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on sunday the 1st may, I've had a one-day long walkabout from hills to seaside. on evening, turning back uphill, I focused my attention to the footpath (perhaps because I was so tired that my head was dangling towards the bottom :D )
and the better way I found to capture the footpath is something similar to the Vandemberg style... isn't it?
what do you (all) think about this picture?
thanks for commenting
Nicola
http://i53.tinypic.com/25s98oi.jpg

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Originally Posted by Nicola

on sunday the 1st may, I've had a one-day long walkabout from hills to seaside. on evening, turning back uphill, I focused my attention to the footpath (perhaps because I was so tired that my head was dangling towards the bottom :D )
and the better way I found to capture the footpath is something similar to the Vandemberg style... isn't it?
what do you (all) think about this picture?
thanks for commenting Nicola

http://i53.tinypic.com/25s98oi.jpg

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Nice Nicola, nice :)

Try harder and when you get to it or very near and so near, that yours looks like one of Vandenberg's images then, move to your own style. :)

You haven't got one ? OK. Invent one. Create one. :) Be creative. :) Experiment, try. Make errors, correct and go. Restart all over.

This is a big challenge Nicola :)

Have a good work :)

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Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

Nice Nicola, nice :)

Try harder and when you get to it or very near and so near, that yours looks like one of Vandenberg's images then, move to your own style. :)

You haven't got one ? OK. Invent one. Create one. :) Be creative. :) Experiment, try. Make errors, correct and go. Restart all over.

This is a big challenge Nicola :)

Have a good work :)

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thanks Antonio
you're right, I know that I've to find my way!
but it will be a long road, I'm still at the beginning... or I havent still trespassed the start line... :)
I think that keeping in mind other's style/images and trying to emulate their technic will improve my technical and artistic capabilities,
and could be that I will find my way starting from other's style
any artist have been a student of an other artist...
what do you think Antonio, i'm right?

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Originally Posted by Katy Noelle

Thanks for sharing - these are gorgeous, too!

What in the world is "alien skin exposure 3"? Is it like an action?

My attempts really pale, compared to yours but...here are some of mine. It's funny, the poem says "morning" but these were taken in the evening, too.;) Also, we didn't really have any flowers, yet - still don't quite.

sigh. I love bokeh!:)

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I've seen your photos on your site, not bad
only the bokeh is a bit too green, so the flower fades in to the background
try to aim at contrasting colors, so the flower will stand out more
if you use ps, and make the bg a bit darker, use a layer add a color (darker or lighter colors will give a different effect) and set it to exclusion then and add a layer mask to the layer and brush around the flower with black

are you familiar with actions in cs?
made some for my self, but maybe i will share some of my secrets :D

my English is not so good, sorry for that :o

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Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

Nice Nicola, nice :)

Try harder and when you get to it or very near and so near, that yours looks like one of Vandenberg's images then, move to your own style. :)

You haven't got one ? OK. Invent one. Create one. :) Be creative. :) Experiment, try. Make errors, correct and go. Restart all over.

This is a big challenge Nicola :)

Have a good work :)

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by the way...
it's a long time since I have seen one of your landscapes... probably I missed someone..
when you have time
could you please post one of yours?
thanks!
just for copying ;):D

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Originally Posted by Nicola

on sunday the 1st may, I've had a one-day long walkabout from hills to seaside. on evening, turning back uphill, I focused my attention to the footpath (perhaps because I was so tired that my head was dangling towards the bottom :D )
and the better way I found to capture the footpath is something similar to the Vandemberg style... isn't it?
what do you (all) think about this picture?
thanks for commenting
Nicola
http://i53.tinypic.com/25s98oi.jpg

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not bad, and i mean not bad at all ;)
see some nice bokeh bubbles and you didn center it (dead center is deadly)
Antonio has already said most, look around how others do it, but try to be your self
do things you like best, even though other people dont see it your way
eventually you will begin to see improvements and people start to follow your style :D

and try to use some cs power :D

something different (fake flowers)

http://photos.500px.com/595471/4

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Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

Thank you for posting here David :)
Your photo is nice but perhaps you could be a little more careful about the composition... :)
I can remember that you posted here 3 photos before editing and this was the last one. Am I wrong ? :rolleyes:
I remember the first one was good. Can you post it again please ? :)
Thank you :)

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Thank you :)
Yeah, I remembered that there was only supposed to one image at a time.
but here they are...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/...ba7c128a_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/...ed137f60_z.jpg

nice dof moss, like the dutch tilt

http://photos.500px.com/619401/4

Taken in South Africa last year , Driver would not stop !!!


https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

I was trying to get the sun coming through the trees and reflecting off the water. Unfortunately I got some lens flair as well. The question is, does the lens flair add or detract? If it detracts, what should be done to either eliminate it or turn it into a positive?

http://i51.tinypic.com/21cutck.jpg

Any other C & C? Thanks!

@FRANKMI, flare has to go, the reflexion is a bit off, tree turns out green in the water
try not to over sharpen your pictures

le vélo (I like bkes)

http://www.dt13.nl/berg/content/Verv...7f05c23ae87f41

Thank you for the feedback Vandedburg! I'll try to clone out the flair. I am starting to get a feel for how much to sharpen. I thought 4px was about right but now I'm thinking more like 1 px would be sufficient. I am also trying to sharpen only the parts that I think need the attention but in this shot it seemed to be the whole schmolie. The learning experience can be both frustrating and fun at times. LOL

Trafalger and King George IV;

http://backup.cambridgeincolour.com/..._hfcopy-vi.jpg

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Originally Posted by Vandenberg

something different (fake flowers)

http://photos.500px.com/595471/4

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Interesting; but I don't think it is a landscape. A very pleasant image but I'm a bit harsh as regards landscape photo's as I think they have to look like an identifiable place.

It is a winning image as most of yours are though. :)

You're right, will pay more attention next time :o

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Originally Posted by arith

Trafalger and King George IV;

http://backup.cambridgeincolour.com/..._hfcopy-vi.jpg

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Hi Steve!
I really like your picture! :)
i like the light and the nice atmosphere that produces
the only thing seems to me a bit distracting is the water jet in the foreground coming from the left (but the source is out of the frame)
I know... you can't control everything... :)

In the last two days I produced a lot of shots
I would like to share some of them with you, (max rate of 1 pic every 24/48 h :)) in order to have your feedback
all kind of comments are welcome, but I prefer the critics!
the one below is a simple and common shot I suppose, but it is quite interesting for my eyes
what do you think about it? it's boring? ...?
many thanks to all who will post their comments
Nicola
http://i52.tinypic.com/2zpsdjc.jpg

I think the lack of relative size makes this a difficult shot to judge. Just because I have shot a few scenes like this, I know the water in the foreground is little more than a foot high (1/3 meter) and that in itself makes it rather uninteresting to me. However, good color and exposure in your favor.

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Originally Posted by Nicola

In the last two days I produced a lot of shots
I would like to share some of them with you, (max rate of 1 pic every 24/48 h :)) in order to have your feedback
all kind of comments are welcome, but I prefer the critics!
the one below is a simple and common shot I suppose, but it is quite interesting for my eyes
what do you think about it? it's boring? it's an over shooted subject?...?
many thanks to all who will post their comments
Nicola
http://i52.tinypic.com/2zpsdjc.jpg

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Hi Nicola. I like powerful water and never tire of them. Here I think I would have liked to give the rock a little more space but I can't think what else I could do.

Cheers for your comments, I wanted to include the big fish that was spaying across my view but a million people deprived me of it.
:)