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* 02/16/09 Weekly Landscape/Scenic Show & Tell

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Thanks for sharing three very nice photos. I think the clarity in the air makes them much nicer and helps bring out the scale of the canyon.

I particularly liked the second - just the right amount of tree at the top of the frame. The deer is also a great bonus (even though it took me a while to find it).

While the third is very nice in itself, I think it suffers from being presented alongside two other pictures that have bolder subjects. I found the set to be more enjoyable when viewed in the reverse order.
 
Hello

Great to see all the very nice photographs this week.

These were taken at dusk on different days (and different weather conditions) on the beach at Taupo Bay all using a Canon 30d. They are all handheld and I haven't post processed any of them- although some of them look like they might need a bit ;-). I had a lot of fun racing off to the beach to see what the mood of each evening brought.

EFS 17-85 at 17mm, 1/30 at f/4, ISO 100. I had to crop this as I don't know how to get rid of the dark corners that appeared on the original version. I am not sure if you can get rid of them using Photoshop Elements 3.



EF 70-200 f4 non IS at 200mm, 1/1600 at f4, ISO 100



EFS 17-85 at 17mm 1/30 at f4, ISO 200



EFS 17-85 at 17mm 1/13 at f/4, ISO 400. The light was quite strange and I only rattled off a couple of images before it went completely dark.



EFS 17-85 at 85mm at 1/125 at f/5.6, ISO 100



EF 50mm 1.8 at 1/250 at f/1.8, ISO 3200. Not landscape but I quite like it and it was taken nearby. Perhaps a bit much noise though.



C and C welcome.

Cheers,

Chris
 
I like the crop. Feel like I can reach out and touch the water.
Bob Tullis said:
5D, 28-70/2.8, tripod, CP
1/8s, f/16, ISO 100, 60mm
Put a PixelGenius tan cross processing filter on top, faded 60%
(for that creamy/blue touch)

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Ben_Egbert said:
Hello Bob.

Thats first one is amazing for a minimally processed JPG. While micor
adjusting this weekend, I used jpg and was surprised how good a job
it does.
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Actually, I had to stop myself from giving more definition to it - one strong point being the flat tone of the stand of trees on the left. But I liked the feeling of old film in how that turned out. (I've yet to touch the RAWs).

As Evan Effa had said, one gets all this top gear, hones developing chops, and then aims for the low quality effects of the past. Heh.
Ben_Egbert said:
I really love the waterfalls, but I end up being drawn most to the
last image. It is such a pure statement of the power of fast water
which you know I am a sucker for.

Great work. I wish I had your winter time stamina.
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Well, I imagine there's less 'winter' here than where you are - and I always have a choice whether to accept the local temps, or the 10-20 lower temps of the rural haunts. It was a nice weekend upstate, though - sunny and only 5mph winds. With my gig, if I don't leave the building, I invariably get involved even on my days/evenings off - so I have to put some distance from the physical properly as much as possible.

It's been a while since close flow studies were done - glad you liked it. I was rather pleased for the range of contrast there.

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...Bob, NYC

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

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Thanks, Andy. I've said the same thing - I have various depictions of the barn, but this was a refreshing new vantage. The light was right for this one.

It's funny how there are the times when there's no anticipation or goal, and some of those times are the most personally fruitful.

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...Bob, NYC

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

Galleries: http://www.bobtullis.com
 
Then it was mighty successful.

As I was working the falls, I had Andew Melvin's thoughts of 'yet another typical waterfall', and Ben's comment one time about 'seeing the entire falls'. Working the scene with some of that in mind helps find different vantages - but this was done for the feeling you walked away with. I don't often catch this scene with the volume seen in the forward spill, which was the attraction under that light.

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...Bob, NYC

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

Galleries: http://www.bobtullis.com
 
Rick Knepper said:
House cleaning first: the tree pic is cropped. I forgot to document
that previously.

I was framing the shot with the tree as the main subject and trying
to get a little canyon into it when I sensed a group of folks to my
right out of frame chattering in a hushed but excited manner. I came
up out of the viewfinder to see a group of photogs all aiming
Point&Shoots at the same spot. I let my eye follow the line to the
spot and there was a deer. I looked back into the viewfinder, and lo
and behold, there was the deer right in the middle of my composition
and I hadn't even seen it. Duh!
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Heh. While the 3rd is the more classic view, I really enjoyed the 2nd with the tree as an anchor to the scene. Like you said you felt you could touch the waterfall, this one puts me sitting cross legged in the shade, for quiet enjoyment the view. Very intimate.

As for the deer - I had to look 3 times to find it (kept thinking there was another image not displaying). :)

It's a pleasure to 'meet' you in the 1st image, Rick.

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...Bob, NYC

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

Galleries: http://www.bobtullis.com
 
A lovely composition. The tree punctuates the scene very well, love how you used it to frame the left and top. Looks to be one of those semi-obscured sunlit days. . . again, love the presentation.

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...Bob, NYC

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

Galleries: http://www.bobtullis.com
 
Chris - if your PSE3 uses ACR for RAW files, you may be able to load your JPG in it for the vignetting fix. I don't know if PSE3 has a distortion filter, as PS does, where vignetting can be addressed.

The red shoreline with the surfer is quite stunning. Rather special. :)

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...Bob, NYC

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

Galleries: http://www.bobtullis.com
 
UnicornNz said:
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Thanks so much for sharing two superb photos. I think both are
fantastic and give a great feeling of really being there. That has
brightened up my day considerably.

I doubt that the leaves were moving in the first one - it is so
incredibly still. I think it is just the angle of the sun and
probably very hard to avoid. Might I ask what filters you were using?
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Probably none for these shots. I normally use a Singh Ray ND grad for sunrise shots, but both of these were later. I was walking back to the car from the beaver pond at Schwabacher after getting this this shot below earlier and stopped for a few more.

Then on to Oxbow so the light was such I did not need a filter.

The one below was with the ND grad.


UnicornNz said:
Thanks again, I greatly enjoy your contributions to the forum.
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Ben
 
rlshep said:
Ben - that 2nd one is truly stunning - no more work required on that!
;-)
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Thanks. I pulled a 3rd last night on my Mesa Arch image.
rlshep said:
What happened to the sensor on your 1DSiii - a new one must cost a bomb?
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Hi Lizzie. I was cleaning it with sensor swabs and it cracked. It cost $2295. I posted about it, luckily I had insurance which covered the entire cost.

It came back with 13 dust bunnies. I called Canon this morning and they will email me a return shipping label. They said it can take up to 2 days to arrive in my email!!!

Got a trip planned for March, hope they get it fixed in time.

Just ordered a 50D for wildlife to cut down on lens changes.

You should read some of the post on this because that sensor is the most fragile in the Canon line up. Be careful if you clean it.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=30981518
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Lizzie
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Ben
 
Nice work, a simple scene on the face of it, but compelling because it makes me want to be there. You did a good job with PP. Another NIK user, I may need to look into that.
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Ben
 
You have some nice scenes there. I think they would benefit from post processing.

They have a bit of a muddy look for want of a better word. All of my images looks like this before post. It is the way RAW images look. Curves can fix some of that, and some form of micro contrast.

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Ben
 
Well I reckon this pic could go even higher Ben...

Re the sensor - I vaguely remember seeing a post out of the corner of my eye about this but handn't noted it was you nor had I actually read it.

That sounds painful though - I've not done anything other than rocket blower with mine - had it cleaned once at Calumet UK who did a good job. Used to clean my 5D though and always struggled to get it spotless. Bit more nervous about doing the 1DSiii because of the costs involved - plan not to if I can help it!
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I took a quick pass at your first image. I will take it down if you prefer, let me know. Hard to work on a downsized jpg without adding lots of artifacts, but this gives some idea about what I meant.

I did a curves, then used a haze brush (very light) and added some sat. I then use neat image to clean it up. Might not be required on a full size.



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