Wednesday Landscapes, 22 August 2018

[Leslie Reid]

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.

So I’m still exploring that harsh mid-day light, though it’s been foggy and smoky enough this week that I’m having to do the exploration vicariously by re-editing some images in my archives. This one is from 1:30 in the afternoon, at a spring pond that drains into Upper Klamath Lake. As with last week’s image, it’s the harsh-light sparkles that caught my attention.

 

[Leslie Reid]

And while I'm at it, I couldn’t resist playing with Dieter’s suggestion of converting my image from last week to B&W. I am intrigued by the result, but I ran into an interesting issue: at a gut level, the composition no longer quite worked when I converted it. Here’s my best guess about why: without the blue, the island no longer has any competition as the center of attention, and that made the composition seem heavy on the left. I ended up recropping to move the island to the right, and that seems to have helped. Thanks for the suggestion, Dieter!

 

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[sergio_ortega7]

Grand Tetons N.P., Wyoming

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Yellowstone N.P., Wyoming

 

[Deborah Vallette]

[sergio_ortega7]

Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Canham DLC, 90mm f/8 Schneider Super Angulon, Velvia)

 

[Dieter Schaefer]

Here’s my best guess about why: without the blue, the island no longer has any competition as the center of attention, and that made the composition seem heavy on the left. I ended up recropping to move the island to the right, and that seems to have helped.

Interesting observation and it turned out nice!

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Canyonlands N.P., Utah. (Canham DLC, 150mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Sironar-S, Velvia)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Canyonlands N.P., Utah. (Canham DLC, 150mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Sironar-S, Velvia)

 

Correction: Arches N.P., not Canyonlands N.P.

[JDMvW]

[sergio_ortega7]

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N.P., Wyoming. (Pentax 67II, 55mm f/4 Pentax SMC, Tri-X, D-76)

 

[michaellinder]

Shoreline in Fort Lauderdale, FL ; note the water droplets along the rocks area

[michaellinder]

Sorry for the multiple posts

[michaellinder]

A B&W from the same location

[sallymack]

Here's a picture I took at a local wetlands area on a glittery, sunny day with the camera metering set to "don't blow the highlights." It looks good in b&w, as well, but I like the hint of color suggesting evening instead of just gray.

Edited August 22, 2018 by sallymack

[Glenn McCreery]

Old Faithful. Scanned from Tmax-100 negative, taken with a Mamiya C33 and 55mm lens and probably using a yellow or orange filter. If I remember correctly, it was taken in mid-day with a cloud passing overhead, shading most areas surrounding the geyser. .

[sergio_ortega7]

Sipapu Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, 1992. (ZVI 8x10 Field, 10" Wide Field Ektar, Tri-X)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Pajarito Church at Black Mesa, San Idelfonso Pueblo, Mew Mexico.

 

Edited August 23, 2018 by sergio_ortega|7

[sergio_ortega7]

Kepler Cascades, Yellowstone N.P., Wyoming.

 

[sergio_ortega7]

View from Signal Mountain, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (ZVI 8x10 Field, Nikkor 150mm f/8 SW, Tri-X)

 

[Greg M]

Last Saturday morning, when the light was looking good for the sun rise but quickly went downhill as the clouds moved in, making this the best light or that particular morning.

 

[mikehegarty01]

A back road somewhere in Smoky Mountain Park around Townsend.

[mikehegarty01]

Pajarito Church at Black Mesa, San Idelfonso Pueblo, Mew Mexico.

 

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Sergio, This is a striking image well done.

[sergio_ortega7]

Totem Pole, Monument Valley, Arizona. (Rollieflex 3.5F, 75mm f/3.5 Schneider Xenotar, Velvia)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Big Tesuque Creek, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Canham DLC, 90mm f/8 Schneider Super Angulon, Velvia)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

San Francisco de Asis Church, Winter and Summer, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. (Canham DLC, 90mm f/8 Schneider Super Angulon, Velvia)

 

[Sandy Vongries]

Smoke on the Yellowstone - yesterday 1:08 p.m.

[Moving On]

Mississippi River Levee

[sergio_ortega7]

Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. (ZVI 8x10 Field, Nikkor 150mm f/8 SW, Tri-X)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Canyonlands, Utah. (ZVI 8x10 Field, Nikkor 150mm f/8 SW, Tri-X)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Campo Santo, Galisteo, New Mexico. (ZVI 8x10 Field, 10" Wide Field Ektar, Tri-X)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Abandoned Fire Truck, Las Truchas, New Mexico. (Hasselblad 503CX, Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 CF, FP4+, Pyro PMK)

 

[sergio_ortega7]

Aspen Grove, (somewhere in the mountains of) Utah. (Rollieflex 3.5F, 75mm f/3.5 Schneider Xenotar, Tri-X)

 

[photog1514]

Grand Canyon