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Exposure Date: 2008:05:22 17:20:36;
ImageDescription: SONY DSC ;
Make: SONY ;
Model: DSLR-A100;
Exposure Time: 1/80.0 seconds s;
FNumber: f/9.0;
ISOSpeedRatings: ISO 100;
ExposureProgram: Other;
ExposureBiasValue: 0
MeteringMode: Other;
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode;
FocalLength: 18.0 mm mm;
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 27 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Windows;


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I've just re-visited a file of images taken a few years ago near a town called York about 2 hours inland from Perth WA. The late afternoon clouds were starting to build towards an evening storm which gave me differing lighting  opportunities to capture this view...... out of the ones I took I like this one the best, probably due to the series of lighted areas reflected through it.

I'm still playing with Landscapes as a genre...... so I'll appreciate any input you are kind enough to leave............

Regards

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My image comment says it all........ viewed bigger is not too shabby.

Would appreciate some input on my continuing attempts to get

Landscapes right.............

Regards

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Hi Grayham,

The scene looks fine at a smaller enlargement factor.

Enlarged, it has a "water color effect" , like a painting, nice colors with a pleasant setting.

However, at F/9. any finer details with in range of this zoom are gone. Any good 18 mm lens should be shot wide open down to F/5.6.

Best Regards my friend,

Mike

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Thank you for your "graded comments".......... I appreciate the punchline at 18mm (smiles). A significant point I must do better to remember.

Thanks again............

Best regards

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Hi Grayham,

Remember, it is the aperture that determines the lens capability to image finer details.

An 18mm lens at F/9 has only a 2mm aperture that allows information to the sensor.

If the lens is sub par in quality, then F/9 will improve the "apparent" imaging characteristics by clearing up any chromatic aberration and spherical aberration present, but the yield is still less than that of a better 18mm lens shot at wider apertures..

However, a good 18mm lens can be shot wide open because it is much better optically corrected for aberrations that limit definition. An 18mm lens at F/3.5 has an aperture of 5.14mm, which allows 6.6 times more light to the sensor (big difference leads to improved imaging characteristics).

Last general point . a short focal length lens has inherently much more DOF than a longer focal length lens. So to "stop down" an 18mm lens beyond F/5.6 is rarely required for scenic applications.

Best Regards, Mike

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I think enough has been said on the technical aspects of the aperture choice etc,  so I will instead concentrate on the composition.

Whilst the overall balance and effect is a pleasant one, there are a few things you might want to consider. The scene as you saw it with your eyes was probably far more grand and aesthetically arresting than you can hope to capture on camera.  Therefore I think an image like this needs certain things to set them off. A gate in the foreground perhaps, a church in the distance or a building. OK you are going to say  "There was no gate and no church". But there might have been a lighting struck tree, a fallen tree an unusual rock shape etc etc. Other things to consider are paths and lanes, roads and streams that might lead a viewers eyes through the image. The colours work well, but it needs a bit more pulling power in terms of elements of interest.

Hope this helps

Cheers Graham

 

Alf

 

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I've taken a bit of a hammering on this one............ but all to the good. I have printed out your comments to re-address the issues raised by both of you.

I appreciate your comments, and more to the point, the honesty of the comments.

Happily back to the "drawing board"............. my learning curve gets a jolt.

Thanks

Regards

 

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Good basic composition of this landscape. The borders of the frame could maybe have received more minute care as far as avoiding cropping small but important elements on which the eye runs "out of the frame". One such example is the group of gray stones in front the tree in the lower left corner: the eye travels down the grassy slope, discovers the tree and the stones but if the group of stones would not have touched the frame, you would have got an effective stop point and the eye would continue it's travel to further inspect the frame.

I know this type of analysis is most of the times possible only after you got the picture, and then it is not so helpful.

Regards, Tibi

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Some very valid pointers you have brought to the table.......... thank you for that........... cropping and presentation issues are always important to me.... I'm surprised I made the errors that I did (smiles).

All good my friend........... thanks again

Regards

 

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I really like this image Grayham, and I was sure I had commented on it, I will have to revisit your folders to see if there was a similar one. Beautiful detail and colours in teh foreground, and so much to see, as far as the eye can see. Nice work!

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So glad you liked this one....... I keep experimenting with landscapes but when I get them back home and have a good look... I'm seldom happy with what I captured.

This one I thought I might have over-sharpened just a little... but I think it can take it... the larger version I sortof like(smiles).

It was one of those May days.... trying to make up its mind whether to rain or not.... the lighting therefore was a little strange at times.... and possibly comes thruogh in this image.

To save you the search..... this is the only landscape I have posted in a long while.

Thanks for your comments.......

Best regards

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