lukas ondrousek aka jozef

Hello Ricardo,

I do not know that either :-)

The less PS the better, I fully agree. That's why I wanted to find out, how far from Marc's craftmanship my skills are (solely from the RAW material point of view, I can clearly evaluate my photos in the terms of composition, light, subject and so on :-).

I am especially interested in Marc coz he picks scenes with very difficult light - uneven horizont with sun in front of him. He's usually not avoiding angles where the lights is a problem - unlike this friend of mine for example: http://www.borievky.com/

Take care

Lukas

Hello,

Very nice picture, again :-) I especially like to colors on the rock in the foreground.

I have been following your portfolio for a while, and I wanted to ask you 2 questions -

I know you take your time to catch the best light, but still the question is, how much Photoshop there is :-) Don't get me wrong, I probably use more PS then you do(I do panoramas mostly, image stitching - huge exposure differences), but I was still curious. Let's say this image(or this one http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8145064). Would it be possible to send me some 400px original to my email? I would like to compare my original shots with yours :-)

Another one is maybe even more private - how do you "sponsor" your trips? Travelling to destinations and spending 200 days outside must cost a fortune - not mentioning that you are probably not earning much during that period :-) If it's too private, don't bother to anwer.

Anyway, you are doing a great job and your works and approach towards photography are great source of inspiration for me.

Lukas

Please, view the large version. Let me know what you think, thank you,

Lukas

Very nic, great light and colors tone.

You were far more lucky then I was :-) More then 1000 km driven on the way there and this was the weather I recieved:

http://www.photoab.wz.cz/Black___White/imagepage4.html

The same lake and stones, just Matterhorn missing :-)))

This one is great, you are getting better.

I don't say this often, but I would like to have this one on the wall! (maybe with a lighter sky?)

Please, view larger and let me know what you think. More images like

this at my homepage. Thank you

Thank you guys for the critiques :-)

William,

no, it wasn't :-) It would be a great ride for sure.

Let me know what you think. More panoramas as well as other photos

at my homepage. Cheers! Lukas

awesome curves! i would personally add bit of saturation, the colors, especially in the upper third are bit dull.

good job anyways, congrats! Lukas

Thank you guys, I appreciate the words!

Chris, exactly :-) I have more pics from that morning here on photo.net. The lines and light was just magic. Thank you, Lukas

Structures made of snow in Veitsch, Austria. Shot in January 2008. Let

me know what you think. More images at my homepage - address in

profile. Thank you

Henry, thank you for the critique.

You are right, it's not an illusion. It's a panorama, covering a very wide angle - approximately 180° - which makes the sun "in front" of you on the right side, and "behind you" on the left side.

Thank you for the critiques!

J Perez, no, I don't do HDRs. Shadows were "extracted" from RAW file. The sun was overexposed, so I used 2nd shot (with shorter exposure time) for that part. Thank you

Please, view larger. Panorama from Slovakia, Sulov. 8 Vertical images

stitched together. You can find more images like this at my homepage.

Thank you [i appologize for the double comment, I am not familiar

with the new interface yet]

I have been fan of yours for a longer period now - and this is another masterpiece.

Great job!!!!

Lukas

Photography is about light. There is very little chance you're gonna capture a dramatic shot at 1 p.m. I suggest shooting during sunrise/sunset hours - unless unsual conditions(very cloudy sky, storm coming or so).

Photography is stripping given scenery only to visual element(what u see here) - obviously, there were some other, in this case more important, factors which made the waterfall interesting to you(sound, smell of the water).

Another one from FINLAND. Let me know what you think. You can find

more of my images at my homepage.

Please, view larger - and let me know what you think. More images it

my homepage.

Thank you guys for the critiques!!!

Aaron, :-) the ultimate appreciation, thank you

Please, look at the larger version. Let me know what you think. You

can find more of my images in at my homepage.