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Lando posted:Nikon D80 1/250 at F/8.0 iso100, 18mm. I´m no expert but I like the warmth of the sand compared to the cold colors of the sky. I would have gone rule of thirds with the horizon for more beach in the picture though.
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Lando posted:Nikon D80 1/250 at F/8.0 iso100, 18mm. The angle is a little awkward - can't see the waves coming into the beach, almost as if you are standing behind a hill, but I don't think you are. You either should have been up (altitude) a bit more or moved forward a bit. Maybe the beach is just a touch underexposed which makes them hard to see. Like above said, a little more of the beach would have been nice, it feels crammed in as an afterthought almost. I like the shot though, the sky looks great. subx fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Oct 19, 2010 |
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subx posted:The angle is a little awkward - can't see the waves coming into the beach, almost as if you are standing behind a hill, but I don't think you are. You either should have been up (altitude) a bit more or moved forward a bit. Maybe the beach is just a touch underexposed which makes them hard to see. You've never seen a Va. Beach beach evidently, the locals motto is 'we have no waves'. But yeah, I was up on the boardwalk and zoomed in a bit to avoid some hideous tents they had set up for an event. The beach curves down a tad to the water. I just read some info on the 'rule of thirds', so now I know better about framing my shots. Hopefully I will pick up some better shots this weekend. Thanks for the words of advice 
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Lando posted:You've never seen a Va. Beach beach evidently, the locals motto is 'we have no waves'. But yeah, I was up on the boardwalk and zoomed in a bit to avoid some hideous tents they had set up for an event. The beach curves down a tad to the water. Fair enough then. I'd give the beach a little more exposure to make it pop out a bit more since you aren't going to get much in the way of surf.
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Lando posted:You've never seen a Va. Beach beach evidently, the locals motto is 'we have no waves'. West coasters usually don't understand this, they're used to wind coming in off the water which contributes a lot to the busy shoreline. East coast has the wind coming in off the land usually.. so no waves to speak of. quote:I just read some info on the 'rule of thirds', so now I know better about framing my shots. Hopefully I will pick up some better shots this weekend. Thanks for the words of advice I personally think the shot is fine.. the clouds are interesting, and I'm a huge sucker for clouds, so that's probably why I like it. Gives a clean "this is what it was like to be here" feel. What does bug me though is the image being concave.. the horizon is higher at the edges than the center. I might not notice it if there was some color in the image, but when you've got just sand and sky, the lens distortion really pops out.
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H R, Supreme, sir. You are good at this craft. H Hotwax Residue posted:
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Some recent shots from Yellowstone and Tetons. Full set can be seen here: http://phononphotography.com/p864977930      
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Col. Mustard posted: --- This place has some serious potential. I'll probably show up 30 minutes earlier next time.  Elk Mountain (morning) by jwallacephoto, on Flickr And then some B&W conversions:  boulders and stuff by jwallacephoto, on Flickr  Vertical at Charon's Edge by jwallacephoto, on Flickr quazi fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Oct 25, 2010 |
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Col. Mustard posted:Hey there fall color GTNP buddy! 
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Leviathor posted:Hey there fall color GTNP buddy! Great light! Wish I could have made it there for a morning shot, but we were based in West Yellowstone, so the best I could do was a mid-afternoon session. 4 days is just not enough to shoot Yellowstone and the GT.
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quazi posted:Bloddy hell. Why do I even try anymore. Really.. is the rainbow shot pure luck, or did you actually plan this? Is there some way to read the weather and get a feel when neat opportunities will show up? Or is it purely "I was out taking a walk and suddenly a rainbow appeared"?
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Well if the weather report says sun and light showers you probably stand a reasonable chance of catching rainbows but that particular shot was a total fluke.
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Check it out: He got that photo because he was trying. He says it's a fluke, but he was looking for photos. Just didn't plan the rainbow. But you can. (rainbows: get on the west side of retreating showers in the afternoon. Is there a forecast of showers moving past that perfect spot? Be there.)
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Interrupting Moss posted:(rainbows: get on the west side of retreating showers in the afternoon. Is there a forecast of showers moving past that perfect spot? Be there.) That's kind of what I'm after. What other kind of weather conditions make for good opportunities? Heavy rains? Cold fronts? Warm fronts? To put this in context, I've spent most of the past two months visiting the same spot every day, watching the scene. I think there's a good shot in there somewhere, but either the skies are perfectly clear or the light isn't quite warm enough. I'm just curious if experienced landscape photographers have learned tricks for improving their odds of a nice scene. I know SOME of them can do this.. there was a particularly nice sunset a week or so ago.. a couple lines of clouds, deep purples, that sort of thing. And a legion of photographers with ridiculous quantities of gear suddenly showed up and started snapping shots. There's no way they could have just been driving past, it's not a public location so they had to have prepared to come there.
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xzzy posted:That's kind of what I'm after. What other kind of weather conditions make for good opportunities? Of course they have planned for it. Not every spot looks good in the same weather though, so you have to know what to look for in a particular spot.
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subx posted:Of course they have planned for it. Not every spot looks good in the same weather though, so you have to know what to look for in a particular spot. That's exactly what I'm asking. Where did they get this insight?
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Spending time scouting the area. You will also get an idea of what conditions will make a good sunset/sunrise. You also know what direction the sun will rise and set so you can figure out if it is a "morning" or "afternoon" location as well. You can also use other peoples photos to do some of the scouting for you, look on the maps on flickr or search for the location and there is a chance there will be pictures of it. Another good resource is google/bing maps.
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evil_bunnY posted:What kind of film is this? That is Portra NC 160.
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Went to Hovenweep National Monument  I wish there was water here in the Southwest, Dread Head and scottch's look too cool
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BulimicGoat posted:Went to Hovenweep National Monument You can still take cool landscapes without water, that said I seem to be drawn towards the water. Your shots are interesting and the sky is awesome. I probably would have shot some wider ones or something to give the ruins a bit more context, I think this would make them more interesting than they are now.
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Dread Head posted:Are you using an ND on all of your water shots?
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whaam posted:Are you using an ND on all of your water shots? On a lot of them, not always but pretty often I use an ND8 filter.
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Well, here is a 4x5 shot of the pacific ocean from San Simeon, CA. Kodak E100G. Saturation looks a little jacked up on my computer so I need to mess with it more before I get it printed. Sunset in San Simeon, CA by cmmatt, on Flickr
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I had the fortune to attend a workshop at the Point Reyes National Seashore a couple weeks ago. This is a gorgeous area, with so many photographic scenes, it was hard to decide what to post. The full set can be viewed at: http://phononphotography.com/p701607913 Here is a few samples. Critiques and criticisms are welcome and encouraged.     
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Col. Mustard posted:This one:  The rest: 
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The best part about the first shot is I just walked straight until I got to cliff, sat down, and waited an hour or two. Now to borrow the 80-200 2.8 from work... 
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Ringo R posted:This one: Thanks for the feedback. Helps a lot.
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