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repsnake posted:Started my first adventures into post-processing. This isn't the place to request it, but I am open to criticism. I think the first one is better. I like the repeating bushes and how they form a triangle with the clouds. Shapes are visually appealing. You might try cropping the foreground a bit as you have a lot of empty space there. As it's framed right now, you have the horizon pretty close to the center. Normally you don't want to do this, but in this instance the two halves are balanced, so I think it works. In the second one, I think that it would look better in B&W because of the washed out sky and muted colors. In general desert scenes are great to play around with B&W. Composition wise, I would have tried a shot with that bush in the foreground to add depth to the scene. You somewhat have a leading line with that trail, but it's not that strong.
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Are you only willing to consider cfi/cfe lenses? You could get a CF T* Distagon for under 1k on keh.
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While working up north I had a chance to spend an afternoon in an old cemetery:
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Rot posted:While working up north I had a chance to spend an afternoon in an old cemetery: Whoa this picture has an eerie feeling. I hope it's intentional. I know there is some phenomenal photo in this thread and I wish someday I will take some nice picture. I went for a walk in the wood and took some picture. If I can get post processing tips in lightroom I would appreciate. I wish I had a polarizer...     
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Niagalack posted:Whoa this picture has an eerie feeling. I hope it's intentional. Not really sure there is to much you can do for these, a polarizer would have helped a bit but your big issue is the light. The light is way to harsh for you to get a good photo. I find for forest photos (which are much harder than you would expect) overcast days work best, that or sunrise/sunset or around then. As soon as you have direct light it is going to make in increasingly hard to get a decent shot.
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Dread Head posted:Not really sure there is to much you can do for these, a polarizer would have helped a bit but your big issue is the light. The light is way to harsh for you to get a good photo. I find for forest photos (which are much harder than you would expect) overcast days work best, that or sunrise/sunset or around then. As soon as you have direct light it is going to make in increasingly hard to get a decent shot. Does it affect the color? I think I will attempt to take a picture at sunset today to see the difference.
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Niagalack posted:Does it affect the color? I think I will attempt to take a picture at sunset today to see the difference. Yes the time of day will effect the colour, sunrise/sunset you tend to get a much warmer light as the sun passes through more atmosphere(sunsrt tends to be warmer than sunrise colour wise). If you are shooting in raw you will be able to tweak this with your white balance. After the sun has set you should still be able to shoot for a bit, during this time I find the light temperature to be much cooler (bluer).
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Niagalack posted:Whoa this picture has an eerie feeling. I hope it's intentional. Somewhat intentional. It was a dreary rainy day and the whole place is densely overgrown:  
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Rot posted:Somewhat intentional. It was a dreary rainy day and the whole place is densely overgrown: I cant critique you because I like your picture. Only thing i can say is keep it up! I was planning on shotting tonigh but I dont think I will be able to... wife about to give birth ! the machine has started !  !
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Niagalack posted:I was planning on shotting tonigh but I dont think I will be able to... wife about to give birth ! the machine has started ! Oh man...is this your first? And so it begins Congrats!
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3rd one sorry for being off topic Posting another just to stay on the subject. Niagalack fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jun 1, 2011 |
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Niagalack posted:3rd one sorry for being off topic That's pretty cool. There's a spot near where I work that has a temporary pond in it making a scene similar to this. I tried to go take a picture of it the other day but got completely molested by mosquitoes, so everything I took looked like rear end (pro tip: don't try to swat bugs and release the shutter at the same time). I've been meaning to load up on bug spray and go back, haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Crosspostin' from SAD. From over the holiday weekend. Door County Afternoon 1 by Chad Larson Photography, on Flickr  Door County Afternoon 2 by Chad Larson Photography, on Flickr  Door County Afternoon 3 by Chad Larson Photography, on Flickr  Door County Afternoon 4 by Chad Larson Photography, on Flickr
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xzzy posted:That's pretty cool. There's a spot near where I work that has a temporary pond in it making a scene similar to this. I tried to go take a picture of it the other day but got completely molested by mosquitoes, so everything I took looked like rear end (pro tip: don't try to swat bugs and release the shutter at the same time). There has been a lot of rain this year and the wood is flooded. There were a tons of mosquitoes ... After 16 hour of labor the labor stopped and they returned us home. We wont see the 3rd one today... Oh well.
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David Pratt posted:
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William T. Hornaday posted:Something looks very off about the clouds.
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alkanphel posted:The clouds look posterised. The sky was overexposed, so I lowered the exposure of the whole image until there was some detail in the clouds, then used the tone curve to bring the now-dark landscape back up. Do you think the clouds look off because there's less detail in them than there should be? Any advice on recovering an overexposed sky from a single image?
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David Pratt posted:The sky was overexposed, so I lowered the exposure of the whole image until there was some detail in the clouds, then used the tone curve to bring the now-dark landscape back up.
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There's some fantastic shots in this thread and I hope one day to reach that level. I have recently started doing landscape photography and here's some of the shots I've taken the past few weeks. Castleton by The Croc84, on Flickr  Ladybower by The Croc84, on Flickr The Croc fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jun 6, 2011 |
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Crossposting from SAD: IMG_0476 by bernsai, on Flickr  IMG_0472 by bernsai, on Flickr
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The Croc posted:
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somnambulist posted:Really happy with the way this one came out That's fantastic. Really dramatic lighting. Could just be me, or the way the hills rise, but it looks like the horizon's not quite level.
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Can't let this thread fall to page 2. Here's one from a recent trip:  Point Reyes Beach by johnm3000, on Flickr
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Things to remember when honeymooning in Bora Bora, in order: a) Credit card b) Wife c) Polarising filter. Unfortunately, (c) got left behind in the 'holy crap we have to be at the airport an hour ago!' rush.  viewtastic by joelalexanderwright, on Flickr
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That's unreal. Built in Windows wallpaper material! (I mean that as a compliment) For content:  DSC_4258 by MarneusC, on Flickr
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jm3000 posted:Here's one from a recent trip: joelcamefalling posted:
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quazi posted:Interesting.. The clouds seem to be mirroring the structures below them. They probably are.. mountains have a huge effect on shaping winds, and if surface air get pushed upwards, can trigger cloud formation. It might just be coincidence in this particular image, but google lenticular clouds sometime. They can be pretty dramatic.
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