Landscapes - Archive

[Edwin Harvey]

There used to be a tree in the foreground Antonio, but some environmental vandal must have chopped it down, just joking mate, but will take your suggestion into consideration next time.
Cheers......Edwin.

[Edwin Harvey]

Here's a pano from the same location "Lake Somerset" but taken with 70-200L IS Canon lens. Is this an improvement on the last one Antonio?
Cheers......Edwin.

[Antonio Correia]

Here's a pano from the same location "Lake Somerset" but taken with 70-200L IS Canon lens. Is this an improvement on the last one Antonio?
Cheers......Edwin.

Indeed it is and a large one
Now perhaps you could give some brightness and contrast to the image.
Others could give also a tip on this matter. In fact, the image looks too - shall I say dark ? - in my monitor.
Well the weather was not bright at the moment so you told us...
Care to try if you please ?
I personally don't like the way you put your canvas but that is also strictly personal
Even the appreciation I make of the image is personal, so ...
Nice place

[Ashwin]

Here's a pano from the same location "Lake Somerset" but taken with 70-200L IS Canon lens. Is this an improvement on the last one Antonio?
Cheers......Edwin.

May I suggest something... Duplicate Layer... Change Mode to SOFT LIGHT and with level move highlight slider to 181 and result is

[Ashwin]

Hi Antonio,

Is this Image OK for Landscape

[MiniChris]

May I suggest something... Duplicate Layer... Change Mode to SOFT LIGHT and with level move highlight slider to 181 and result is

Where do I find this mode change? When I make a duplicate layer, I don't get an option to do anything further (CS2). Nor, do I get such an option in the Levels dialogue. Hep me, please.

[McGreg]

Hello Folks. I am very new here and hopefully this post will work. I would also appreciate any help that is offered. This was shot on Dec. 4th as a storm was coming into East Tennessee. I didn't have much time to set up but found a spot without any trees in the way and shot continuously until after dark. The sky changed in color about every minute or less and I probably shot over a 100 frames as the sun set. This is one of the first images before the color really started to show. I was shooting with a Canon 450D and the 17-40mm with the white balance set to cloudy. Shot bracketed under exposed from 0 to -1 and picked out the best images from those.
McGreg

[MiniChris]

Courthouse Towers @ Arches National Park Utah,USA

You should do the new layer adjustment trick (mode: soft) as shown below on this image (Antonio Correia, post suggestion) ...you will be stunned with the difference...whoohoo.

[Nicola]

good morning Donald
many thanks for your suggestions!
I cropped the picture, but not exactly square and I cut both the left and right side in order to "balance" the dark rocks and the withe wave. In addition, using curve tool on photoshop I brighted a bit the rocks in the foreground... I hope you will appreciate this work.. here the rusult:

cheers
Nicola

[Nicola]

Hi!
I'm here once again, and first of all let me spend two words of appreciation to this very very helpful forum!
I share another picture:
a walkabout in the "orrido di botri" a sort of canyon made by a little river, near Bagni di Lucca

(there is some motion blur, as I shooted the picture keeping the camera with hands and the light was too low and my camera suffers high ISO)

it is a "narrow" landscape.. ;o)

[Donald]

Nicola

That is a very good re-interpretation of the photograph. It does, however, create another issue for you to consider. Are you satisfied that the ship is now so close to the right-hand edge of the frame?

[Nicola]

Donald,
you're right. I saw that issue one 1/200 after editing the post.
I'm thinking to remove the ship with photoshop or, perhaps better, do not cut the right side of the photo (so the picture will be rectangular, I like the light ray in the up-left).
and finally I will print it with fuji crystal archive supreme paper!

[Donald]

Donald,
you're right. I saw that issue one 1/200 after editing the post.

Excellent. That is called 'learning'. The fact that you can see that before someone else points it out to you, is what is important.

[Nicola]

Donald,
an homage to you for your support...
a photo I took last April in "Lairig Gartain" glen, looking towards Glen Coe.
Very nice place...!!

[Donald]

an homage to you for your support...
a photo I took last April in "Lairig Gartain" glen, looking towards Glen Coe.

Nicola

Thank you. The place I grew up as a child is close to the mountain you can see in the very, very far distance.

[chris1bev]

Stackpole lily ponds, West wales. Everyone does swans.

WOW......This is stunning......it's so crystal clear!

[Nicola]

nice
I spent some days in Fort William, and I had some trips to many castles (Eilean Donan, Urquhart...) and other very interesting places (west highland way...) and despite the troubles to reach Scotland (remember Iceland Volcano hash? I took the first flight after airports lock) and to drive on left I have been very sorry to fly back home after only 8 days..

[Antonio Correia]

I have no time now but I will right some lines about the other images. For now only I address Edwin.
Yesterday and before dressing my pajama I saw the idea of Ashwin and I could remember that I should have told you that you could use the blending modes to get a better picture.
I thought that in the morning I would write you about this.
And here I am.
What have I done ?
1. Saved your image in tif
2. Opened your image in CS5 as smart object (OK no reason for that, just a mania)
3. Duplicate layer and change the blending mode to what you can see in the picture herewith for future adjustments of opacity and fill.

4. Then I adjusted the brightness and the contrast as you can see herewith

However, I used the button to get this adjustment only at the layer bellow.
5. Saved the image as tif and imported it in LR
6. New adjustments in sharpness, graduated filter, as you can see herewith again

and here is the final image. I re-cropped by the way at 3/5

What do you think ?

[Donald]

Nicola

Eilean Donan is photographed thousands of time every year by the bus/coach loads of visitors who pass by it (mostly on their way to the Isle of Skye). Your picture is a very good, alternative view to the many snapshots that are taken from the car park beside the bridge (out of shot on the left). I know the place and the area very, very well.

One of the best images I have seen of Eilean Donan was posted on here by John W Revie. Click here. In John's picture you can almost see where you took your shot from.

[Katy Noelle]

Donald,
an homage to you for your support...
a photo I took last April in "Lairig Gartain" glen, looking towards Glen Coe.
Very nice place...!!

So beautiful!