Hawaiin Contrasts, Circa 1993

an issue with my gamma (sounds more serious than it is) on my monitor.

I had it set using the Adobe gamma program. My son or someone fooled

with the contrast and or brightness and I did about 20 photos that

looked stunning to me on the screen, and even when I posted them. Then

I looked at them with my notebook monitor as posted here. I ended up

deleting them all and will start to repost them to more represent what

I saw in them initially. The above is the first of the series that I

redid. If you saw this one before you probably saw a more washed out

image. This one more properly shows the subtle light on the hill and

the azure sky as I intended it. How does your monitor portray it?

It looks saturated to me, Steve. But not overly saturated compared to a lot of others I see on photo.net. I actually like the brighter colors, the lines running diagonally, the shadows and highlights are good. Other than that the subject matter does not hold my interest for very long. Its probabaly a very good landscape; today, I am looking for more in the photos I am viewing, I guess.

I did some work on the sky to bring it out, the landscape had a lot of color in it. Hawaii is pretty place. Thanks for comments.

 

Steve

I really like the middle and background, maybe some cropping to lessen the foreground

Lovely shot, but I'm trying to work out whether i'm missing some foreground detail in those white patches or not.

Nice.

The diagonal's pleasing, and the verdure somewhat surreal. Nice light shift.

May I ask what exactly you want to show with this image? I think that one should always ask this question before framing and shooting. I think that the way of capturing a certain motive determines the quality of an image.

Franz,

 

I believe the photo speaks for itself. The grandeur of the view, speaks for itself. Thanks for commenting.

 

Steve

I want that foreground to be....pretty, rather than the overlook trampled by other people.

Jeff,

 

I don't think it was trampelled. Not too many folks would have bothered to hike to this spot. It was way up the mountainside and without a hat or water one gets mighty parched and hot and bothered by this trek (I Know). No, I believe this is just volcanic rock and outcropping that has a thin layer of dirt and little vegetation due to the nature of the soil and its steepness.