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[Antonio Correia]

Perhaps this one is more interesting

[mastamak]

Hello everybody !
Sorry but I have been away for some days. Thank you for keeping this thread alive and posting here your images.
I re-start posting. To begin with I show you an image from Mount Bromo in Java, Indonesia.

Actually, I like this one better than the second. There is an element of mystery on the volcano shrouded in mist. Wonderful work
Grant

[mastamak]

Early morning, Doubtful Sound, New Zealand



Grant

[Antonio Correia]

Actually, I like this one better than the second. There is an element of mystery on the volcano shrouded in mist. Wonderful work
Grant

Thank you Grant for your comment.
I tried to capture the screen with "something in the foreground" from the road we were in. I was using a 24-70 on a full frame camera.
I have adjusted the EV pointing at the sky at the half of the frame and blocking it then I moved to the captured position.
At last, I chimp to see that the sky was not blinking
No time for fancy adjustments like tripod, bracketing or whatever
Adjustments were made in LR and CS

[mastamak]

Or, perhaps taking David's advice, it is better with a 2:1 crop?



Grant

[Antonio Correia]

Captured just last weekend.

enjoy.

Nice capture Mark and thank you for posting here.
Perhaps you could clone that cane at the bottom left part of the image.
The image is well composed leading the eye to the far end on the right.
I wonder if I would not make it denser to intensify the mystery and wilderness of the area.

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@ Jacques
Your image is too small ...
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This shot was actually taken for b/w but I kind of liked the colour image too.

Thank you Steve for letting us see here your beautiful and well composed image
The rhythm produced by the fences is interesting as the leaves at the foreground give depth to the scene.
It look to me you have used kind of a medium tele, right ?
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Bleak Place 5 image stitch redo from canon 10D with 28mm prime.

Oh yes Burton Washlands Cherry Orchard.

What a good work Steve regarding you doing it with a wide angle
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[Antonio Correia]

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Upper Kananaskis Lake

It's an older photo, but I am just learning to use PS. Cropped (just the top and bottom), sharpened, and a little touch of color correction.

Very nice place Perhaps you could introduce some density in the colors
Curious to say now that I read your post

Thank you Kit! I think I over did it with the color enhancement though. I should tone it down a tad...

Probably you are right and I am wrong
I don't think the Waterton Lakes Boundary is over saturated. I do like it the way it is.

Waterton Lakes Boundary

Cropped and adjusted

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Very good points David
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Or, perhaps taking David's advice, it is better with a 2:1 crop?

Grant

It surely is better than before.
I don't use that 2:1 format but another one which is very "near": the 3:5 with also good results under my point of view.
But here is a photo with 2:1 relation. I like it. Thank you Colin

[Vandenberg]

last breath of summer

[Benbro88]

Hey, nice use of depth of field, but personally I would perhaps try and edit it a bit more (colour saturation maybe, as the colour is fairly uniform throughout the picture, and maybe this would help to distinguish the green grass more?...) but then again I'm fairly new to this game so it may not be appropriate at all!!

Anyway here are more of mine, tips for improvement? (both PP & composition-wise)

Mozambique rocks


Woodstock, NY


Mozambique sunset

[Antonio Correia]

last breath of summer

It is nice but rather sad isn't it ?
You made a good use of the DOF or the lack of it.
Thank you for posting
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Hey, nice use of depth of field, but personally I would perhaps try and edit it a bit more (colour saturation maybe, as the colour is fairly uniform throughout the picture, and maybe this would help to distinguish the green grass more?...) but then again I'm fairly new to this game so it may not be appropriate at all!! Anyway here are more of mine, tips for improvement? (both PP & composition-wise)
Mozambique rocks

Mozambique sunset

Woodstock, NY

Thank you Benbro for posting here
I like the Mozambique rocks with that long exposure and well saturated colours. How did you do it ? ND filter ?

The second one, shot in the same African country, is a strong option because you are using such a tone/colour. Maybe you could clone the "pole" at the far right ?

Woodstock is also a nice picture but - in my point of view - it needs something in the foreground. It has little depth. Perhaps you could have placed yourself lower and get more branches One can feel that the weather is fine and the Sun is harsh.

About placing something in the foreground I have written somewhere before in this very thread. It is my most common practice.
I think all 3 images need something in the foreground preferentially out of focus.

[Mister Mateo]

A stone building that caught my eye one afternoon whilst driving out in the country.

[hoan]

Sunrise, at Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina
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[Donald]

Or, perhaps taking David's advice, it is better with a 2:1 crop?

No, I prefer your original as well. I love thses images where the tones, going from darker to lighter, take us back into the frame and emphasise depth. Beautiful.

[Donald]

Perhaps this one is more interesting

No, I, too, prefer the first one you posted (Post #612). A very dramatic image that grabs the attention as soon as you see it.

[Donald]

That's a pleasant and pleasing image. A lovely thing to just sit and look at. But, do you think you really need that logo at the top right? It does detract from the image.

[mastamak]

No, I prefer your original as well. I love thses images where the tones, going from darker to lighter, take us back into the frame and emphasise depth. Beautiful.

Thanks Donald. I guess it should have been obvious to me but now that you have pointed out how the gradation in tone draws the eye into the image, I see your point.
Grant

[David]

Here's a wee snap of the Solway Firth (in the distance) shortly after sunrise this October. The image is from a Canon 5D Mk II, treated to cropping, sharpening, LCE, and a tiny tweak of saturation enhancement to bring out the dark blue in the upper clouds.



Cheers

David

Tag: darw_land_3

[Antonio Correia]

Actually, I like this one better than the second. There is an element of mystery on the volcano shrouded in mist. Wonderful work
Grant

Thank you Grant for your opinion
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No, I, too, prefer the first one you posted (Post #612). A very dramatic image that grabs the attention as soon as you see it.

Thank you Donald !
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Here's a wee snap of the Solway Firth (in the distance) shortly after sunrise this October. The image is from a Canon 5D Mk II, treated to cropping, sharpening, LCE, and a tiny tweak of saturation enhancement to bring out the dark blue in the upper clouds.

Cheers David

Thank you David
So, an early wake up to get a nice image in fact

[Vandenberg]

That's a pleasant and pleasing image. A lovely thing to just sit and look at. But, do you think you really need that logo at the top right? It does detract from the image.

Thank you for the nice reply, and a agree that the logo is a distracting factor
here it is whit out logo, made a few more, last pictures are from a later stage

[Antonio Correia]

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Thank you Vandenberg for posting here again
The last image is quite interesting. I like it because it is twisted/bended/biased which confers a dynamic sense to it along with the very shallow DOF.
Perhaps the colors are not the ones I like best but they are fine