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beautiful day of photos
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Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:59 pmby dooda
I went out and photographed all day today. A spectacular day it was. Please check out my photos and critique please. I'll try and post some more soon.
http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... 0007&pos=1
http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... 7&pos=-261
http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... 0007&pos=0
The Lighthouse picture was actually taken a while ago. More to come, I got some great Glacier Ranges.
Please give me any tips or recommendations or critiques. I could use the PP tips especially.
Edited by me. Here's one more I had to add.
http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... at=0&pos=0
I know a fellow who built a lodge in the middle of the mountains where I took this photo. IT's about a 3 minute drive on a dirt road, and is no more than 15-20 mins from any of the pictures that I have taken. It's called the Tantalus View Retreat, and if anyone wants to stay there for a nature foray in the westcoast, it promises to be a unique experience unlike any other. I believe his website is
http://www.tantalusviewretreat.com or something like that. It's quite cheap and houses four comfortably.
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:04 pmby Glen
Dooda, why waste your time doing shots like that when you could be doing Santa shots?
Very spectacular landscape shots. look great
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:02 pmby mudder
G'day Dooda,
Wow, I really like:
http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... at=0&pos=7
Very nice, very relaxing and serene...
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:17 pmby ajo43
and the lighthouse is fantastic. But is that thing crooked. It looks like your horizon is level but that lighthouse looks to be leaning to the right (or is it my eyes)
great shots.
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:36 pmby ru32day
Wonderful shots
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:42 pmby sirhc55
Here we are just going into our summer season and you have shot a mountain with snow! Great shots and it proves the world is a small place.
I like the lighthouse too.
Cheers
Chris
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:43 pmby Matt. K
Dooda
I can't see the scenery because that damned mountain is in the way. Maybe shoot from the other side?
Posted:
Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:57 amby bwhinnen
Were you using a filter to get the deep blue colour to the sky on the first one? The colouring is fantastic!
Cheers
Brett
Posted:
Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:53 amby dooda
I think I slapped on a CPL for the shot of the Tantalus range.
Ajo, yes it does look crooked. I took it into photoshop because, as you said the horizon looked crooked so I leveled it out about 2 degrees. Now the Lighthouse looks crooked. Weird. Unless it is the leaning tower of Lighthouse Park.
Posted:
Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:04 amby Greg B
The trees on the left are parallel to the lighthouse.
Posted:
Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:40 amby sirhc55
OK - 0.96 CCW in
PS and the horizon will be level and the lighthouse will be vertical.
Cheers
Chris
Posted:
Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:22 amby dooda
Sweet, thanks a lot Chris. I'm at work now so I don't really know what that means, but I'll get into photoshop tonight and try and figure it out. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:56 pmby Vicareyus
Hi Dooda. Terrific pics. Love the lighthouse - great capture! Only comment is that I'd crop out the trees on the left, as it distracted me and I felt was unecessary. Others might say keep them as they add perspective by giving some dimension to the foreground...so its an individual thing.
Vic
Posted:
Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:36 pmby dooda
Chris,
Got it, thankyou.
Vic, I sort of agree, but I don't really know about cropping them. Ideally I take the photo over again and compose slightly different, isolating it from the trees perhaps. One of the biggest challenges here is fighting things like trees that get in the way. One day I'm going to go out with a chainsaw and take care of it so my photos look better.
Posted:
Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:12 pmby Killakoala
One day I'm going to go out with a chainsaw and take care of it so my photos look better.
No need, there's a chainsaw function in Photoshop called 'Clone Tool'.
Plant more trees. They make better looking landscapes.
Posted:
Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:53 pmby Vicareyus
I'm with you there Dooda. I could get some fantastic Sydney cityscapes from my top balcony if only a could of trees didnt get in the way!
Posted:
Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:41 amby dooda
That's a tough call, real Chainsaw or software chainsaw? I'll think on that for a while and get back to you.
It's true that the trees make for good landscapes, so I wouldn't cut them ALL down, just the ones that are in the way. It's a sacrifice in the name of art. I'm sure the tree understands.
Posted:
Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:53 pmby Vicareyus
ok, I'll concede that there are some issues around this...but what if the trees were then used to make premium glossy photo paper? Surely then its ok?
Vic