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Photo of the day (April 2008)

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"Sunset Window"

Wish I had used a higher shutter speed on this one...live and learn, I guess...

"Sunset Window"

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Doylem said:
Big area of black at the top, smaller area of black at the bottom. Dunno if this makes the pic a bit top-heavy. Any thoughts??
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I like it as well - but I'd probably trim a little off the top. It's just slightly too much featureless blackness. I prefer the shape of the blackness when it's cropped a little.
 
testing out the macro abilities of the super tele... while in Moss park.
click image for half size version
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L1 + ZD 70-300mm
ISO 125 f/5.6 1/1300 sec. -1.3ev at 300mm
 
I usually have a good understanding of where my photos stand in relation to quality, composition, etc., but I would appreciate a little feedback here:
(PS: ask me if you want to see the original, as I did quite a bit of color-correction on this one)

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Spring is coming
Nikon D80 + 18-55 (D40 Kit)
Exposure: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/90
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 55mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 360
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Everythingisnt said:
I usually have a good understanding of where my photos stand in relation to quality, composition, etc., but I would appreciate a little feedback here:
(PS: ask me if you want to see the original, as I did quite a bit of color-correction on this one)

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It sort of seems a little washed out and a little on the purple side as you fade off into the back. I like the picture though! Great shot.
 

"Unlocked"
Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 52 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Goofing around in the backyard this afternoon.
 
Everythingisnt said:
I usually have a good understanding of where my photos stand in relation to quality, composition, etc., but I would appreciate a little feedback here:
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My problem is with the weather rather than the composition. I love photographing in changing weather: sun, shade, partly cloudy, and more extreme conditions... like mist and approaching storms.

The one type of weather I don't like is haze, like in this picture. Morning mist seems to change - revealing things one minute, hiding them the next. But haze just sits there, smothering the view, so that a landscape gets almost bleached out at the horizon.

And, IMO, there isn't a lot you can do in PP to change a hazy pic for the better. Haze flattens the perspective: ie too little contrast between foreground and background. It de-saturates colours. And it lasts all day. :(

So these are the kind of days when I don't get the camera out. It's a bit like that today in the English Lake District. We have a word for this kind of weather; it's "claggy". :)
 
Road to camp...

30 miles north of Maupin, OR in Deschutes River country. Shot on Ilford Delta 400, scanned from full-frame 6.5x10" print.

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Canon EOS 630
Canon 28-80
Ilford Delta 400
 
Doylem, I guess the lake is down and you were up, so to get less black you probably had to zoom in a little (more), but then you lose a sense of space, so I don't know...it's fine as it is. Most of your landscapes remind me to the paintings of Ruysdael, by the way, the same feel in another geographical setting; having said that, paintings and photographs are better not be compared at all :eek:
 
zirkle2007 said:
It sort of seems a little washed out and a little on the purple side as you fade off into the back. I like the picture though! Great shot.
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Yeah, I had a really tough time with the color correction, but I'll try tone down the purple. Thanks for the tip :) (BTW here is the original)
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Doylem said:
My problem is with the weather rather than the composition. I love photographing in changing weather: sun, shade, partly cloudy, and more extreme conditions... like mist and approaching storms.

The one type of weather I don't like is haze, like in this picture. Morning mist seems to change - revealing things one minute, hiding them the next. But haze just sits there, smothering the view, so that a landscape gets almost bleached out at the horizon.

And, IMO, there isn't a lot you can do in PP to change a hazy pic for the better. Haze flattens the perspective: ie too little contrast between foreground and background. It de-saturates colours. And it lasts all day. :(

So these are the kind of days when I don't get the camera out. It's a bit like that today in the English Lake District. We have a word for this kind of weather; it's "claggy". :)
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I see what you mean. What was happening on that particular day was a fine misting of rain which blurred out the backgrounds of most of the photos I took that day. The really disappointing thing about it is that I only had that one chance to take any photos, which means that I was "stuck" with it.

If I ever get a chance to go back, I promise I'll spend a day waiting for some nicer light ;).
 
Everythingisnt said:
I see what you mean. What was happening on that particular day was a fine misting of rain which blurred out the backgrounds of most of the photos I took that day. The really disappointing thing about it is that I only had that one chance to take any photos, which means that I was "stuck" with it.

If I ever get a chance to go back, I promise I'll spend a day waiting for some nicer light ;).
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Some days I get the feeling that I'm not supposed to take any pix at all. so the camera stays in the bag. ;)
 
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