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digital alterations - this is the right category for this photograph. When the sky comes from a different photograph, if the rest of the frame, it's hard to call it landscape. Gluing pictures of a completely different piece of reality, a category often referred to as a photomontage.

Of course, nobody forbids such manipulation of photographs. Publish them as the landscape is, however, some abuse in relation to the viewers. Landscape category of viewers count on that watch the real scene and not a hoax.

 

Kallol, this is beautiful.

A very beautiful image with lovely colors, light and mood. Very well done. Thank you for sharing. :)

Kallol, I assume this is a single exposure, and that's the basis on which my previous comment was made.  Is my assumption correct, or is this composed of more than one photograph?

Many many thanks to all for your kind visit,ratings,critiques & complements.I truely appreciate your time.

Stephen : This is not a single exposure shot rather three shots taken at same place half an hour apart with same lens setting in jpeg format.I have  merged them with photomatrix pro 4.0 & then edited in photoshop CS5.A little cloning,dodge & burn,application of shadow/highlight is there.Actually I just wanted to present what I saw at that time within a span of half an hour.If it is a digital alteration rather than a landscape than please define the accurate criterias for submission of an image in landscape to digital alteration forum.

Marek: Thanks for your visit & insightful critique.I have described all about this image above.

My warm regards to all.

Kallol

The sky in the photograph presented here comes from the picture:

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14924532

 

and only its mirror image.

 

The boat was photographed in the opposite direction and this is so well lit. Sun at the time the boat was shooting behind the photographer.

 

These two photographs taken in completely opposite directions were then combined into a single image.

 

If it was one shot in the water would rise a reflection of the sun side of the boat would be completely in the shade.

 

In your portfolio there are more photographs of the same sky and a very different scene at the bottom of the frame.

 

In my opinion, replacing 50% of the frame, and perform software mirroring is in such species as the landscape of some abuse.

 

Among the visitors to the Photo.net is a lot of young photographers. Watch here for photos of other authors to learn photography.

Less experienced viewers may be convinced that watching a real scene, and wonder how it was photographed. Not being aware that watching photomontage will strive to achieve a similar effect and it is not feasible.

 

It would be fair in relation to the public to post information in the description of the image you are watching is not a real scene. It is merely the result of work in graphics programs.

This can be done by placing a photograph in the appropriate category.

Regards

One more question. Photomatix and any other program for HDR will not connect with each other shots taken at an interval of 30 minutes. For half an hour the system of clouds in the sky changed so much that they put together the program is not in the real scene. I work with Photomatix from version 2 and I know his capabilities. It's a good program but it is not a miracle worker.

Now I understand why the water line is so flat -- it is so much easier to cut and past the various photos.  Then you just have to photoshop some sun rays in (you really need to work on those to make them look more real) and you're done.  

I don't know which photo is real.  I have a feeling it is the one cited by Marek.  But given your willingness to cut and paste, I can no longer be sure the sky wasn't photographed at some other time or even some other place.  Once the trust is gone, it's gone.

Your explanation that you just wanted to present what you saw at that time within a span of half an hour is a bit disingenuous.  Even if I believe that the different merged photos were really taken at the same place on the same day, you were looking all over the place from many different angles, and the resulting photos are completely different views.  They may as well have been taken in completely different locations years apart; it really doesn't matter.

At the very least, you should inform viewers that they are looking at a landscape that has been created by you from "x" number of photos, and you could explain a bit about your methods.  Because this site is as much about learning as anything else, people who are wanting to do the same as you might learn something from it, and comments back to you might also be helpful to you (e.g., the sun's rays, or the light on the surface of the water under the sun being darker than that above the boat).  Also, people who are wanting to photograph landscapes that represent single-moment experiences won't be puzzled or waste their time trying to figure out why some elements just don't make sense in your photograph.

Hi Kallol-

I wondered what went into this photo, as the elements looked exaggerated and rather processed, and so I was intrigued to read the various comments, particularly the recent notes by Stephen and Marek, as well as your own note of Mar 8. For me, it seems an intersting exercise in digital manipulation, but crosses the line of believability into the zone of fantasy, perhaps losing something in the process. Of course photography is always an illusion, anyway, but I suppose I prefer to be fooled as convincingly as possible. Keep experimenting!

Whatever means you have used to obtain this result it is a thing of beauty, Kallol.  Thanks for sharing.  If you weren't in such a vital occupation as medicine then obviously you could obviously be a professional photographer.  Either way the world is a better place.

Your idea of taking photos at half hourly intervals is something I must try when I am competent enough.  Thanks for your inspiration !

Best regards

Jim

Light, composition, sky, everything is there!

My take is that your shots would be more effective without the orb of the sun in the frame. I would have waited just until the sun dropped below the horizon. Nice shot though.