landscapes Shortly after a rain

Thanks for viewing and commenting.

Super work, I love the lead in path and the low perspective emphasises the height of the trees. Excellent.

The colours are really nice as well as the composition. Why does it look so grainy though ? Is this a scan ? What ISO did you use ?

 

Have you tried to print a large version of it ? This would make a very nice poster.

Yves, many thanks for viewing and commenting.This photo is not scanned and I did not try to print it larger. I think it is grainy because the light was not ideal (dark in a late cloudy afternoon shortly after one rain and before a second one). And it might be caused also by the fact that I did not use a stative. As regards the ISO, I use an automatic one - I suppose it could be 200. best regards,maria

Maria, if this a digital picture, chances are that it contains EXIF information. Unfortunately photo.net stripped them, but you can check on the original. If you use Firefox, have a look at http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/fxif, but other browsers and graphic tools will allow you to look at your EXIF information. It's a great way to learn as you can review what settings the camera was set at for a particular picture, it would tell you for example the ISO setting as well as the shutter speed, etc...

Dear Yves, Many thanks for this explanation and recommendation. I appreciate it really very much. I will now visit the recommended website and I hope, I will be able to learn something more during this weekend. I know and use Firefox and Photoshop at the moment, but my knowledge about individual functions of these tools is rather limited, I still need to learn so much... Again, many thanks and best regards, maria.