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Jamie, I have passed here many times. It is always spectacular, especially when the clouds are flying by and the sunlight is painted in streaks across the landscape. Nice image and well captured.
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Not just an old tree, but a bristlecone, the oldest living things on planet earth. Not this particular tree but others scattered around the western states. Nice shot under difficult conditions. -
Hey Bobby, the last time I saw this image was with the light of a flashlight in the middle of the night at Crystal Mills. Remember we stayed up most of the night shooting the old mill with painted light.
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Nice example of sativa variety cannabis. Probably a male though-- too bad. -
The title is mislabeled. This is definitely a sunrise, not sunset, as this direction is due east. Clouds like this are rare at this location in the morning. It's nice being at the right place at the right time.
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With only a monitor view to judge by, I can almost assure you that it would be impossible to have sharp focus DOF in this shot using f8. The foregroud is much to close in relation to the distant clouds.
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I think Randall is intellectually rambling to find merit with this shot. This shot could have been taken when the shooter stumbled and accidentally tripped the shutter.
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This shot has no appeal to me at all. It is a technical disaster. Lens flare, bad exposure, uninteresting composition. If you want to be creative and stylistic, at least do it with style and good technique.
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Jeff is right on.
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Actually this is a relatively straightforward and mediocre composition. In a shot like this, without the proper filtering tools, it is an impossible task to try and cast an exposure balance between a dark foreground and bright white background. The mountain is over exposed- that simple. In your situation, you should have exposed properly for the highlights of the mountain and let the dark foreground fall where it may. TO make this shot work, you need detail in the white snow, not detailess white. ALso, as you said, your choice of film makes it impossible to capture a truly prime landscape shot like this. -
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Taken during Newari Buddhist festival in Kathmandu Valley. 70-200
2.8 Canon
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You should approach a night scene like this the same as for a daytime landscape. It should have the same elements of composition. I am posting an example of what I'm talking about.
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over exposed night scene, with too much black space.
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This image is sort of impressive within the limits of a digital camera, but compared to what can be captured using film camera techniques, it is very ordinary. -
Tanya has obviously never really explored the canyon country and slots of southern Utah. This looks much like Zion, and I can tell you that the colors,textures, and tones in the wet recesses of this particular place are accurate. The touch of velvia also helps of course. Nice capture of pristine nature. -
Alan- This festival is usually held in February. It is much like a small version of Khumba Mela. Usually several hundred saddhus from India and Nepal gather for this religious festival. Also, many thousands of worshipers gather at the Pashupatinath temple during this time. This image is from a little different perspective.
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A Saddhu of Nepal. All comments appreciated
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I spent two days in the company of this man at the holy festival of Shiva Ratri. This is a candid shot of contemplation as he prepares for morning meditation.
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I sincerely appreciate all the interest and thought that my POW brought to the forum. It was my pleasure to add the extra images. -
We don't live in the future, we only have the present. These images are just examples of what I strive for in photography. You can take that premise to the extreme and say that all improvements in modern cameras devalue images taken with them. Is a shot taken with auto focus or an in camera meter or an image stabalized lense of any less value. I think not. Real photographers using even the most sophisticated equipment and techniques know how elusive and difficult it is to make the kind of creative photographs they fantasize about in their dreams. How many of you have heard the casual observer say, "Oh I could have taken that picture." yea sure. I appreciate great artistry in the photographs of others because I know how hard it is to achieve.
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Jake- These images were shot in a very small village in south central Tibet, near Mt. Everest. I spent alot of time there over a five year period compiling material for my book "The Face of Tibet" published a couple years ago. I can tell you that Buddhism and Tibetan culture is very much alive there. ALthough after the Chinese invasion they made tragic attempts to destroy traditional life there, the spirit of the people is unbelievably resilient and it has survived. I don't have time here to talk about all the injustices and crimes that the CHinese perpetrate even today, but the Chinese have relaxed restricitions on religious freedom. They have even come to see the usefulness of traditional Tibetan culture to draw tourists (mostly CHinese) to the region. The Chinese influence is seen mostly in the towns. I have traveled and trekked alone and with nomads and would go for weeks without seeing a Chinese.
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I am posting one last image for reference in this discussion. It is one of my favorites. This rider was quite young and dead set on having a good ride. Notice that all 4 feet on the horse are off the ground.
JoshuaNP Juniper
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This lone Tree is actually quite small and insignificant in this
surreal landscape. The monolith stone is ten times larger than the
diminutive tree.