Namibia Landscape

[botspur]

Not far from Swakopmund is an area named the "Moon Landscape" A very rugged and drab area with spectacular scenery.

All C&C Welcome.

[Donald]

Dramatic scenery indeed.

What I am struggling with, Clive, is the sense of scale in the middle distance. There's nothing to help see how far away or how large those middle distance hills are. That is one of the challenges of this sort of shot. I did one in the north-west of Scotland, looking down from a hill across a small loch (lake) and away into the distance. The loch looked like a small puddle a few feet in front of me, instead of a sizeable body of water several hundred feet below me. There was just no point of reference to help people understand where it was and what size it was.

[botspur]

Hi Donald, I get what you are saying and totally agree. I do struggle to capture the whole scene and mood, a topic open for conversation, I have several images of the same but not good enough at capturing the scene. My wife did not take kindly to my suggestion to run down the hill and wave.
Thanks for the comments.

[AB26]

Clive,

Imagine that shot in the late afternoon sun, with long shadows.

Be careful and watch your histogram.

[Kodiak]

Imagine that shot in the late afternoon sun, with long shadows.

…exactly what I was thing… or in the morning for that matter.

Be careful and watch your histogram.

That is a very good one!

[botspur]

Hi Andre, thanks for the comments, mid-day, stinking hot, passing through, time limits etc. I did research some camp sites in the area, so I will go back for the long shadows.

Do you thinks its over-exposed? I seem to have a problem with this at the moment.

[Kodiak]

Do you thinks its over-exposed? I seem to have a problem with this at the moment.

At the photo club last weekend, 4 persons had a similar problem. After looking
at a camera, I noticed that they forgot (from the last meeting) to reset to "0"
the EV compensation… afterwards, it all went fine!

[Manfred M]

Clive - I'm not someone who typically "chimps" the display screen on the back of my camera after taking a shot. That being said I generally do this on my first shot of a series or if I've been in a situation where my camera settings might have changed (by accident).

A quick glance at the shot and its histogram can (and does) prevent a lot of blown shots.

[botspur]

Thank you all for the comments and feedback. It is appreciated and helps me a lot.

[Wavelength]

Magnificent