michaellinder Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Standing in for Leslie. I shot this at a friend's house in SW North Carolina. And, yes, I did some work on it in post. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Michael, I love the purple branches at the top. So do I! Thanks for your keen eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Reid Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Standing in for Leslie Thanks, Michael--I appreciate the help! It's extremely encouraging to know that the thread will persist even if I can't post it. (I modified the thread title to be consistently searchable with the other WL threads) Here's my contribution for the week: I'd been searching through my archives for a different image, and tripped over this one and thought it looked familiar. It turns out that it's the same tree and almost the same pose that I posted a few weeks ago, but taken two years later. The tree? Somewhere in Howard Forest (about half way between Eureka and San Francisco). Evidently I liked the tree. And the pose. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I like to avoid people in my photographs, but that bright orange surfboard was too much to resist. It seemed like the surfer was looking out into the unknown with the horizon (and the future) obscured by fog. I've been looking at my landscape photography as self portraits and therapeutic tools. It's revealing to think of pointing the camera outward as really the other way around. Otherwise, it was a quiet morning at low tide in Yachats. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Cafferty Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Covid landscape in rural Staffordshire, taken yesterday (6th April) about a mile from home. In keeping with British weather it was snowing before I got home. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glenn McCreery Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Oak tree 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) I like to avoid people in my photographs, but that bright orange surfboard was too much to resist. It seemed like the surfer was looking out into the unknown with the horizon (and the future) obscured by fog. I've been looking at my landscape photography as self portraits and therapeutic tools. It's revealing to think of pointing the camera outward as really the other way around. Otherwise, it was a quiet morning at low tide in Yachats. [ATTACH=full]1382940[/ATTACH] Laura, usually (but not necessarily always), I like to include a human presence - actual or implied - in a landscape photo. The benefit is adding a degree of interest. Your surfer does exactly that. Edited April 7, 2021 by michaellinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Thanks, Michael--I appreciate the help! It's extremely encouraging to know that the thread will persist even if I can't post it. (I modified the thread title to be consistently searchable with the other WL threads) Here's my contribution for the week: I'd been searching through my archives for a different image, and tripped over this one and thought it looked familiar. It turns out that it's the same tree and almost the same pose that I posted a few weeks ago, but taken two years later. The tree? Somewhere in Howard Forest (about half way between Eureka and San Francisco). Evidently I liked the tree. And the pose. [ATTACH=full]1382912[/ATTACH] Love the moss. It adds atmosphere to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Another one, taken at the summit of Whiteside Mountain (North Carolina between Cashiers and Highlands). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Second encounter of the first kind 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Laura, usually (but not necessarily always), I like to include a human presence - actual or implied - in a landscape photo. The benefit is adding a degree of interest. Your surfer does exactly that. For the most part, I like to let nature speak for itself. It's a matter of preference for all of us. Prior to the surfer's arrival the colors in the sand and the changing fog were everything I could ask for. Once the surfer arrived the scene became all about the person and less about the nature, even though the surfer was interacting with nature in a very intimate way. I did like the surf board, but I've never really felt warm and fuzzy about the image itself. That changed when I started looking at a series of landscape images, including this one, as unwitting self portraits. The image looks very different to me now, and I also like it more. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpressionz Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Cracking stuff this week (like most weeks) but this week has more diverse interpretations of landscape photos That is so, but do they all incorporate ' ideas, poetry, and metaphor', as is apparently required ? ;):rolleyes::D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 For the most part, I like to let nature speak for itself. It's a matter of preference for all of us. Prior to the surfer's arrival the colors in the sand and the changing fog were everything I could ask for. Once the surfer arrived the scene became all about the person and less about the nature, even though the surfer was interacting with nature in a very intimate way. I did like the surf board, but I've never really felt warm and fuzzy about the image itself. That changed when I started looking at a series of landscape images, including this one, as unwitting self portraits. The image looks very different to me now, and I also like it more. Laura, no one but you owns your work. So, it's obviously up to you to make the pertinent decisions, both artistically and technical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Like this? [ATTACH=full]1383119[/ATTACH] In a word, yes. The image demonstrates how representational subject matter can also be abstract. It certainly grabbed my attention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Butting in on the discussion: I usually don't like seeing people in landscape photos. Where someone else sees them as adding interest, I see them as distracting, at the least. Laura, aren't all photos unwitting self-portraits? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Laura, aren't all photos unwitting self-portraits? Possibly, probably, maybe, sorta yes on any given day (or night), depends, dunno,.........sure. :rolleyes: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhut Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 The lake is still on ice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Open Range 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Standing in for Leslie. I shot this at a friend's house in SW North Carolina. And, yes, I did some work on it in post. [ATTACH=full]1382897[/ATTACH] No harm intended, but Photoshop has a function that removes purple fringing such as you see on the top branches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Eckman Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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