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[Antonio Correia]

old bridge c&c welcome

Unfortunately I can't work on the photo at this moment but I feel it is a little too much towards the orange/yellow
Maybe it is from my monitor. How do you see it ? Do you see it corrected balanced ?

[Wirefox]

I am not a landscaper but not wanting to be left out (always the last to be picked for soccer) I will throw a couple of oldies in.

Somewhere in Wiltshire


Somewhere else in Wiltshire...well Dorset actually


And Weymouth


OK thats me done...back to the kitchen

[arith]

What I like here is the way HDR has been applied, in a very soft way.
I think the GG2 filter was used for the sky, wasn't it ?

Yes it certainly was Antonio. It was very nice looking this way and although I waited for softer light it was getting harder. Cheers, in the future I will have a lens twice as good for CA and equivalent to 32mm. I hope

[Antonio Correia]

I am not a landscaper but not wanting to be left out (always the last to be picked for soccer) I will throw a couple of oldies in. Somewhere in Wiltshire Somewhere else in Wiltshire...well Dorset actually And Weymouth
OK thats me done...back to the kitchen

Steve,

If you are not a landscaper...
The first image is just a beauty...
I also like the second one and the third is great.
In the last one I like the vertical shapes of the boats with the houses in the background.

[Wirefox]

Antonio

Whilst I am sometimes reasonably happy with my still life work I am never ever happy with my landscapes. I have nightmares about smooth water, half submerged jetties and misty pebbles..waking in pools of extended exposure (and unnaturally smooth) sweat . I just do not want to go there but I have no idea what to do in instead.

"The Rock" is an absolute cracker by the way.

Steve

[PopsPhotos]

I haven't decided if the Rock if a pugnacious animal looking left or a sleeping man to the right. Perhaps it is a sleeping man with a watch dog?

Pops

[Stinky]

All three are great. The clouds in the first make the photo.

[Stinky]

This is a photo of the hills outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. 180 degrees from all the glitz and glamour.

[Andy]

The boating pond in Penicuik estate - location info.



Taken just after dawn last summer.

[Klickit]

Well, for someone who rates himself as not a landscape photog, this is not too shabby. Beautiful comp and tones. And those clouds.... wah!

[arith]

[arith]

Stapenhill Road



Stairway to heaven



The park

[carregwen]

Well, for someone who rates himself as not a landscape photog, this is not too shabby. Beautiful comp and tones. And those clouds.... wah!

Yes, I like that. It has some impact, but it's also subtle. The shapes formed by the fields are good.

[Donald]

Wendy

Sorry, just catching up with myself.

I don't think you've posted this one before, have you? Love the lines that go through this image.

[carregwen]

Stackpole lily ponds, West wales. Everyone does swans.

[timo2]

Mountains mist and rain, Crete Greece

[carregwen]

I love this photo - something just appeals to me, but, forgive my inexperience, why, or what makes, the light too harsh? Am struggling to understand this whole light issue - can anyone recommend a good book on the subject as to what is 'good or bad' light?
Thanks
Annette

Annette

It could be the time of day. Have a look here The right time of the day

[Safling11]

Annette

It could be the time of day. Have a look here The right time of the day

Thanks for that - very useful. I think part of the issue is actually learning the ability to 'see' what makes good and bad light - lots more practice needed! Would I be correct in thinking the attached 'landscape' would be considered harsh light as it was taken early afternoon I think on my old Sony A100 and without any processing - that way I get away with keeping the top within the thread don't I and can ask for c&c at the same time



I thought the swan pic was really stunning - my swans don't look quite like that.
Annette

[carregwen]

I thought the swan pic was really stunning - my swans don't look quite like that.
Annette

Hmmm... that's because you don't feed them the highest quality meusli bars like I do! That's why they were swimming towards me.

Thanks for that - very useful. I think part of the issue is actually learning the ability to 'see' what makes good and bad light - lots more practice needed! Would I be correct in thinking the attached 'landscape' would be considered harsh light as it was taken early afternoon I think on my old Sony A100 and without any processing - that way I get away with keeping the top within the thread don't I and can ask for c&c at the same time

It's a nice shot, with some good colours. Yes, it looks a little harsh to me. The camera has struggled to cope with the extremes of light contrast. Had you put a Neutral density graduated filter on with the top-right corner darkened the rest of the scene would have had more exposure. Easy to say these things in retrospect, isn't it. This shows how you can use an ND grad filter, and it so happens it's a river shot, like yours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxdCfbE2FI

And this might be useful too... http://www.offrench.net/photos/artic...rad-filter.php

[Antonio Correia]

I like the deep blue of the water on the foreground ...