jairorodriguez

Love the softness and tones in this one. It's like a landscape I might have dreamed. Well done!

regards,

Jairo

Increible el paisaje! No lo puedo imaginar mejor. Muy buen balance con las piedras delante.

Muy buen trabajo!

Jairo

I never get tired of seeing this amazing sea stacks along the NW coast. Colors are amazing! If anything, I would crop it a little bit from the right, to keep that rock out of the frame. Did you try a long exposure of the same scene??

Well done!

Jairo

Wow, great BW! I love all the detail in the snow. Very pleasant photo!

Regards,

Jairo

Wow! love this one. great composition and colors, and a great location to be photographed. I actually like the clouds in motion, they seem to be coming out of the mountain.

Well done,

Jairo

First of all thank you both for stopping by and letting me know your thougths on this shot! I really appreciate it.

Stephen, you're right in that this HDR processing gives the shot a little bit of the painterly flavour so many people dislike. I am just beggining to play with HDR, and I have to say it's probably easier to get this appearance rather than get a more strict interpretation of what I really saw. I need to know more about HDR processing to have more control over the output. However, I am not so sure this is not quite close to what I saw at St. Helens that evening, specially in terms of light. I would like to know your opinion on this other shot (both taken with the tripod in the exact same position). I'd like to see if you still have the same feeling.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9839638

Thanks again for your comments,

Jairo

My first HDR attempt. Light and clouds were coming and going and I

thought HDR would capture the light as I saw it when I was there...

what do you think??

Thanks vor viewing!

Jairo

Thanks both for your comments! It is one of those places that are better captured in a panoramic shot, IMO!

Jairo

Handheld panorama from one of the many pull outs overlooking Jackson

lake and Grand Teton. I could had only asked for a quiet lake surface,

but this was close to perfect! Your comments and critiques are very

welcome!

Handheld panorama from a high point above the spectacular Grand

Prismatic hot spring. I know originality will be close to 0, but as a

molecular biologist and as a human in general this is one of the most

beautiful and amazing places I have ever photographed. Hope you enjoy

the view as much as I did!

Love the light in this picture, great BW transformation. Did you use PS to get the BW? Very detailed and scenic!

Best,

Jairo

Hi Rick,

excellent shot. Just some tech question, did you use a gradient filter to darken the mountain in the background? Is this Mt Rainier or Adams?

Best,

Jairo

Hi Ali,

I love it, it's like an abstract formation. I'd love to shoot this place!

best,

Jairo

Hi Jim,

thanks for your nice comment. Using a polarizer helped getting the high contrast and the almost black water. I had to apply minor post processing. Yeah! does not look like being in the Cascades at all! That's why I feel this is a very special place in Washington state, nature at work! What you see on the distance is Adams, a place I'd like to visit someday.

best regards,

Jairo

This is one of my first attempts at panning. Defititely not the greatest

panning shot ever, but this was taken from around 30m, partially

overcast and staying on a shaky boat. Besides the little bird flying at a

considerable speed. Any suggestions for future shots??

Thanks for your comments and ratings.

Jairo

Like one of those old BW photos with a working crew, your shot tells a story. Great mood, light and composition. Was it difficult to convince them to take the shot??

Congratulations!

Jairo

This is the best picture of the Space needle I have seen so far. I like the dynamism that the slightly different exposures bring to the collage, which holds true for the rest of your collages in the portfolio. I would have only used a brighter frame for the red sculpture to the far left. As I said, excellent shot!

Best,

Jairo

Hi Charles,

nice capture of this spectacular waterfall! I just think the bridge/waterfall are a little bit too much to the left side of the frame, but this might just be personal preference. Would be nice to see a different crop, if this is a crop at all! Otherwise good balance between lights and shadows.

Jairo

hi Kurt,

thanks for your comments on this one! Answering your questions...

I didn't have much problem putting the five frames together with PS CS3, just press run and wait. But, I did use a polarizer, which I afterwards realized I shouldn't have, or at least I should had used it differently. The sun was hitting from the volcano side, so when I moved the camera leftward to shoot the five frames (I shot manual) there were some differences due to the polarizer being fixed and the light hitting at a different angle in every frame. I set the polarizer to minimize reflections from the lake, that's why it looks almost black (no post-processing on that). Due to this problem I had to adjust light at some sky stretches and at both lake ends, but I think it didn't work that bad after all.

Jairo

Perfect square framing for this excellent shot. Great BW tones. Very well done!

Jairo

This stunning collage made me browse through your portfolio, and I have to say I was very impressed by your creativity. I love the way the different frames mismatch.

Your work will inspire me for sure! Thanks for sharing!!

Best,

Jairo

Genial la composicion y el BN. Muy buen uso tambien de la poca profundidad. Me encanta!

Saludos,

Jairo

Great point of view. Very smooth BW. The lines in the picture take my eyes to the runner! Good job!

Jairo

Hi Michael,

great shot for BW. I love he composition, as well as the grainy appearance of the photo.

Good job!

Jairo