This is New River Gorge National Park-Land! (New River Gorge National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view from Long Point looking to the north-northwest up the river gorge and valley of the New River in New River Gorge National Park & Preserve. My thinking in composing this image focused on a few things. One was to adjust the focal length such that all of the bridge from side to side was included with a little extra of the hillside on each end. Another was to have a layered approach with the different hillsides leading into the river gorge and valley. By angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward, I could also create a more sweeping view across this national park setting. The blue skies really didn't add much to the setting, but I included enough so that it would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones present in the lower portion of the image. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
