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© copyright Mark Geistweite 2010

"Alone on a Hill"


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Exposure Date: 2010:03:29 15:55:24;
Make: PENTAX Corporation;
Model: PENTAX K10D;
Exposure Time: 2.0 seconds s;
FNumber: f/16.0;
ISOSpeedRatings: ISO 100;
ExposureProgram: Other;
ExposureBiasValue: 0
MeteringMode: Other;
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode;
FocalLength: 17.0 mm mm;
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 25 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh;

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© copyright Mark Geistweite 2010

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"Day after day, Alone on a hill

The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still

But nobody wants to know him

They can see that he's just a fool

And he never gives an answer

But the fool on the hill

Sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the world spinning 'round"

Thanks for your assessments. The old Beatles tune kept playing in my head while I was processing this image. The Larger view is better, no fooling!

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Excellent shot Mark! Wonderful feeling of depth to this one. Love the beautiful old tree, the foreground flowers, and the textures of the rocky hillsides. Good stuff guy!

All the best,
Neil

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In themselves, the rocky hillock, the skeletal tree, the disarray of the flowers, don't look like good candidates for a composition, but here they are all held together with a nice balance of rugged attractiveness that isn't less beautiful, I find, than the more picture-postcard quality of many of your photos, Mark. In the end, it's the eye that matters.

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Mark... And you were all alone on this day? :-)... Seriously, PJ said it best.  A scene that many of us would have walked by, but when composed well is arresting... Thanks for sharing... Mike

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Lovely! Stupid question for you: How do you upload a picture that can be viewed larger into PNET? Is it just as the larger size and PNET shrinks them all down to a standard size - and then- if it's larger, it can be clicked to view larger? Or do you have to do something special when you upload it? Thanks!

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Thanks Anne! Not a stupid question. First, it would help me to respond if I knew how you prepare your web images. Do you use the "resize for web" in Photoshop or do you manually resize your digital files. I recommend learning how to resize manually (of course I recommend learning everything manually). When a thumbnail is selected on PNet, it will then default to a resized preview of approximately 630 pixels wide, unless your digital file is less than 630 pixels (I am referring to landscape images as opposed to verticals). If you want a larger preview to be available, you need to resize larger than 630 pixels. I usually use 1100 pixels because I like my previews to be Large enough to enable the viewer to see most of the detail. Of course the Larger images are favorites for those web pirates who steal images for their own use, so that is a consideration. Make sure you are using the sRGB color space. If you are unsure of this process, I can e-mail you a more thorough tutorial. I am happy to do so!

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Believe Ansel Adams once noted," the hardest part of photography is knowing where to stand" & you, my friend are certainly standing in a perfrect spot.I like these small slices of a much larger landscape as you can pick out the details in the small wildflowers,wander thru the boulders, wondering how they arrived here, a retreating glacier, volcanic action or maybe even the rock elves. & the final prize is the grand old tree, what a place to sit, just quietly enjoying the wonderfull views.You are fortunate to be able to enjoy such wonderfull landscapes. Best Regards-Ross
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