Leslie Reid Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 You are invited to upload one or more of your landscape photos and, if you’d like, to accompany your image with some commentary: challenges you faced in making the image? your intent for the image? settings? post-processing decisions? why you did what you did? the place and time? or an aspect you’d like feedback on? And please feel free to ask questions of others who have posted images or to join the discussion. If you don’t feel like using words, that’s OK too—unaccompanied images (or unaccompanied words, for that matter) are also very much welcomed. As for the technicalities, the usual forum guidelines apply: files < 1 MB; image size <1000 px maximum dimension. This one has been bouncing back and forth between color and black and white for quite awhile now, and it finally landed on color—I liked the little tinges of color that enliven the brights, and I was finally persuaded by the way the yellow-greens anchor the lower right corner and get picked up slightly by the trees. I think the weak point of the image is how the pampas grass trails off the frame to the left. I spent some time trying to figure out how to frame the shot most gracefully, and didn't come up with any good solutions--this patch just got messier and messier off to the left. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Melia Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 ......[/i] .... finally landed on color—I liked the little tinges of color that enliven the brights, and I was finally persuaded by the way the yellow-greens anchor the lower right corner and get picked up slightly by the trees. I think the weak point of the image is how the pampas grass trails off the frame to the left. I spent some time trying to figure out how to frame the shot most gracefully, and didn't come up with any good solutions--this patch just got messier and messier off to the left. Nice; largely the result of good choices. The colour and tonality are ! As far as I'm concerned, the pampas grass enters from the left, leading us in and the subtler angle shadows lift us up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) When it comes to shooting waterfalls, I usually don't follow the common trend to use long or ultralong shutter speeds to blur the living daylights out of the water so that it appears like foam, milk (or worse: shaving cream) but also try to avoid too short speeds that freeze the water movement totally. I aim to replicate the way it looks when viewed with the naked eye which usually means I have to try several shutter speeds that can range from 1/8s to 1/250s - the latter of which appeared to do the trick here. I spent some time trying to figure out how to frame the shot most gracefully, and didn't come up with any good solutions--this patch just got messier and messier off to the left. I most likely would have taken artistic liberty and clone some of the darker in-focus portions over the lighter pampas grass to create a small disconnect where the patch connects to the border of the frame; not much, just so that there's a small dark strip isolating the lit portion of the grass patch. Edited August 8, 2018 by Dieter Schaefer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray House Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Dieter, Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I think the weak point of the image is how the pampas grass trails off the frame to the left. I spent some time trying to figure out how to frame the shot most gracefully, and didn't come up with any good solutions--this patch just got messier and messier off to the left. I don't see the pampas grass on the left as a weak point. It opens up the right part of the photo for exploration. --Sally 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I chose an image that emphasizes a calm atmosphere, as I believe Leslie's does. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Vallette Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikehegarty01 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Leslie and Dieter I love both images and I learn so much from your comments. What I like most about both images is how the subject is so easy to pick out. Something I am working on. This image is a vista in the Smoky Mountains National park and I tried to make the subject the fire damage from a few years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 In this weeks "Weekly Post Processing Challenge", Gerald Cafferty presents a "little planet" (polar) interpretation of his challenge photo and a link to the method used. I decided to try the method on a panoramic landscape image. Since I do not have any 360 degree panoramas to play with, matching the boundary edges proved to be difficult and required a bunch of cloning on the image chosen, a panoramic view of the Teton River and Teton Mountain Range in winter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 For reference, here is the initial unmodified panorama. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Wayne.....I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Glenn - An amazing, interesting effort (which I could in no way replicate!) Looking at this in comparison with the "little planet" suggests that there may be a type of feature set in the original image that makes this approach particularly effective. Something for me to think about. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Thanks Sandy - Having the horizon centered vertically helps. The height of the mountains on the right and left are similar, which also helps with alignment. I needed to clone parts of the clouds on the left to right side of the panorama and flip the cloned clouds horizontally to match up with the left side clouds at the junction. Then it took more cloning, plus dodging and burning, to make the junction look smooth. Like I said, making a 360 degree panorama with a level tripod head would have made thing much simpler. The actual technique of making a "little planet" is quite simple if you follow the link in Gerald Cafferty's post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertliang Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 by bc50099 5 "It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see." -Henry David Thoreau Bert Dr. Bertrand's Patient Stories: A podcast dedicated to stories of being. \\anchor.fm/bertrand0 FineArtAmerica: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bertrand-liang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 his image is a vista in the Smoky Mountains National park and I tried to make the subject the fire damage from a few years ago. Marvelous image, Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Burnt Over Yellowstone Spring 2015 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 JDM - Your photo reminds me of visiting Yellowstone soon after the 1988 fires. Driving was hazardous, especially when windy, because of burned trees falling across the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio_ortega7 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Been photographing Monument Valley for many years. October, 1990, Rolleiflex 3.5F, Velvia, Epson 4990, Vuescan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio_ortega7 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Morada, Penitente Brotherhood, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 2001. Canham DLC, 90mm Schneider f/8 Super Angulon, Velvia, CPL. I've been documenting small village churches (and other religious sites) throughout northern New Mexico for many years. I always try to photograph the sites to include as much of their natural surroundings as possible, so I hope this qualifies as a landscape. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio_ortega7 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Sunset, Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 1990. Wisner (4x5), Schneider 90mm f/8 Super Angulon, Velvia, CPL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Been photographing Monument Valley for many years. October, 1990, Rolleiflex 3.5F, Velvia, Epson 4990, Vuescan. I like the photos, but the color is off, decidedly magenta. How is your monitor calibration? Velvia can get funky on a cloudy day, but this is broad daylight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Reid Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 This image is a vista in the Smoky Mountains National park It's a beautiful image, Mike! I particularly the combination of colors...really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now