Landscapes

[Antonio Correia]

Made for each other..! ! !

More or less that, yes !

[Arci]

Hi everybody,

being first of all a landscapes lover I take the chance to put here some of my pics, to be a presentation to the group.

















Cheers to everybody and let me know your opinions

Antonio

[dje]

You have some great shots here Antonio. How did you get shots 5 and 6 ? From a mountain top or an aircraft ? I like the striking colours of 1 and 2 and the artistry of the last one with the bottle but I think my overall favourite is number 5.

Cheers Dave

[Arci]

You have some great shots here Antonio. How did you get shots 5 and 6 ? From a mountain top or an aircraft ? I like the striking colours of 1 and 2 and the artistry of the last one with the bottle but I think my overall favourite is number 5.

Cheers Dave

Thank you very much Dave for your comment!
The shot 5 was taken from abt 2000 m at Cima Paganella (Italian Dolomites), It is a view of Garda and Molveno lakes. The shot 6 was taken from a window aircraft, I was going from Rome to Frankfurt on an early morning flight and over the Alps there was a beautiful sunrise. The colors have been boosted by the polarization of the aircraft window and the presence of that airplane on the background was just a lucky event, I didn't noticed it when I was shooting, I discovered it when I saw the image on my computer.
Cheers
Antonio

[Letrow]

Beachy Head, Seven Sisters, Sussex

[Antonio Correia]

Great shots indeed Antonio.
They are all good and nice shots... I like the last one with the bottle.

Will you please post one at the time ? It is easier to comment for all of us.
With so many in a row I have tendency not to concentrate on one image. In fact they are so good that it is difficult not to concentrate on all.

[Nicola]

Awesome pictures Antonio!
is the #2 an HDR?
cheers

Nicola


Di dove sei?

[Nicola]

I always thought it couldn't be here.
Where is this? Try to guess.

Very nice Antonio!
but you should work a bit on your expression ...
just kidding!

[Nicola]

Beachy Head, Seven Sisters, Sussex

Peter
this is a big improvement from the previous pictures of the same subject! (some weeks ago, page 39 if i'm right, those were yet beautiful)
because of the flowers and sun light!
just kidding (again)
I like the point of view, the DOF and how the elements are positioned in the frame
beautiful picture!

[Antonio Correia]

Very nice Antonio! but you should work a bit on your expression ... just kidding!

It's the only face I have Nicola... I'm always too serious.
I was also a bit worried about the lady who was holding the camera

[Arci]

Great shots indeed Antonio.
They are all good and nice shots... I like the last one with the bottle.

Will you please post one at the time ? It is easier to comment for all of us.
With so many in a row I have tendency not to concentrate on one image. In fact they are so good that it is difficult not to concentrate on all.

Well noted Antonio I Will follow your indication at future. Thanks for commenting!

[Arci]

Awesome pictures Antonio!
is the #2 an HDR?
cheers

Nicola


Di dove sei?

Thank you very much indeed Nicola!
The 2nd is not an HDR, just PP, it has been taken with a fisheye.

Sono un romanaccio e tu toscanaccio di dove precisamente?
Adoro la tua Toscana ho passato ultimamente una breve vacanza li, terra stupenda!

[satomi]

Hello, my name is Satomi. I am a beginner and am very new to this website..

This is of the Charles River in Massachusetts. Looking out to Cambridge.
I've done very basic/minimal editing due to what I currently have. I'm hoping to get a better editing tool very soon.

[kaneohebud]

Arci - Beautiful! Great work!

[Nicola]

Hello, my name is Satomi. I am a beginner and am very new to this website..

This is of the Charles River in Massachusetts. Looking out to Cambridge.
I've done very basic/minimal editing due to what I currently have. I'm hoping to get a better editing tool very soon.

Nice picture Satomi
You shooted in very hard conditions: the contrast was really high!
let me say some possible improvements, in my humble opinion.
first of all I think you have to decide what is your subject : the sky (over the city) or the water (under the city )
if the sky, you have to underexpose the picture in order to recover the burned withe area on the clouds and make the sky more dramatic; doing so you will lost any details on the city (that are barely visible, and so not so important), that turns to be a silouette.
oh, I've forgot, cut the water in order to place the city in the lowest third of the frame.
if the water, cut the sky just above the buildings and "turn on" the light to make visible the details of the city
these operations could be done with the post processing software, if it is a raw file,
but the best way is to shot again
a circular polarized filter could help you very much in these conditions....

cheers
Nicola

Post scriptum
sorry for my poor english...

[Nicola]

here a pic I captured a few evenings ago during sunset
(i was out for dinner... but I mean actually out: some "panini" (=sandwiches) on the cliff)
nice place, beautiful sunset, but I didn't a good work with this picture...
I will try again soon and it will be my first attempt to an HDR!
anyway I think it is a quite good picture
isn't it?
thanks for viewing, commenting, etc. etc.
Nicola

[Letrow]

Peter
this is a big improvement from the previous pictures of the same subject! (some weeks ago, page 39 if i'm right, those were yet beautiful)
because of the flowers and sun light!
just kidding (again)
I like the point of view, the DOF and how the elements are positioned in the frame
beautiful picture!

Thank you. I was experimenting with getting more of a wide angle shot, so felt that I had to include something nice in the foreground. The flowers seemed perfect for that purpose.

[arith]

here a pic I captured a few evenings ago during sunset
(i was out for dinner... but I mean actually out: some "panini" (=sandwiches) on the cliff)
nice place, beautiful sunset, but I didn't a good work with this picture...
I will try again soon and it will be my first attempt to an HDR!
anyway I think it is a quite good picture
isn't it?
thanks for viewing, commenting, etc. etc.
Nicola

Your right Nicola; it is a good picture. It is possible that vertical perspective might need correcting or maybe that is just my eyes. Also I would try some barrel correction, the things I say might not be improvements, but things I would try.

The bright thing in the middle could be cloned out, as could spots on the horizon and the odd few white reflection spots.

It is a wonderful image I would be proud of; thankyou for sharing it.

[dje]

here a pic I captured a few evenings ago during sunset
(i was out for dinner... but I mean actually out: some "panini" (=sandwiches) on the cliff)
nice place, beautiful sunset, but I didn't a good work with this picture...
I will try again soon and it will be my first attempt to an HDR!
anyway I think it is a quite good picture
isn't it?
thanks for viewing, commenting, etc. etc.
Nicola

Very nice image Nicola. You have a real talent for being in the right place for good photos and for being able to seize the moment. Cheers Dave

[dje]

A couple of shots from the Cotswolds - a very scenic part of England.