Landscape Thread: "Art > Clone Stamp > Content-Aware Imitation" {PARKING LOTS}

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fenner: Oct 4, 2008

Crosspost with PAD, I tried to do the same treatment on each one, but they came out differently.

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:19

torgeaux: Dec 31, 2004; I serve...

Zygar posted:

This thread rocks. Landscape photography is one of the most satisfying types of photography there is, IMO. Some of the stuff in here is absolutely incredible.

The composition isn't amazing but I liked the stillness of the water. I want to go back here sometime and recompose it so that the water starts at the bottom left hand corner instead of slightly above it.

The water is great, but it's too small in the shot. The contrast of the perfect smoothness with the rocks isn't done quite right here...I think it's just shoved too much into the side of the shot. Less sky, less rock, I think.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 11:13

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Twenties Superstar posted:

Stephen Shore is a goon?

# ? Jul 24, 2009 11:33

hope and vaseline: Feb 13, 2001

I don't really have much of an eye for landscapes sadly but figured I'd try. Y'all have some great shots here.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 14:44

Twenties Superstar: Oct 24, 2005; sugoi

evil_bunnY posted:

Stephen Shore is a goon?

Just curious, what in particular makes you think about Stephen Shore?

# ? Jul 24, 2009 22:33

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

penneydude posted:

Haha, it's a lot better than most I've seen, I'm really liking the light rays coming down from the clouds.

Your horizon is right smack in the middle of the frame vertically though, which tends to lead to a static feeling picture. The rule of thirds applies to things like horizons as well, and I think if you had placed the mountains either up a bit or down a bit in the frame (I'd say down personally, but it would depend on what the sky above that looked like) it would make for a better shot.

Thanks; I don't know why I centered it like that but hey, four years ago.

I took this one in the same shot and for some reason put it aside; it's probably the better of the two. I think I just wasn't a fan of the silhouetted mountains because they came out so noisy at normal resolution.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 23:38

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Twenties Superstar posted:

Just curious, what in particular makes you think about Stephen Shore?

An every day americana scene on color film. He tends not to leave as much dead space as you did, but it's just what came to my mind when I saw it. Nothing in that picture's indicative of a specific era, so that probably helped.

# ? Jul 25, 2009 00:12

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

have been in CC lately, but here are some 'recent' landscapes:

# ? Jul 25, 2009 00:14

snowman: Aug 20, 2004; due it

fenner posted:

Crosspost with PAD, I tried to do the same treatment on each one, but they came out differently.

Nice shots, I love the water and color. Are you using a neutral density filter on these? I actually have to ask dread head the same question. If you guys are, what brand and how many stops? I have been looking at buying one to slow down day time shooting.

# ? Jul 25, 2009 01:19

fenner: Oct 4, 2008

snowman posted:

Nice shots, I love the water and color. Are you using a neutral density filter on these? I actually have to ask dread head the same question. If you guys are, what brand and how many stops? I have been looking at buying one to slow down day time shooting.

Nope, no ND filter. f/22 on kit lens :dance:

. I really need an ND filter though, ND8 is the most common and gets the job done fine I think, but I have no idea about brands.

# ? Jul 25, 2009 06:45

duck pond: Sep 13, 2007

guidoanselmi posted:

This is really nice. Camera/lens?

# ? Jul 25, 2009 11:04

fenner: Oct 4, 2008

I'm having some trouble, often when I'm shooting landscapes in good light the colors dont come out very vivid/saturated, even shooting at f8, iso 100 on a tripod. Here is an example, I had to boost the hell out of this in photoshop to get something like it was IRL, but it fucks the colors boosting them so much, so they're not as natural. Is this just a limitation of my kit lens?

# ? Jul 25, 2009 12:54

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# ? Jul 25, 2009 17:53

Rot: Apr 18, 2005

Lots of great photos in here.

Personally I like shooting mountains, but since my widest lens is the thrifty fifty often the scenes are a little cramped on my 10d. I'm just starting to get a handle on post processing...most of the time I'm simply adjusting levels to remove the gray in the RAW images, a bit of sharpening, and that's about the extent of my abilities. This, and other threads like it, are invaluable to people like me and I'd like to thank you all for your contributions.

A couple summers ago Waterton National Park had some serious forest fire smoke happening and made for some great layering.

This one I had to crop funny due to clutter on the bottom, I'm not totally happy with cutting off the lake, but it still works:

And this is probably my favourite from the entire trip that summer:

# ? Jul 26, 2009 01:51

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

Terrible cloudless sky ruining your landscapes? Well have I got the fix for you! :haw:

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# ? Jul 26, 2009 05:18

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Eegah posted:

Terrible cloudless sky ruining your landscapes? Well have I got the fix for you!

...what?

# ? Jul 27, 2009 01:00

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

It's a vodka not-so-graduated filter, duh.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 01:10

Clayton Bigsby: Apr 17, 2005

ConfusedUs posted:

...what?

I think GBS is leaking.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 03:41

Dread Head: Aug 1, 2005; 0-#01

Lets get back on track...

# ? Jul 27, 2009 07:04

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# ? Jul 27, 2009 09:45

fenner: Oct 4, 2008

Dread Head posted:

Lets get back on track...

Goddamnit dread, you are the god of landscapes.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 10:17

unixbeard: Dec 29, 2004

hey dread, beautiful shots, i looked at the exif and was wondering why you shoot in spot metering mode?

# ? Jul 27, 2009 12:08

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unixbeard posted:

hey dread, beautiful shots, i looked at the exif and was wondering why you shoot in spot metering mode?

He can answer as well, but I also shoot landscapes in spot, so I'll give my answer.

I like to use a quasi-zone system. With the spot I can point to either the brightest part of the scene that I want to keep, or the darkest, and adjust my meter to match. For example: +2 for the brightest, or -2 for the darkest.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 13:34

penneydude: Dec 31, 2005; MS-DURP gives you the only complete set of software tools for 17-bit systems.

All these mountain photos remind me that I live in a really pretty place and need to take more pictures of it...Some nice shots guys.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 15:43

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

crossposting an aerial landscape:

# ? Jul 27, 2009 15:58

Dread Head: Aug 1, 2005; 0-#01

poopinmymouth posted:

He can answer as well, but I also shoot landscapes in spot, so I'll give my answer.

I like to use a quasi-zone system. With the spot I can point to either the brightest part of the scene that I want to keep, or the darkest, and adjust my meter to match. For example: +2 for the brightest, or -2 for the darkest.

Pretty much this I use the spot meter so I can find the brightest and darkest spot and then I go from there. If you use something like matrix it will see the dark water, and the bright sky and try to guess. I would rather see what the camera thinks the water is, then adjust from there and same goes for the sky. These and my shot from a few weeks ago are my first lighting shots so still trying to figure that out.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 16:47

Catch 22: Dec 1, 2003; Damn it, Damn it, Damn it!

benisntfunny posted:

For better or worse I edit most of my landscapes pretty heavily. However I usually know what I'm going to do with a shot before I take it.

Here's some before and after shots.

Can you go over what you use for this and how you do it?

# ? Jul 27, 2009 20:34

penneydude: Dec 31, 2005; MS-DURP gives you the only complete set of software tools for 17-bit systems.

guidoanselmi posted:

crossposting an aerial landscape:

Is this tilt/shifted?

# ? Jul 27, 2009 20:50

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poopinmymouth posted:

He can answer as well, but I also shoot landscapes in spot, so I'll give my answer.

I like to use a quasi-zone system. With the spot I can point to either the brightest part of the scene that I want to keep, or the darkest, and adjust my meter to match. For example: +2 for the brightest, or -2 for the darkest.

Is there any difference between this and bracketing + choosing the right exposures?

# ? Jul 27, 2009 21:12

Twenties Superstar: Oct 24, 2005; sugoi

s0meb0dy0 posted:

Is there any difference between this and bracketing + choosing the right exposures?

The idea is metering and then taking one photo versus taking several slightly different photos and picking the one that you think is best.

# ? Jul 27, 2009 22:04

s0meb0dy0: Feb 27, 2004; The death of a child is always a tragedy, but let's put this in perspective, shall we? I mean they WERE palestinian.

Twenties Superstar posted:

The idea is metering and then taking one photo versus taking several slightly different photos and picking the one that you think is best.

I get how the process is different, but is the end product any different?

# ? Jul 27, 2009 22:17

Twenties Superstar: Oct 24, 2005; sugoi

s0meb0dy0 posted:

I get how the process is different, but is the end product any different?

You have one photo that is exactly how you wanted it instead of three where one is exactly how you want it but underexposed by two stops and another that is "close enough" because you relied on bracketing instead of your technical skill as a photographer

# ? Jul 27, 2009 22:38

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Dread Head posted:

Jesus loving christ.

# ? Jul 28, 2009 02:22

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

penneydude posted:

Is this tilt/shifted?

no, i was flying and the jet exhaust might have made it seem that way toward the top.

i have another photo i posted in PAD where i try to take advantage of that.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3163062&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=27#post363791174

# ? Jul 28, 2009 05:00

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

guidoanselmi posted:

crossposting an aerial landscape:

This seriously looks like a railroad miniature set.

# ? Jul 28, 2009 05:19

penneydude: Dec 31, 2005; MS-DURP gives you the only complete set of software tools for 17-bit systems.

guidoanselmi posted:

no, i was flying and the jet exhaust might have made it seem that way toward the top.

i have another photo i posted in PAD where i try to take advantage of that.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3163062&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=27#post363791174

Haha, that's a pretty hilarious way to get a tilt shift effect.

# ? Jul 28, 2009 15:56

HPL: Aug 28, 2002; Worst case scenario.

Any goons in France here? I want an aerial photo of the salterns in Guerande.

# ? Jul 28, 2009 16:19

octane2: Jun 4, 2007; Interstellar Overdrive

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# ? Jul 28, 2009 17:42

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

That seriously looks like a Bob Ross painting.

# ? Jul 29, 2009 04:08

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Eegah posted:

That seriously looks like a Bob Ross painting.

Bob Ross had a much better understanding of composition and colour theory.

# ? Jul 29, 2009 06:16

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