Post Your Best Landscapes

[serendipidy]

Good advice. I will give it a try. Thanks.

[Krob78]

Kountze Morning by param_s, on Flickr

Param, I like this image but it feels a little artificial to me... I'm not sure if the snow is too white or the sky is too saturated, but it seems to need just the slightest of adjustment to me.  I just can't pinpoint what it is... Of course, maybe it's just me!  Overall, I do really like it though.  What a beautiful morning that was!

I am just guessing - don't take notice if you think I am wrong...

I think your eyes are drawn to the lower one third where everything in the foreground is in focus. This is in stark contrast to the upper two-thirds of the picture. However as the contrast of the lower portion is higher than that of the upper portion by a factor (I am guessing) greater than 1.5 (inverse of 2/3), and the snow provides such a compelling contrast background, you end up looking down. Force yourself to look at the sky keeping the lower one third out of direct sight and you will see what I am talking about (I hope).

When I see this image, I see two pictures - one with the lower part with the contrast and the second with the sky - I like the two pictures. I guess it does not work as a single picture for some... See, it does not "lead" you up a path to an object of "interest"... But then that is art - makes you think... What am I saying? I am am Engineer!

I think you might have nailed it RPT.  I think I am kind of seeing two photos in one... very interesting... and I still like it!

Thanks for the thought!

[Area256]

Some 6D landscapes:


Day 189: Christmas Eve Light by Area256, on Flickr


Orange Mist by Area256, on Flickr

[Krob78]

Some 6D landscapes:


Day 189: Christmas Eve Light by Area256, on Flickr


Orange Mist by Area256, on Flickr

  Wow!!  Really nice images Area!

[Sporgon]

@Area256, really like the Orange Mist picture.

Keep posting great pictures to silence the 6D Doubters !

[Quasimodo]

Here is one I took a couple of nights ago. The foreground is very dark, but the sky was so beautiful that afternoon, so I could not resist

[Frodosbigtoe]

39 images, getting up at 5 in the morn and freezing my ass off made this! Worth it?

[Quasimodo]

39 images, getting up at 5 in the morn and freezing my ass off made this! Worth it?

Yes

[rpt]

39 images, getting up at 5 in the morn and freezing my ass off made this! Worth it?

Yes

+1000

It is lovely. So what did you shoot it with? What settings? Do share...

[Frodosbigtoe]

39 images, getting up at 5 in the morn and freezing my ass off made this! Worth it?

Yes

+1000

It is lovely. So what did you shoot it with? What settings? Do share...

Thanks guys Shot with a 500D and 16-35mm f2.8 ll. 13 individual portrait orientated bracketed shots(3 exposures each) at 16mm, f11, iso100, shutter and exposure locked on AV mode. Blended the 3 exposures of 13 bracketed sets to create 13 balanced images in Ps CS6, then used its pano function and exported to Lr4 to make usual colour, contrast and sharpness adjustments. Final JPEG was 100Mb but can only put a 4Mb version up here so don't zoom

[Frodosbigtoe]

Frodosbigtoe and Sporgon.....WOW! So beautiful. I wish my photos looked half as amazing. Good work and keep posting so we all can enjoy more

Thanks very much. Not all of my photos turn out like this(1 in 500) but my hit rate on keepers is getting better with the more experience and technique I gain. Perfect practice makes perfect pictures

[Sporgon]

39 images, getting up at 5 in the morn and freezing my ass off made this! Worth it?

Yep 

[tomscott]

Lanzarote Playa de Famara by tom_scott88, on Flickr


Lanzarote, Lake D'el Golfo by tom_scott88, on Flickr

[MacroBug]

Here's a shot I took in Yosemite Valley over the holiday. I'm still learning and it is one of my favorite landscapes so far.

[Quasimodo]

Here's a shot I took in Yosemite Valley over the holiday. I'm still learning and it is one of my favorite landscapes so far.

Beautiful