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You know I thought this was a cracking shot until he said that, now I realize Its absolute pants and wasn't worth the effort, I mean you may as well go and delete it now...

 

oh, wait, on second thoughts maybe I will control that green eyed monster and channel my jealousy and use it to improve my own work and ofcourse admit I'm inspired by your efforts ;)

Both tranquil and beautifully composed Richard, I think the minimalist approach works very well. I think maybe a larger version would work better? Regards, John.

Wonderful capture and beautiful subtle tonal range, the pinks contrast well with the ocean. I real nice seascape!

Hi David, I just came across this information and thought you should know. Full moon tonight should very interesting. Here is the link: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/09dec_fullmoon.htm

Hi Adrian, I love the contrast here of the cool blue water and foot of the hills/mountain against the yellow of the trees, great work.

The lighting and composition work well here but it's the originality that separates this from the rest. The light in the valley acts as an excellent lead in and enhances the shot wonderfully. Excellent take on this well photographed corner of the globe!

This is a beautiful composition Kurt, the post processing of the swirling water and lighting on the rocks is fantastic. What a cracking shot!

Thank you David, I will read up on that site as well as 16-9, both seem to have good information on the lenses I mentioned. With regards to software, capture one is my first choice. Lighroom combined with CS4 is better than Bridge combined with CS4 as it offers a much better workflow and heaps of other stuff.

I have been reading up alot recently on lens choices, I mainly shoot between 21mm to 200mm. Canon lenses are great from 70mm upwards although I am selling the 70-200 f/2.8 tonight and purchasing the f/4 version as it's both lighter and slightly sharper for my landscape work. All this changing of lenses does leave me wondering how good the 24L MKII is going to be and will leave me kicking myself should it outperform either of the Carl Zeiss wide angle lenses. Meh, we will have to wait and see ;) With today's adaptors there is certainly no reason to stick with Canon wide angle lenses until they catch up, I just wish I done my research when I discovered landscape photography last year. I am lucky to have come across your portfolio and read alot of your posts regarding lens choices, all of which are very true and give remarkable results compared to the normal Canon choices! For that I am grateful, thank you.

 

By the way, do you use Camera Raw or Capture one for you RAW files? I recently made the switch to Capture one which gives better colour and possibly finer detail (very little) but the sharpening in Capture one introduces small grey artifacts so I avoid sharpening in the program all together. Having said that CS4 and Camera Raw 5 is now giving much better colour than before and more closely matches Capture One now. I would be interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Raw converters.

Great shot David. You inspired me to purchase new equipment and I have bought Carl Zeiss 21 f/2.8, 28 f/2 and contax N 35-70 along with the Canon 5D mkII when it arrives. I expect to produce much better images in the corners with this new gear now in the post. I am also still considering the Zork adapters we spoke about, especially the MFS for tilt shift so I can use the medium format lenses at there prime apertures. Can't wait to get in the field!

 

One thing I sure hope the Carl Zeiss fixes is the horrible yellow/warm colour tone, especially noticeable on images with grass, etc. I prefer the more realistic/blueish colour myself.

The composition works wonderfully here, the sweeping lines from the left corner take my eye through to the Old Man and then up through the sky which is also beautiful. The snow is the icing on the cake! Very well done and good to see that you were already up there for sunrise. Excellent!

Great composition and colour and for me this gives a distinct eerie feel. Great mood too, regards.

What a great shot, the lighting has added 3 dimensional qualities and really brought this to life. Cracking stuff!

Great shot Mark, The colour and sky including that reflected of the sea look superb. What a cracking sunset!

Lovely composition and the jeep well observed, cracking stuff!

Nice shot Glen, the movement in the clouds works well here.

Wonderfully exposed Paolo, I find the movement of the clouds captivating with the stillness of the scene. Colour saturation looks very natural and everything falls into place beautifully. Congrats, you bagged a real winner here. Straight into my favourites (my first one too) Regards, John.

I think this is a lovely shot, the gorgeous deep red works well with the silhouetted trees. Great shot!

Wonderful shot, love the lead in lines from the sand pools and the sky and lighting is fab. Cracking shot!

The sky is gorgeous with the top lighting on the clouds, indeed it is a lovely sunset. Great stuff!

If you walk just around that corner there is a shallow cave that provides and excellent opportunity for shooting. Great shot you have here, well done!

For me the composition works really well and the lighting is gorgeous, nothing else to add other than well done, a fine capture!

What a beautiful composition!

This is awsome, i'm not not only loving the light trail but the way the passing cars have lit the side of the road too, sunset colours are also fitting. Great shot!

This is absolutely gorgeous work, I love the processing, great water treatment too. Well done!