* 12/15/08 Weekly Landscape/Scenic Show & Tell

Ben_Egbert · Dec 15, 2008

Here is what I found, there were no blown channels, it was in fact slightly underexposed. But while trying to brighten up the foreground, I overdid it with Velvia Vision.

This one is a lighter touch on saturation and a bit darker overall. Looks great in aRGB, but as soon as I convert to sRGB, I lose several color tones. It is a bit redder here than in aRGB, and detail is lost when two tones get merged into one. sRGB is just a step up from the old 64 colors we had in the first color PC’s in the 80’s.

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Ben_Egbert · Dec 15, 2008

I like them and have been trying to figure out what problem they may have.

The first one may need a bit of warming. The second looks fine.

The last two seem like either the first sky is too blue, or the second not blue enough. You did not say if they were shot at the same time. so the sky may have really looked that much different betyween shots.

I like the blue sky version best.

By the way, all this talk about snow we have a couple inches, but it is really cold here, below zero at night, and gets up to 10 in the daytime.

SeaScout851 said:
Had a little surprise snow last week. Got out early (pre 7:00 AM)
and took some pictures around the area where I work. It was not very
light yet and I was hand holding but it was fun. Although I should
state that I'm not real happy with them. Something just does not
look right to me. But I cannot put a finger on it.
40D
ISO: 250
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 27mm

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 25mm

I also have some different angles of the branches in a tree. Both
are the same tree.
40D
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 37mm

Taken 2 years ago with Rebel 300D
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 76mm

Andy

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Ben_Egbert · Dec 15, 2008

iMac said:
AMelvin said:

I thought the same thing, but I have a new LCD monitor (goodbye
eye-burning CRT!), and I'm having trouble with certain skintones (or
monument tones, possibly, in this case) showing a red/pinkish cast.
So they could be fine. The subsequent images look spot-on though,
which is tempering my suspicion that my monitor may be at fault.

Click to expand...

I'm seeing it pretty much the same, also.

Otherwise nice compositions.

I think you posted this same rock a few weeks back, can't find it now. As I recall, yours was later in the morning which may actually be a better time. If I am right, how about a link for comparison?

I don't consider my shots anything special and liked yours better.

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JstarImaging · Dec 15, 2008

Hi all

A picture taken a million times by every Tom, **** and Harry. Hopefully this one is taken from a slightly different angle to most as I got my feet wet in the sea taking it!!

I actually prefer it in B&W.

Cheers

James

Ben_Egbert · Dec 15, 2008

Beautiful. I can visualize King Arthur or Monte Python here.

JstarImaging said:
Hi all

A picture taken a million times by every Tom, **** and Harry.
Hopefully this one is taken from a slightly different angle to most
as I got my feet wet in the sea taking it!!

I actually prefer it in B&W.

Cheers

James

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Rick Knepper · Dec 15, 2008

This one is closest to the colors I was getting in that part of the park. I really like the composition and the shadows. I think there was another image with a slightly more dramatic ultra-near foreground, but this wins overall.

I've exhausted my August trip and thought I'd take the month of December off as a break from the PPing drudgery.

Ben_Egbert said:
1ds-mk3, 17-40 at 17mm, f16, 1/25, ISO100

Ben_Egbert · Dec 15, 2008

Rick Knepper said:
This one is closest to the colors I was getting in that part of the
park. I really like the composition and the shadows. I think there
was another image with a slightly more dramatic ultra-near
foreground, but this wins overall.

Thanks Rick. You were there. I need to go back and do it better next time. Now that i know where things are.

Rick Knepper said:
I've exhausted my August trip and thought I'd take the month of
December off as a break from the PPing drudgery.

Gee, how about at least one a week? I am sure you have lots of stuff left to show. Still waiting to see your Grand Canyon stuff.

PP is about all there is until spring.

Rick Knepper said:
Ben_Egbert said:

1ds-mk3, 17-40 at 17mm, f16, 1/25, ISO100

Click to expand...

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AMelvin · Dec 15, 2008

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Bobo Hodls · Dec 15, 2008

I'm not much help here. When I have red issues, I usually just up the Red Luminance (but that's after shadow recovery). Though, often yellow is involved, so that needs a hand lent to it as well. Here, I'm not sure what to say - except, I like the 1st version better (maybe for the foreground?).

Was a polarizer used here (that warming sucker?)?

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Bobo Hodls · Dec 15, 2008

Nothing to pick at in these. What a bore. . .

The first is real nice. Then I see the morning silhouettes, which are a really nice way to feature the 'rise color. I think, though, I like the odd morning image. At first glance it appears to be an infrared capture. A lot going on there. Neat.

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'Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

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Bobo Hodls · Dec 15, 2008

Temps in the 30's in June is colder than 30's in February. Brrrrr.

That's a great sky show, deftly captured. Very impressive.

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'Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

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Bobo Hodls · Dec 15, 2008

Have we seen that Japanese bridge in another season from you, in the past?

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'Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

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Bobo Hodls · Dec 15, 2008

JstarImaging said:
Hi all

A picture taken a million times by every Tom, **** and Harry.
Hopefully this one is taken from a slightly different angle to most
as I got my feet wet in the sea taking it!!

Seeing the image before reading, that's exactly what I thought - a great, and different angle. Not that I know the location, but it immediately appeared as if one was going for a 'different view'. I like this very much.

JstarImaging said:
I actually prefer it in B&W.

Well, HOOT man!, let's see it.

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'Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

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Bobo Hodls · Dec 15, 2008

Got a few afternoon hours in on Sunday. Parked at a frequent site, then followed the sound of rushing water uphill, runoff from Friday's deluge (NOT the direction I thought I'd be going). Still processing those. . . . But while up there, I changed focus to hike where a less seen vantage of Long Pond/Kanawaukee could be had.

Blockhead #1 - I was set on ISO 800, and didn't bother to check.

Blockhead #2 - I missed a lot of very good (for a change) light of the last hour. I removed the hood for the 28-70, and wore it like a bracelet. When I removed a glove absent mindedly, it fell, and rolled all the way down, almost to the roadside. The choice was to hope to find it later, or find it 'now', and miss. . . I've had that hood too long to let that go.

The good news: I didn't crash or break while tracing it downhill (it was touch & go).

OTOH, this is the defining statement for me, from last weekend at Plattekill Falls, with the 70-200/2.8 IS:

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'Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

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Don_D · Dec 15, 2008

sphinx002 said:
Vermont Farm

AJ, this has a nice texture to it....and I like your POV. I see other structures around, which you have managed to minimize. A pleasing shot to me.

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Rick Knepper · Dec 16, 2008

Ben_Egbert said:
Rick Knepper said:

This one is closest to the colors I was getting in that part of the
park. I really like the composition and the shadows. I think there
was another image with a slightly more dramatic ultra-near
foreground, but this wins overall.

Click to expand...

Thanks Rick. You were there. I need to go back and do it better next
time. Now that i know where things are.

Ben_Egbert said:

I've exhausted my August trip and thought I'd take the month of
December off as a break from the PPing drudgery.

Click to expand...

Gee, how about at least one a week? I am sure you have lots of stuff
left to show. Still waiting to see your Grand Canyon stuff.

The GC stuff is next for sure.

Ben_Egbert said:
PP is about all there is until spring.

Arrrgh.

Ben_Egbert said:
Ben_Egbert said:

Ben_Egbert said:

1ds-mk3, 17-40 at 17mm, f16, 1/25, ISO100

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

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SeaScout851 · Dec 16, 2008

Ben_Egbert said:
I like them and have been trying to figure out what problem they may
have.

The first one may need a bit of warming. The second looks fine.

I think it's the light that was bothering me. I'll try some warming and see if I like it better.

Ben_Egbert said:
The last two seem like either the first sky is too blue, or the
second not blue enough. You did not say if they were shot at the same
time. so the sky may have really looked that much different betyween
shots.

The two tree shots were taken around 2 years apart. Both have no PP. What I like about the last one is the interesting mess of twisted branches.

Thanks

Andy

Ben_Egbert said:
I like the blue sky version best.

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SeaScout851 · Dec 16, 2008

Yes you have seen it before. I've taken a lot of pictures in that area. It's a five minute walk from my office. A lot of wedding photographers use it and there are several wedding held there every year too.

Bob Tullis said:
Have we seen that Japanese bridge in another season from you, in the
past?

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'Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little
Big Man

Galleries: http://www.bobtullis.com

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SeaScout851 · Dec 16, 2008

I know the pain of watching a hood go tumbling down. Happened to me once this fall. Got mine back too.

Number one. If you were to crop out the road. You're a thousand miles from no where. I love the island. Even with iso 800 it look good.

Number two. We don't get enough freezing weather for that to happen much around here. But nice.

Andy
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sphinx002 · Dec 16, 2008

Funny thought looking at the ice shot. Food coloring. Three colors - added to the ice.
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