killabyte posted:

The composition isn't bad (would have liked to have seen more of the sky perhaps) but the colors are kind of garish. It looks overly processed. Can you post the original?

scottch posted:

Jesus Christ. I may shoot Nikon SLR, but I am definitely getting an S90 next time I need a P&S.

spf3million posted:

Aww thanks! It's small enough to always have in my backback and on that particular trip, I only had an ultrawide zoom for the dslr so the little extra reach came in handy.

Whitezombi posted:

Holistic Detective posted:

Just got back from a week on Skye.

aliencowboy posted:

I've been having a lot of fun in the forest.



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brandino posted:

Sup doggy dogs, here's a Hasselblad shot from Yosemite this last weekend:


Half Dome from Glacier Point by bjsmith1984, on Flickr

Dread Head posted:

Cacator posted:

Posted these in PAD but figure they'd apply here as well.


Stechelberg by Cacator, on Flickr


Alps by Cacator, on Flickr


Artistically Placed Tree by Cacator, on Flickr

Don't know if this last one counts:


Staubbach Falls by Cacator, on Flickr

HeyEng posted:

poo poo man there are like 3 or 4 other really good photos encapsulated in this one great picture. This is where having a huge megapixel helps because you can just crop to the other ones. I'd really like to gently caress around with the RAW file.

Cacator posted:

poo poo, I wish the weather was this nice when I went, especially when going up the Schilthorn, although the picture of the Jungfrau I took wouldn't be nearly as dramatic. (I'm pretty sure it's the Jungfrau).

Can you recommend a site to do so? I don't want to enable full size on flickr.

titanium posted:

Windy Day at Cinque Terre by Andrew Wong MPLS, on Flickr

Just got back from Italy Saturday and my first outing with my new camera/lenses.

MrBlandAverage posted:

hi i went to iceland also


Dettifoss by RHITMrB, on Flickr

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!

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?

Smekerman posted:

Mono Lake panorama (7 shots) by Smekermann, on Flickr

quazi posted:

<sub>we were once here by jwallacephoto, on Flickr


Glass Front Porch by jwallacephoto, on Flickr</sub>

I usually avoid doing this, but how easy is it to notice that the sky in the second photo is from a different shot?

Reichstag posted:

Both, but every part of that image just looks like a cg render.

Kujaroth posted:

I've just come back from New Zealand, some great stuff to shoot there. Here's a few from my trip:

Spedman posted:

Why thank you, here is some of Palm Springs:
(The last roll of the lot, finally)

Kujaroth posted:

Marshmallow Blue posted:

So, pardon me being a photo noob, But that shot was several long exposures overnight to get those swirls?!

Shnakepup posted:

From what I understand, it's actually not recommended to try and do one long exposure with digital because the sensor heats up after being on for so long. I don't know if you can damage it or anything, but it actually affects the exposure (actual "hot spots" appear on the edges or bottom of the frame). That's why people take lots of shots exposures and composite, to avoid that.

MrBlandAverage posted:

I'm just gonna keep going here.


K. F. Jacobsen & Co. by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr

Leviathor posted:

Some saturation and clarity in the RAW editor, followed by some low-mid tone contrast boosting. I didn't mask out the mountain or anything like that for special treatment.

Five minutes after this, Sinopah was a bright, burning orange color.


GTNP is trivially a sunrise park. Sunset can be done, but it's more challenging: it requires exceptionally photogenic weather.

In no specific order: Oxbow Bend (get there super early to stake your claim, that's a sunset shot), Snake River Overlook (Ansel Adams' famous shot), Antelope Flats road (North and South Moulton barns), and Schwabacher Landing are all easy-to-drive-to locations with virtually no walking required.

Colter Bay can be pretty, and is easy, flat hiking. Leigh Lake is also flat hiking around very clear, and typically calm water. There are many little valley lakes in GTNP, so if you want a decent day hike or two, there are many options. I can't remember the one I did back in 2010 or so, but it had some nice vistas from the south end of the park to the south and east (down on Leigh Lake). Do you remember that trail name, emf?

Leviathor posted:

Yeah, clouds to produce vibrant pinks and saturating oranges are pretty much required for sunset in GTNP.

Sunrise looks to be about ten after 6 this week, with civil twilight about half an hour earlier. If you want to shoot Antelope Flats or Oxbow (the really, really popular places), I'd recommend getting there as early as practically possible. I usually show up at least half an hour early and drink coffee until the other 'tour photogs' show up. Since it's not September/October aspen season, you will probably run into fewer shooters, but when I drove down from the Snake River Overlook this past week there were at least ten SUVs crowding around Schwabacher landing, the caveat being that I did see a couple rafts going down the Snake when I was shooting sunrise, so ymmv.

Alpenglow only lasts for a few minutes, and since the valley is so flat and high, there aren't many interesting shadows or colors after the alpenglow turns. Afterward, the mountains reflect the oranges on the opposite horizon, which are, invariably, weak in color. There are rare instances of some bursting oranges, but if it's a clear sky, you'll get no scattering, and the pinks will be the highlight of the morning. For example, last week with clear skies I got some uninspiring alpenglow, then some faint oranges appeared after the sun eclipsed the horizon. I was packing up when the orange was washing out, and then everyone showed up to shoot the "sunrise."

If you're going to hit Antelope Flats, I'd recommend choosing your barn beforehand. The north barn is the one that's often shown with really dramatic compression (shooting 200+ mm sometimes), but those shots are made from up the paved road to the east; there's a little impromptu 'parking area' up there maybe a tenth of a mile or so. If you want to shoot the north barn wide, get there before people start getting to the pullout. The south barn is shot from the plain right by the barn, so you can park _right there_ and pile out minutes beforehand, if you so choose, and if you want to tip-toe around everyone else to get the remaining views. The most flattering views of the south barn are from the southwest in the treeline, imo, so get there early and feel it out. If the water's running high in the valley, there's sometimes water in the lower areas of the plains, but I don't think that's the case this year.

If you like being outside in clean mountain air, I don't think you'll be disappointed by any of the hikes in GTNP. I've never paraglided, so I can't comment on that, but it sounds awesome. I'd love to fly into KJAC some day just to see the sights from 12.5 or so in a Cessna.