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Here are some landscapes from my recent trip to Alaska: Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr
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vote_no posted:Awesome, did you go all the way up the Dalton? Yep! Deadhorse was a bit of a letdown, but I really shouldn't have let my imagination run wild with a town like that.
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Before I left England recently I was given a book by my old man called Waiting for the Light by David Noton. I have read the first couple of chapters and so far it's a great read with some stunning accompanying photographs of course. Noton talks a lot about how being behind the camera is only a small part of getting truly stunning shots, with the main focus on putting the hard-yards into locating the best setting for your subject and (as the title says) waiting for the right light. The way he writes makes you reflect more on the thinking process of a shot rather than concentrating on the final result. I would definitely recommend it to any aspiring landscape photogs. http://www.amazon.com/Photography-Essentials-Waiting-For-Light/dp/0715328190 JuanChai fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Jul 27, 2012 |
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RangerScum posted:Yep! Deadhorse was a bit of a letdown, but I really shouldn't have let my imagination run wild with a town like that. I felt that way about Fairbanks. But then I headed south through the Alaska Range and changed my mind. My favorite part of Alaska is actually in Canada; I've never been anywhere that beats the Alaska Highway. It's a shame that you need so much time to do it, I really loved being up there:  Muncho Lake  Yukon  Alaska Range  Kluane
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vote_no posted:I felt that way about Fairbanks. But then I headed south through the Alaska Range and changed my mind. My favorite part of Alaska is actually in Canada; I've never been anywhere that beats the Alaska Highway. It's a shame that you need so much time to do it, I really loved being up there: I've gone up to Yukon the past 2 summers and have to agree. We were on a time crunch to get to Whitehorse when driving up there, so the only time we really got to stop for pictures was when the guy driving needed a quick 15 minute nap. The Alaska Highway between Fort Nelson and Liard Hot Springs is also one of the best driving roads in Canada. Try going up the Dempster Highway if you ever go back to Yukon (you should, it's awesome)  Tombstone Territorial Park by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Tombstone Territorial Park by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Tombstone Territorial Park by tylerhuestis, on Flickr
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Went to this location to shoot star trails... had some cloud roll in unfortunately, but salvaged a decent sunset shot from it. Gorokan by Aztatlan, on Flickr
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RangerScum posted:Here are some landscapes from my recent trip to Alaska: Loving the whole set but this really stands out. 
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Some from today: Richmond Paulownia Plantation by Aztatlan, on Flickr  Long Jetty by Aztatlan, on Flickr  The Longest Jetty by Aztatlan, on Flickr Interested to hear any thoughts about the composition of this last one. Not so sure I like it - but it was the only super long exposure shot I took that shoot.
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Anyone here actually shot the Moulton barns? I'm going to be visitin GTNP in a couple weeks, and while on one hand I don't particularly care to shoot cliches, on the other it would be stupid to completely skip a famous site like that. I'm just curious which barn is the "good" one to shoot.. google searches suggest they're functionally identical but maybe that's a misinterpretation. Are the barns roped off or otherwise inaccessible at any times? Or is it completely unregulated?
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xzzy posted:Anyone here actually shot the Moulton barns? I'm going to be visitin GTNP in a couple weeks, and while on one hand I don't particularly care to shoot cliches, on the other it would be stupid to completely skip a famous site like that. The two famous barns are right down the road from each other - as in, one is visible from the other. It's very possible to get photos of each during a single sunrise. That being said, I think this one is the 'good' one - it caught the sunrise much better than the other when I was there (September) and had better surrounding stuff than the pointy-roofed one.  As far as I know, the barns are not inaccessible at any time, other than in the winter when the road is not maintained. I was there on a morning that was pretty overcast... apparently lots of photographers showed up, didn't like the light, and left. By the time I got there (a little past sunrise) there were only a few people and the weather drastically improved! Gambl0r fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Jul 31, 2012 |
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xzzy posted:Anyone here actually shot the Moulton barns? I'm going to be visitin GTNP in a couple weeks, and while on one hand I don't particularly care to shoot cliches, on the other it would be stupid to completely skip a famous site like that. I've been to the Tetons three of the past four years and will shoot one barn per sunrise, given that I'm not elsewhere in the park for sunrise. Getting a unique framing on either barn is difficult. Most photographers will line up along the ditches--one runs east-west, the other north-south (the popular ditch). This is the Thomas Alma (south) Moulton Barn:   Then there's the John (north) Moulton Barn:  (Need to reprocess this one badly.)  Get there early to stake your claim. If you want to be in front of everyone, the only way you can do it is by being the first there to make that the status quo (especially at the north barn). However, the cliché shot for making the Tetons look big and grand behind the north Moulton barn is by shooting with a long lens from a turnout up the road. The previous shot was taken by parking in the normal parking area on Mormon Row and walking out into the sage between the barn and that turnout. Light at sunrise in the Tetons is "nice" for awhile, but great for only about a minute. Tourists never show up for the great light, and typically not even for the nice light. Other cliché sunrise spots in GTNP: Oxbow Bend with Mount Moran, Snake River Overlook (gg Ansel Adams) and Schwabacher Landing. Jenny Lake is nice in the morning and is probably one of the least-shot morning locations in the park.
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Leviathor posted:Get there early to stake your claim. If you want to be in front of everyone, the only way you can do it is by being the first there to make that the status quo (especially at the north barn). When I shot the photo above, it was me, two other photographers (afterwards they told me about the crowd that had left due to crappy-looking weather), and two tourists in bright red jackets... the tourists decided it would be great to stand directly in front of the barn for the entire morning... I had to clone them out of each of my north barn shots. I kinda wished there had been a larger crowd of photographers since one of them would have probably chased the tourists out of the shot  Your barn shots are excellent, btw! I need to visit the Tetons again someday - I only drove through on my way to Yellowstone, but didn't spend any time there. Leviathor posted:Jenny Lake is nice in the morning and is probably one of the least-shot morning locations in the park. Jenny Lake was amazing and well worth the detour.  Edit: I FINALLY won an auction for a Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue Cokin P filter on eBay. I've had that thing on my watch list for ~8 months and was outbid on every single one listed. They usually go for ~$170 used, but somehow I got this one for $102. I'm really hoping it gets delivered by friday so I can try it out this weekend. Gambl0r fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Aug 1, 2012 |
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I went on a day trip to see some waterfalls. They ended up being a little underwhelming but I think the pools nearby ended up looking fantastic. I'd like to go back and get some early or late light... But it is what it is. Note the very small falls in the background are not the ones I went to see. Pools near Indian Falls by sulakkalus, on Flickr
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Leviathor posted:Getting a unique framing on either barn is difficult. Most photographers will line up along the ditches--one runs east-west, the other north-south (the popular ditch). This is the Thomas Alma (south) Moulton Barn: Looks like flickr has well beaten me, but the framing on that first shot is really excellent. Was it you who posted the picture of all the photographers lined up for the same shot? The thought of that still makes me laugh; I always avoid the barns when I go to the Tetons. I never get anything as striking, but there are lots of lakes and reservoirs that get cool at sunset:  Jackson Lake Also, while I don't have any pictures of my own, the Tetons from the other side (especially from Tetonia, ID) can look just as cool because you have a farmland foreground.
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Gambl0r posted:When I shot the photo above, it was me, two other photographers (afterwards they told me about the crowd that had left due to crappy-looking weather), and two tourists in bright red jackets... the tourists decided it would be great to stand directly in front of the barn for the entire morning... I had to clone them out of each of my north barn shots. I kinda wished there had been a larger crowd of photographers since one of them would have probably chased the tourists out of the shot I typically visit the Tetons during fall colors, which brings out a lot of photogs, hence the 'get there early' tip. Pretty much every other time of year (like my first shot above) the competition for shooting spots is much lower. If tourists are being retarded in front of an obvious attraction they deserve to be yelled at. I would have to have emf back me up on the particulars, but one sunset at Delicate Arch in Arches NP, UT, some bald idiot in a red jacket was walking around the base of the arch as the light was getting good. There must have been 60+ people there to watch the sunset/photograph--more than I'd ever seen out there before--all lined up around the rim of the formation. (If you've not been there before, Delicate Arch is basically across a rolling sandstone face from a ridge that can be approximated as "amphitheater seating.") This guy was being a complete ignoramus. I yelled something like, "HEY! MOOOVE!" And the guy did. I received an applause. vote_no posted:Looks like flickr has well beaten me, but the framing on that first shot is really excellent. Thanks! I don't think I have a shot like that, but emf was using my camera and he might have taken that shot. I have one from Upper Antelope Canyon with photogs doing their thing to get the light pillar in the canyon. And viewing the Tetons from the west is a good idea. If I recall, it takes about five hours to drive from GTNP to, say, Table Mountain, which is a hike I once started way too late in the day. However, I would still love to go do that hike one day, and get sunset shots of the Tetons from the southwest.
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I took a trip to the west coast and saw Echo Lake. I don't get out of the city much, these kinds of shots are a lot of fun for me. DSC02160 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02157 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02154 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02153 by LargeHadron, on Flickr
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Finally scanned more from Iceland. Even more this weekend, I promise. Untitled by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr  Jökulsárlón by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr
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MrBlandAverage posted:
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Perhaps not rocks made sexy, but it is something: IMG_8418 by azathosk, on Flickr  IMG_8432 by azathosk, on Flickr  IMG_8456 by azathosk, on Flickr  IMG_8531 by azathosk, on Flickr
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Those are very nice, especially the first two. Do you have a darkroom setup available? I think printing would benefit the first one vs scanning quite a bit.
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FasterThanLight posted:Those are very nice, especially the first two. Do you have a darkroom setup available? I think printing would benefit the first one vs scanning quite a bit. Unfortunately not right now, the photography society at my uni has a darkroom I should be able to use next semester but for the summer I'm stuck with scanning. The scan on the first one was particularly bad but it was pretty late at night when I did it and didn't have the patience for a second try. I'll have another shot at it some time later today and try and come up with something a little better.
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Saint Fu posted:This is definitely the best of the bunch. Thanks. I really like the way the clouds look on it. I went on a road trip down highway 5 to Santa Barbara. I took pictures out the window the whole way down.  DSC02299 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02297 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02291 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02281 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02264 by LargeHadron, on Flickr  DSC02302 by LargeHadron, on Flickr
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Leviathor posted:If tourists are being retarded in front of an obvious attraction they deserve to be yelled at. I would have to have emf back me up on the particulars ... This guy was being a complete ignoramus. I yelled something like, "HEY! MOOOVE!" And the guy did. I received an applause. Leviathor posted:I don't think I have a shot like that, but emf was using my camera and he might have taken that shot.
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MrBlandAverage posted:Finally scanned more from Iceland. Even more this weekend, I promise. Love the colors in this one, great work man.
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Went backpacking on Mt. Hood over the weekend, brought along the new 16-35mm to give it it's first landscape break-in. Ended up using it almost exclusively the whole time. McNeil_206  McNeil_120  McNeil_129  McNeil_267  McNeil_214  McNeil_230
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Took this last night. Was expecting a fiery red sunset on the clouds which turned into low clouds that didn't illuminate well. I did pull this out after the sun set. I have shots with the water tower in focus and with the grass in focus. For me the water tower grabs your attention, but its out of focus which leads you down to the detail in the grass. I have no idea what I am talking about though. What do you guys think?  somnambulist posted:
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I've asked this question in the General Photography thread, but I figured this might be a better place to ask, sorry for the crossposting! I'm planning a trip to Zion National Park later this year, and found this very excellent site: http://www.citrusmilo.com/zionguide/angelslandingpix.cfm I link to his description of the hike to Angels Landing, but there's loads of hikes all very well documented with pictures. The dude is a photographer (I think), and I really like his vivid style. What's he doing to achieve this look? Bumping the clarity slider to the max?
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Mathturbator posted:I've asked this question in the General Photography thread, but I figured this might be a better place to ask, sorry for the crossposting! Nah, that doesn't look like a huge clarity boost to me (there is probably some, just not "slider to the right" as you suggested). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I think he's bracketing exposures on a few of them. Definitely a saturation boost in there. The processing looks pretty tame to me, I don't think he's really doing that much. Also, you might have better luck in the post-processing thread.
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Crazy Armed Pilot posted:Took this last night. Was expecting a fiery red sunset on the clouds which turned into low clouds that didn't illuminate well. I did pull this out after the sun set. I have shots with the water tower in focus and with the grass in focus. It's nice that you're thinking outside the box. I don't particularly like the execution on this one though. Kind of hurts my eyes to look at it, because even though it is out of focus, I still want to be looking at the water tower. The grass doesn't provide enough interest to compete with the tower.
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LargeHadron posted:It's nice that you're thinking outside the box. I don't particularly like the execution on this one though. Kind of hurts my eyes to look at it, because even though it is out of focus, I still want to be looking at the water tower. The grass doesn't provide enough interest to compete with the tower. I thought exactly the same thing, but in your quote it looks pretty good. Evidently it does really well as a thumbnail.
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