antongorlin

For me the desert here is like a thin blanket over the earth. The question is -

are you going to reveal the truth or hide it?

Hua Hin, Thailand. Boats either have just returned from the night fishing, or

just had a day off. There is a sunrise/sunset shooting feature in Thailand -

you keep one eye on the landscape, light etc, while the other eye is

watching for mosquitos :)

very nice light. soft and making patterns.

the only thing that distracts here are those gray things on the bottome left and bottom right, they do not fit into composition in my opinion

very nice.

did you try lower point of view? because there are like 3 bands in your photo

1) bright green with purple flowers

2) dark green with trees

3) mountains and sky

1 and 3 are very good

2 - doesn't play here much, so you could kneel down to make flowers bigger and reduce 2nd band at the same time.

good composition.

I think the best thing you could do here is to make a very long exposure. like 1 or 2 minutes to make those clouds look smeared

To make this photo I had to climb the mountain twice. At first I went to

the top and saw a trail moving foward. I thought it was a round trip and

advanced. In an hour I realized that I was wrong when I reached another

town on the opposite side of the mountain. So I bought some water, had

a 10 minutes rest in a beach tent and went back because I had some

time before sunset yet. So I rushed back to the top. I made lots of

photos that evening, but this one is my favourite. I was lucky enough to

be there at the day when Moon rises an hour before sunset, which

produced an image like that. The thing I like about Ukraine a lot is that

we have loooooooooong lasting twilight here – the sky may be non black

until 10 pm. It was a bit scary to walk back on the mountain trail using

just moonlight. I even saw a fox and lots of bats. The photo can be used

in feng shui to "drown the mountain".

All comments welcome.

terrible post production for the photo. it looks like a drawn picture.

overprocessed, now look flat. good colors.

the tree on the right doesnt play here. did you try to go down to the water?

very good and promising place.

did you try to step back 2 meters to include more of the small waterfall on the foreground. It would make the composition complete.

also, you could make a vertical panorama - it would be best in such place I guess.

it is usually a good idea to use polarizing filter for the waterfalls. this way you could remove extra bright highlights on the rocks.

also, you could combine several images and make the actual waterfall (on the top) a bit darker.

good composition.

very nice place, but wrong light. it was too harsh I guess and you tried to pull the shadows, which made an image flat.

although good composition here.

separate elements are nice but they do not play together for some reason. 

did you try to use gradual filters or bracketing?

the overall feeling is gloomy

did you use polarizer? you don't need it usually in the desert because sand is already bright enough to make the sky deep blue.

I like how the clouds are flowing. you could try to include less fg (remove about 1/3 of the distance to the house) and include more of the sky and then correct the distortion 

good composition and very good shutter speed.

I see small red flowers on the top right. could you include something like that for the foreground?

well, nothing to critique. awesome image. I like how haze increases with distance.

Although you could make it wider to panoramic format because all lines here are horizontal and wide.

this photo looked best in bw I guess.

Enjoy :)

Finally I could take a picture of moonrise at proper time - I was after it for

months. Thea reason I was hunting for months is that I was waiting for the

correct time of moonrise so that sun is set, but light hasn't faded

completely and also - some clouds and space for the clear vision of the

moon itself. Lights of Maroubra ahead.

thank you all for comments.

Burak, I have a horizontal shot, which is good too, but doesn't have the top of the mountain. Maybe I'll post it soon. Just to compare.

btw, I didn't post process it to be mono, it's just "golden hour" in contra light.

Isn't it a fisherman dream? :)

morning, warm morning light, breeze...

Glorious start of the new day. The sun rays make their way from behind the

clouds. And perfectly still water reflects them.

The last few warm days this Autumn. Even colors here bring the sense of

warmth.

These are called "tea tree" or melaleuca or paperbark. The park after rain

has vast pools, which is why the area is called a swamp, but the trees feel

good in such environment.

what I like:

• air perspective. it is really nice here - goes from hard green to really soft and light. and in layers
• the waterfall. without it the image wouldn't work at all.
• the shadows - they have all the details
• uniqueness

what I do not like:

• too much water. It doesn't add. The greyish color is heavy, it pulls image to the ground, not letting it fly with misty green
• but you cannot just cut it as it will look short. what's further on the top - why couldn't you turn camera 1/5th to the top?