to their home so we cheated it in.
Your customer is lucky to find photographer as yourself.
You can not miss here. You are selecting better from better. Sweet worries I would say.
Utah is amazing I knew that before from my own experience, but never seen all these beauties in edition like yours.
Should I even try judging photos?
Well...
#1 Wawe is on my bucket list, heard a lot about it and now you showed why it is that famous...
So my favourite shot.
If I would be picking I would change #7 with #17, location is the same, but I like the human element as you said. It just adds to the photo.
Thanks for sharing all these beauties!
You made my morning. I spent half an hour observing all photos and now I am late for meeting :)
Have a good one!
Wow! like them all. Maybe the very top one not making my cut. Might be because it has a different feel to me then the rest. there all fricken great :)
one that i am sure of is number 1 (but i think you are to, so i did not really help :D )
Stunning pictures brother! #14 is my favorite. The blue and the simplicity. It's a wonderful picture I haven't seen of yours before. #21 seems like it would be perfect for the theater room.
Love #18 HEART LIGHT
Hope to shoot them with you one day ;-)
Yeah that would be awesome... come on over. How have the waters been treating you lately?