Post Your Best Landscapes

[petach]

Landscape? Skyscape? Whatever. 6D +70-300L note the tiny helicopter dwarfed by the clouds.



Natural Power 2 by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

 

[Eldar]

Landscape? Skyscape? Whatever. 6D +70-300L note the tiny helicopter dwarfed by the clouds.



Natural Power 2 by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Very cool detail with the chopper up in the corner!

 

[Sporgon]

Still playing around with moonlight shots. Taken on 5dII, 85/1.8 @f2. ISO 160

 

[Rienzphotoz]

On the way to work this morning, I saw sky is filled with colors. Since I didn't have any camera with me, I took this photo with my Samsung Galaxy S4 - little PP through LR4.

Not the best, but the best landscape taken with smart phone for me ;D

Darned good for a smatphone

 

[cid]

some shots from grand teton, I hope you like them

on 500px

on 500px

 

[petach]

some shots from grand teton, I hope you like them

on 500px

on 500px

beautifully crafted shoits. Crisp, sharp, clear. Lovely

 

[cid]

beautifully crafted shoits. Crisp, sharp, clear. Lovely

thank you

 

[Sporgon]

Moonrise over Holme Moor, England

 

[Click]

Lovely picture Sporgon.

 

[rpt]

Lovely picture Sporgon.

Lovely! Like a sunset with stars!

 

[serendipidy]

Lovely picture Sporgon.

Lovely! Like a sunset with stars!

+1

 

[Sporgon]

Lovely picture Sporgon.

Lovely! Like a sunset with stars!

+1

Thanks Click, rpt and serendipity ! Appreciated.

This is my fifth attempt at trying to get a moon light picture worth looking at. I have never taken photos at night before with natural light and have had two surprises: one, I can't believe how fast the stars move, and secondly how bright the moon is when full. At ISO 160 it requires an EV of about 13 to avoid blow out. Rpt, you're quite right, it is difficult to make a moon light scene not just look like an underexposed sunset !

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Moonrise over Holme Moor, England

Beautiful ... all the colors complement each other and the scenery so well.

 

[rpt]

Lovely picture Sporgon.

Lovely! Like a sunset with stars!

+1

Thanks Click, rpt and serendipity ! Appreciated.

This is my fifth attempt at trying to get a moon light picture worth looking at. I have never taken photos at night before with natural light and have had two surprises: one, I can't believe how fast the stars move, and secondly how bright the moon is when full. At ISO 160 it requires an EV of about 13 to avoid blow out. Rpt, you're quite right, it is difficult to make a moon light scene not just look like an underexposed sunset !

Your pic has inspired me. The next time we go out to a less light polluted area I am going to try that!

 

[Sporgon]

Moonrise over Holme Moor, England

Beautiful ... all the colors complement each other and the scenery so well.

Thanks Rienzphotoz ! This is basically as the camera captured the scene with a white balance of 4100K. A little tweaking of levels and curves but nothing else.

However as rpt says, it looks like a sunset with stars, so I have made a few alterations including colour balance and cutting the moon back in to give a more 'moonlight' feel than the original file had.

I'd be interested to know which you prefer.

Also attached a 28mm portrait shot with the same treatment.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Moonrise over Holme Moor, England

Beautiful ... all the colors complement each other and the scenery so well.

Thanks Rienzphotoz ! This is basically as the camera captured the scene with a white balance of 4100K. A little tweaking of levels and curves but nothing else.

However as rpt says, it looks like a sunset with stars, so I have made a few alterations including colour balance and cutting the moon back in to give a more 'moonlight' feel than the original file had.

I'd be interested to know which you prefer.

Also attached a 28mm portrait shot with the same treatment.

I just noticed that in my earlier comment I forgot to add the word "balanced" at the end of the sentence ... since you ask, I prefer the first one ... as I said earlier, the colors complement each other and the scenery is well balanced ... the second one (although nice) does not have the same color balance ... I'm no professional but to my eyes the first one looks AWESOME!

 

[Don Haines]

Moonrise over Holme Moor, England

Beautiful!

 

[Sporgon]

@ Rienzphotoz, thanks for your comments. The first one is very much as the camera recorded the scene, and indeed it looked like that to the eye. Often here, when the full moon just breaks the horizon, it is really quite red.

When I look at the moonlight scenes painted by some of the old great masters, they often give an almost turquoise tint to the scene.

Anyway I'm pleased you prefer the one which is more true to how it looked.

@Don; thanks, I guess you preferred the original too !

 

[rpt]

When I look at the moonlight scenes painted by some of the old great masters, they often give an almost turquoise tint to the scene.

May be you could try split toning highlights to blue to give it a bluish haze and cut the yellow. You probably already did that

 

[charlesbanke]

Chicago Skyline after sunset

60D 16mm f/11 two shots stitched in Photoshop