Post Your Best Landscapes

[Jack Douglas]

I have to laugh, you do have a knack it seems. It surely helps in life to not always be taking offense but some folk just can't handle frank and forthright discussions. Myself, I'm working at growing a much thicker skin.

I agree, take a side track now and then for general interest. I also like it when some background or extra interesting material is included with photos.

Keep up the good work!

Jack

 

[Robin]

Hi all, here's a single frame long exposure (2mins with a Lee Big Stopper, f11, ISO 100) of the waterfall in the Natural Bridge, Numinbah Forest, Queensland processed with the Delta preset from the DXO B&W film pack and a shot of trees drowned by the creation of Lake Tinaroo, Queensland processed with the New Selenium preset from the DXO B&W film pack. Please click through to see the detail. Any thoughts welcome.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Hi all, here's a single frame long exposure (2mins with a Lee Big Stopper, f11, ISO 100) of the waterfall in the Natural Bridge, Numinbah Forest, Queensland processed with the Delta preset from the DXO B&W film pack and a shot of trees drowned by the creation of Lake Tinaroo, Queensland processed with the New Selenium preset from the DXO B&W film pack. Please click through to see the detail. Any thoughts welcome.

I like the second one a lot but the first seems to not draw my eye to anything in particular. I'm no expert but I am trying to become more aware of what it takes to improve, so that's my thought.

Jack

 

[Robin]

Thanks jack. I appreciate your thoughts and agree with you on the first. I liked it as more of an abstract pattern where it is tricky to see where the trunks end and the reflections start.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks jack. I appreciate your thoughts and agree with you on the first. I liked it as more of an abstract pattern where it is tricky to see where the trunks end and the reflections start.

Robin, I'm here to learn probably just the same as you. However, there is reluctance on most folk's part to give constructive criticism because of the response that it sometimes provokes. I endeavor to maintain a thick skin so that I can objectively evaluate what others (usually much more knowledgeable than me) say, because chances are they are correct. With good constructive criticism one improves faster.

My reluctance comes from being very much a beginner so who am I to offer advice, but on the other hand what if my 2 cents worth can help someone who also is not so advanced and what if no one is offering feedback? So, I try. We should all chip in.

Jack

 

[Mikehit]

My reluctance comes from being very much a beginner so who am I to offer advice, but on the other hand what if my 2 cents worth can help someone who also is not so advanced and what if no one is offering feedback? So, I try. We should all chip in.

Jack

Beginner or not, you are as entitled to your opinion as anyone else as to why a picture works or not.
I was watching a program about wine a few years ago presented by an international 'Master of Wine' and she said that her training enables her to express what she tastes in standard language. Whether a wine is good or not is a personal opinion.
I take photo critique in the same way.

If you are a member of a photo club, it can be bewildering why the same photo can get 20/20 with one judge but 14/20 with another. Odd, but a fact of life.

 

[GammyKnee]

Dunnotar Castle about 10 mins after sunrise. Shot with the Canon 85 f1.8 (5 image pano) and 5D2. I did a similar composition with the 17-40 but I much prefer the different perspective that comes from using the 85.


Dunnotar Castle Sunrise [IMG_0947] by Paul Roberts, on Flickr

 

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Dunnotar Castle about 10 mins after sunrise. Shot with the Canon 85 f1.8 (5 image pano) and 5D2. I did a similar composition with the 17-40 but I much prefer the different perspective that comes from using the 85.

Lovely shot.

 

[lion rock]

So true!
I saw photos of a "pro" in his portfolio site in a nearby state, and I don't know if he purposely defocus his photos on his site to deter copying or that his photos are actually not focused. I'd not post those photos he has. But, he won a local art show! Sometimes, it's in the beholder.
-r

My reluctance comes from being very much a beginner so who am I to offer advice, but on the other hand what if my 2 cents worth can help someone who also is not so advanced and what if no one is offering feedback? So, I try. We should all chip in.

Jack

Beginner or not, you are as entitled to your opinion as anyone else as to why a picture works or not.
I was watching a program about wine a few years ago presented by an international 'Master of Wine' and she said that her training enables her to express what she tastes in standard language. Whether a wine is good or not is a personal opinion.
I take photo critique in the same way.

If you are a member of a photo club, it can be bewildering why the same photo can get 20/20 with one judge but 14/20 with another. Odd, but a fact of life.

 

[Sporgon]

Dunnotar Castle about 10 mins after sunrise. Shot with the Canon 85 f1.8 (5 image pano) and 5D2. I did a similar composition with the 17-40 but I much prefer the different perspective that comes from using the 85.


Dunnotar Castle Sunrise [IMG_0947] by Paul Roberts, on Flickr

Lovely shot ! Great technique

 

[privatebydesign]

Dunnotar Castle about 10 mins after sunrise. Shot with the Canon 85 f1.8 (5 image pano) and 5D2. I did a similar composition with the 17-40 but I much prefer the different perspective that comes from using the 85.


Dunnotar Castle Sunrise [IMG_0947] by Paul Roberts, on Flickr

Can you elaborate on that please? It doesn't seem to make sense.

 

[GammyKnee]

Can you elaborate on that please? It doesn't seem to make sense.

Sure - but which bit?

 

[privatebydesign]

Can you elaborate on that please? It doesn't seem to make sense.

Sure - but which bit?

Same composition but different perspective.

 

[Sporgon]

Can you elaborate on that please? It doesn't seem to make sense.

Sure - but which bit?

Same composition but different perspective.

Yes but the rotary stitch can change ( or at least distort) the perspective slightly in that it tends to distort the size of the centre, making further away parts of the frame slightly larger, giving the appearance, from a perspective point of view, that you had been slightly further away with a longer lens.

 

[GammyKnee]

Same composition but different perspective.

Well perspective is the wrong term, but what I'm getting at is that I prefer the look of the shot that achieved its field of view using stitching vs. the one one that achieved it via a shorter focal length. It's probably down to things like depth of field, sharpness (whether from the lens or the extra resolution), less distortion correction required in post etc. but for me the 85 pano definitely has more punch than the single shot equivalent with a short fl.

 

[Sporgon]

Same composition but different perspective.

Well perspective is the wrong term, but what I'm getting at is that I prefer the look of the shot that achieved its field of view using stitching vs. the one one that achieved it via a shorter focal length. It's probably down to things like depth of field, sharpness (whether from the lens or the extra resolution), less distortion correction required in post etc. but for me the 85 pano definitely has more punch than the single shot equivalent with a short fl.

You're also making it a larger format, so magnifying the original capture more, more pixels on target for better colour definition / overall definition, and less enlargement at the output.

 

[ishdakuteb]

La Jolla Shore Shelter - La Jolla, CA

 

[candyman]

Gives the impression like you're being on an Island
very nice photo

 

[Pitspics]

Canon G7x 8)

 

[Cheekysascha]

First time posting outside of Instagram and 500px.

This is a shot I took last month from the trollstigen lookout point on a job I had, it was so foggy and windy but luckily the fog parted and we had this incredible view.

Camera was a 5DS with a 24mm 1.4 ii.