A Beautiful Day In A Peaceful Place...

I've got this impression that it would work much better if it was larger.

 

I've got to say it here: you are one of the few photographers in this forum who still induces in me this urge to grab my gear and go outdoors shooting away. Nice to see that you still find time to post some pictures!

Thanks Bruno,

 

XPan shots pose a quandry due to their geometry not being in accord with a squareish PC screen's... one can either post them really large (and get hardly any hits as colleagues lose patience with slow download times) or one posts them smaller in the hope they will be seen and appreciated (let's use a neutral word, "criticised"). Bradley (last week's POW winner) received the same complaint and had the same quandry.

 

The wildflowers in this shot are truly lovely. Pity I can't reproduce them sufficiently well so that you and others can see them.

 

Cheers,

The question on my mind when I saw this one was "what attracted him into taking this shot?" Then I thought of the textures in the grass and tree trunks, little flowers sparkling and the delicate foliage. Unfortunately all of it was only in my thoughts, because there is no way I can see them in the picture. The same thing about Bradley's photo, which I guess is what frustates people when seeing a panoramic picture.

 

In my opinion, the small-medium-large size policy would need to be revisioned, especially the latter two. This is the perfect example where an original of about 2000-3000 pixels would be needed, along with a resized version of about 1000 like yours, so people can see the picture as a whole.

 

And that's it! I'm off to take some pictures myself :-)

Very beautiful panoramic image. The colors are beautiful and this looks almost like a painting!

Enjoy this a lot. Well composed.

free roaming cattle, nice compostion, lots of green, the tree in the center is neat, nice place for a nap, watch out for the cattle

Beautiful picture...

nice!

Wonderful scene. Thanks for brightening my day.

looks like the first few comments on this page point out the same things I was talking about on a few other images, so I see I'm not the first. I'd like to add to my previous remarks that you must also experience frustration at having to explain all the caveats of posting xpan photos.

 

I remember viewing this photograph a couple months ago, liking it then, and liking it still. The foremost tree, on the right, looks as if it influenced the composition the most. You've allowed it to grow up from the ground, but that in turn influenced the left hand foreground, which has no major compositional feature other than the fine details that must be apparent when viewed larger. Also, because of that tree, I'm theorizing the horizon is where it is. (These are not bad things, I'm just disecting the photo. ) Through the trees I can see that the sky is very pastel, at least that part of it, so that might also have influenced the top crop and the horizon. I remember on my first viewing of this shot how I appreciated that there were no date cues, meaning that it is easy to put oneself into this picture at any date in history.

 

As a comment on your folder, it appears that you had one whammer of a vacation last year. Since you are still posting images from then it makes me wonder on why you chose to post this one at the time you did, and the others. Judging from the date stamps on the ratings of the first photo in this folder you posted it last June, and are still going strong after more than a year.

I tend to choose my compositions by moving the viewfinder around and then stopping when a certain compositional "equilibrium" is found; when I can't keep a balance if I move the camera anywhere else. I don't tend to analyse too much, especially when hand-holding. The wide format is good for this, as it more closely approximates the human eye's vista capabilities. You tend to "see" the final shot before you even get the camera from round your neck.

Yes, it was a wonderful holiday. We flew around the world east-west and tried to mix it up a lot. Hot/cold. Urban/countryside. Amazingly (to me) Hawaii was sensational. I didn't think I'd like it at all, but I loved it (Kuai'i).

This meadow was about 5,000 feet up in the air. Quite cool, but incredibly lush. The cows just entered stage-right, and exited stage-left. Didn't look at me once. The sound of their bells tinkling till they were well out of sight will remain with me forever. The grass was so fresh you felt you could make salad out of it. The flowers were so small and brightly colored (difficult to see here) that they almost convinced me there was indeed a God.