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[Antonio Correia]

Thank you for posting Peter.

[arith]

Cheers Antonio; the tops of the trees make it difficult for me to change the sky, but thanks anyway. Your work is very nice.

[timo2]

Thanks Antonio and Kit.

A slightly different landscape… me and ginger on the beach:

[Rui Lopes]

Sorry but I became aware that this may be the right place to post new images.... which I already did at a different place...
Well, here it is:
My home town (Oporto):

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Tim.

[Antonio Correia]

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Isn't it a bit too much over the yellow/orange or is it my monitor Rui ?

Thank you for posting. Keep posting in CIC. This is a nice place to be

[JK6065]

a bit of an oldy here
It was the end of a long period with a lot of snow.

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you for posting Jeroen

What is in there ? Lettuces ? Flowers most probably ...

[David]

Punakaiki Seascape, New Zealand, May 2010



Taken as a speculative shot more or less directly into the sun, I altered the white balance by lowering the colour temperature to the blue end. The result surprised me (pleasantly) and I adjusted the composition by judicious cropping and sharpening to give what you see.

Cheers

David

[arith]

With dust bunnies on a brand new camera.

[arith]

Punakaiki Seascape, New Zealand, May 2010



Taken as a speculative shot more or less directly into the sun, I altered the white balance by lowering the colour temperature to the blue end. The result surprised me (pleasantly) and I adjusted the composition by judicious cropping and sharpening to give what you see.

Cheers

David

You could sell this.

[Antonio Correia]

Nice place David and nice picture
Thank you for posting

[Antonio Correia]

Those are 2 very nice pictures Steve...

Which new camera is it ? Neither the 10 nor the 50 but the ... ?

Thank you for posting.

[Donald]

Punakaiki Seascape, New Zealand, May 2010

David

My first impression was of a 1960s James Bond type movie. Expected to see Sean Connery pop his head in at the edge.

It's something about the colour. Must be similar to that achieved in the film used to make those movies?

Speculative perhaps, but an excellent outcome. It's the bright, fresh-air feel it generates that makes me feel good about it

[JK6065]

Thank you for posting Jeroen

What is in there ? Lettuces ? Flowers most probably ...

In there you'll find asparagus. In the spring the farmers heightens the beds to make sure the asparagus grow longer under the ground. Mostly the young white shoots are eaten (and they are white because of they grow under the ground)

[Antonio Correia]

In there you'll find asparagus. In the spring the farmers heightens the beds to make sure the asparagus grow longer under the ground. Mostly the young white shoots are eaten (and they are white because of they grow under the ground)

HHuummm ! Asparagus. That is good !

[rick55]

In there you'll find asparagus. In the spring the farmers heightens the beds to make sure the asparagus grow longer under the ground. Mostly the young white shoots are eaten (and they are white because of they grow under the ground)

I love the early asparagus in Germany: spargel. The best!! Now I see what it looks like before it appears on the table.

Cheers,
Rick

[arith]

Those are 2 very nice pictures Steve...

Which new camera is it ? Neither the 10 nor the 50 but the ... ?

Thank you for posting.

It is the 50D with its super self cleaning sensor that has one large and two smaller dust bunnies, I've only changed the lens twice and don't know if you can clean it in the same way as the 10D which is relatively easy to clean, and why should I have to, so soon. Cheers for your comments Antonio, it is these that make me go out and do it again. I can't seem to get sharp flowers though and my computer keeps choking on 29MByte raw files.

[Antonio Correia]

... I can't seem to get sharp flowers though and my computer keeps choking on 29MByte raw files.

You know Steve, that is the reason I don't want to change my cameras (20D and 5D old model) for now.
I rather change the computer, before I move into another camera.
I have been looking at the 7D but hey it's a lot of money in this crisis time.
However, I am going to change my Mac to another one: the huge 27" with the fastest processor available and 8 MB of RAM which I will use with a 19" monitor giving me a large working space.
And this is before the VAT changes in the 1.st June 2010 in this country.

I read that you use Topaz. I have tried it and it takes some time to make the previews what is a bore.

Anyway I would like to suggest you to shoot again - oh boy !!! - that landscape trying to fill the image with a larger amount of trees as foreground and using a small aperture.
But with the branches out of focus if you please.
Try to compose better, more carefully with the hole castle or a large part of it inside the frame. I will be waiting here to see that. (This is joking, OK ?)

When I was previewing this post I re-saw your image and I have yet another suggestion:
Try some place where you can enhance the perspective. Don't shoot flat. The bridge for example is too flat. Go near it and try to capture the perspective with the house / palace at the same time.

This is important to have in mind: try not to shoot flat, get perspectives, strong ones with the foreground out of focus to give depth to the image.

There you have a work to do.

[Rui Lopes]

Isn't it a bit too much over the yellow/orange or is it my monitor Rui ?

Thank you for posting. Keep posting in CIC. This is a nice place to be

Thanks for commenting, António. Actually, the colours are exactly as you can see (although I did a slight adjustment in WB, as it was looking more "red") . You may notice that almost all my pictures from the same place bear the same tones. I think that it is due to the lamps chosen to illuminate this particular part of Oporto. On the other bank of the river (Gaia, near the cellars) the colour is a bit different, not so warm.
Anyway, you must come here to see it in person.....