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[Antonio Correia]

That is very nice Antonio; but I wouldn't ever go to Cambodia on holiday, but would go to take photo's. It is all irrelevant really. You are my eyes and I see the world through you. I can imagine this and from looking at your picture I can see it is warm but not hot, there is probably a fresh breeze. It is a divine photo; thankyou very much.

My post-cards images . You like them. Great

[Klickit]

D2Xs, Nikkor 35mm f2

This immediately makes me think of the Thomas Hardy classics - Tess wandering amoung the wildflowers in her rare time off. Beautifully composed and few red flowers in the blue adds an extra touch. And a beautifully moody sky balances it all.

[didymus]

Eastern boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park looking NW from a view point along the road leading to the park.

Lots of triangles/leading lines...

Canon 450D, 1/8 sec, f/8.0, ISO 100, 18mm, (EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS)
Captured August 23/09 @ 10:40 am

Gary

EasternWaterton_1500x1000.jpg

[triggerhappy]

Thank you Mark for posting here again
I keep thinking that bolder angles are more interesting. However, your two pictures are nice and well composed
Let me add something else: Be aware that when I critique it doesn't mean that I can do better. Sometimes I think I would but others I wouldn't.
Better. To do better. I am questioning myself: what is it to do better ? What is better ? And what is not ? Who decides it ? How ? Under which criteria ? Based on what ? When I am no one in the artistic photographic movement...
Just thoughts and doubts.

Anyway, I have an opinion most of the times about the images here and elsewhere.
My opinion may be wrong or not but I like to express it. And I like you to read it or I wouldn't be here.
Thank you for reading my thoughts and doubts

@sahil
Thanks Sahil. Your shots always inspired me to learn more about photography.

@antonio
I am very grateful on every advice you've given. So I take my chance every now and then to post here. I know its constructive criticism and look up to you as a mentor.

I've seen your work and very thankful for every insights you've given me.
Of course, i have to discover and work hard with my style.

So don't worry if you criticize my work. I always trust you that is for my own good.

Mark

[Sahil]

@sahil
Thanks Sahil. Your shots always inspired me to learn more about photography.

WHAT??? You kidding me, right?!?!?!!!

[triggerhappy]

WHAT??? You kidding me, right?!?!?!!!

Nope.

Mark

[Antonio Correia]

...@antonio I am very grateful on every advice you've given. So I take my chance every now and then to post here. I know its constructive criticism and look up to you as a mentor. I've seen your work and very thankful for every insights you've given me. Of course, i have to discover and work hard with my style.So don't worry if you criticize my work. I always trust you that is for my own good. Mark

OK Mark. Please don't exaggerate I am not that good

[Clactonian]

This immediately makes me think of the Thomas Hardy classics - Tess wandering amoung the wildflowers in her rare time off. Beautifully composed and few red flowers in the blue adds an extra touch. And a beautifully moody sky balances it all.

Thanks for your encouragement Kit and Antonio
Mike

[Antonio Correia]

Thanks for your encouragement Kit and Antonio
Mike

I am sure Mike that you can do better than that
Try to compose slowly... looking and chimping... slowly... re-composing... testing again... and again... some branches in front of the camera not focused... again... again...
Take 20 and get 1 good !
I want to see the result !! (just kidding OK ? )

Open the file in CS# and duplicate layer. Choose Multiply and adjust opacity at will. Try it please

[Antonio Correia]

Eastern boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park looking NW from a view point along the road leading to the park. Lots of triangles/leading lines... Canon 450D, 1/8 sec, f/8.0, ISO 100, 18mm, (EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS) Captured August 23/09 @ 10:40 am Gary EasternWaterton_1500x1000.jpg

I do like this Gary. All the landscape goes towards an end at the right. The movement of the clouds ...
There is a small red "something" at the end you should clone...
And something else: do you have the entire wood "pillar" just here in the foreground ?
OK it is not pillar but you understand. Column is also good for you to understand what I mean for pillar.
It would be a slight displacement of the capture to the bottom. See what I mean ?
Thank you for posting
Because your post made me remember another one about triangles I have been looking for and could not find here in CiC, I post one from my owns I shot in Algarve-Portugal some time ago.
I could remember this image and I went to the "safe" and grab it

How do you find it ? Do you like it ? Why don't you ? What do like/dislike ?

[Antonio Correia]

Another post-card from Portugal

[didymus]

Thanks Antonio!

All I did in PP was white balance adjustment, slight exposure adjustment, and output sharpening, no cropping. The 'red' thing on the right edge is the bottom of a guide wire for a power pole. I did not notice it was in the frame at the time I took the photograph. I will have to clone it out. The post in the foreground ends about 4 inches below the bottom of the photo. I did have the bottom of the post in the frame before I took the photograph but I did not like it that way and shifted the view upwards slightly to cover it up. In retrospect, I should have left some more grass along the bottom which would have taken some of the sky/clouds off the top.

I will be spending some time in the near future going through my 'keepers' and doing some cropping and other adjustments. Lots to learn and at times a bit overwhelming due to time constraints between family and work and so many photpgraphs to do. When I do get back to reviewing older photos that I have taken, I forget what I was planning to do to them... LOL.

Gary

[Antonio Correia]

...When I do get back to reviewing older phots that I have taken, I forget what I was planning to do to them... LOL. Gary

Sure. Absolutely normal isn't it ?

[didymus]

Here is an edited version:

I applied lens distortion correction, (I was amazed at the amount of distortion with this lens at 18mm), which effectively removed the red guy wire on the right, then I cropped some of the sky/clouds from the top, sharpened for output to screen. I am using Lightroom 3.

Gary

WaterLakesCropped-2397.jpg

[Klickit]

Open the file in CS# and duplicate layer. Choose Multiply and adjust opacity at will. Try it please

Well, Antonio, I'm a bit sad that I can't give you a "Was this post helpful" tick as I just tried this and was very surprised by the changes. I'll be filling this particular tweak in my head-space for future reference.

[Antonio Correia]

Well, Antonio, I'm a bit sad that I can't give you a "Was this post helpful" tick as I just tried this and was very surprised by the changes. I'll be filling this particular tweak in my head-space for future reference.

Never mind Kit. The "Was this post helpful" is not that important.
It's a pretty simple this Multiply business isn't it ?
However, it doesn't work in every situations as you will be able to understand later. For portraits it seems not to work.
Or better, it doesn't work for me because I don't know how to
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Gary, could you send me the original file ? Please ? Even in LR I think I could improve the image. Under my point of view of course. When you get the time to.
Send the raw file IYP antonioluiscorreia@gmail.com

Oh yes. Pole. Not pillar. Pillar is bigger. I knew it. I knew it

[didymus]

...Gary, could you send me the original file ?...

On it's way...

Gary

[arith]

I just thought I might park this here. It is taken on a monopod.

[Antonio Correia]

I just thought I might park this here. It is taken on a monopod.

Steve, it was a good thing to park this image here.
But Steve don't you think that - at the right - the image is too bright ?
I feel like telling you that I would like to see someone walking on this road.
Very humid place isn't it ?
The monopod is quite a help isn't it ? Sometimes too cumbersome but we can't have everything in Life can we ?

Thank you for posting

[Wirefox]

Herne Bay, Kent UK