Rick Knepper
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This is my favorite. I'd love to see it in color.
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1/24/2010 Weekly Landscape Show & Tell
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Rick Knepper
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I like this one best. Nice color and exposure.
IMO, the 2nd image suffers a bit from not being stopped down enough although the color expsosure are equal to the first. In the 3rd, the gentleman in the center was obviously meant to be the center of attention and maybe detracted from the awesome location as a pure landscape a touch.
jlynch
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on manual (M) using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/16 for 1/10th of a second at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray warming polarizer. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta.
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Ben_Egbert
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This is a gorgeous shot, and what I always want in a landscape. That is first and foremost a beautiful scene, then gorgeous weel exposed colors. You got it all.
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Ben_Egbert
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I agree with Rick here, but on my system, the clouds are blown. I am no longer sure that I should make such comments because my system is non standard.IMO, the 2nd image suffers a bit from not being stopped down enough although the color expsosure are equal to the first. In the 3rd, the gentleman in the center was obviously meant to be the center of attention and maybe detracted from the awesome location as a pure landscape a touch.
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Lonzo
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thanks for your C&C.. your argument on the 2nd one not being stopped down enough.. what do you refer to ?
Maybe the blurred grass in the foreground ?
In that case I'd like to blame it on the wind - happens in Ireland ;o)
But no justifivcations here, I#d like to learn and improve - so honestly: what exactly do you mean ?
Thanks for your feedback, Lonzo
Maybe the blurred grass in the foreground ?
In that case I'd like to blame it on the wind - happens in Ireland ;o)
But no justifivcations here, I#d like to learn and improve - so honestly: what exactly do you mean ?
Thanks for your feedback, Lonzo
Ben_Egbert
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That was Ricks comment about DOF. If it was wind, not much you can do other than return on a windless day or compose to avoid the close stuff.
My contribution involved clouds that don't have the expected detail. I am no longer confident what I see is what is posted however. But I did take the time to view it in IE and it was still blown. But monitor cal could also contribute to differences.
The way I solve this is to make two conversions, one is converted for the clouds, the other for darker stuff. I then blend the two using a layer mask, usually of the darker one which I paint over the light clouds.
Just as a self check, go back to your original and make a new conversion. While holding down the alt key, adjust the exposure slider while making it darker. Stuff that is overexposed will show up white or colored against a black background. Adjust until everything is black. You can also use the highlight recover tool.
This conversion is usually too dark, but it makes a great layer for blending on the normal exposure.
Even if you don't want to use this conversion, it will prove to you that you have nothing overexposed or show you that you do.
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Lonzo
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Sorry for the name/author twis.. but thanks for your reply ;o)
Coming back would have been the option - unfortunately it was this light on this one evening and me and my buddies were there on vacation only for 10 days..
a case where you take what you can get and hope for a next time.
will try to do that after I'm back from a business trip starting today.
Thanks for the tip on the technique anyhow !
HarryLally
Senior Member
Wonderful shot, as usual, Jeff. You certainly have nailed down landscapes with the 24-105L lens. Do you use any other lenses for landscapes?
Just one comment/ querie. Since getting into DSLRs 4 years ago, I have (until recently) only used Canon's DPP for RAW processing. A couple of months ago, I downloaded LR3 Beta and have been using that duirng the recent period. In many (most?) respects it's better than DPP, but I just can't take the colours. For example, the skies in my landscapes shots come out turquoise just as in your shot. I have never seen a sky that colour. So I think I'll be reverting to DPP.
Michael
Just one comment/ querie. Since getting into DSLRs 4 years ago, I have (until recently) only used Canon's DPP for RAW processing. A couple of months ago, I downloaded LR3 Beta and have been using that duirng the recent period. In many (most?) respects it's better than DPP, but I just can't take the colours. For example, the skies in my landscapes shots come out turquoise just as in your shot. I have never seen a sky that colour. So I think I'll be reverting to DPP.
Michael
Lonzo
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one of my first panos..
stiched from handheld EOS 10D pictures (works well due to the lack of foreground subjects, hence no paralax error that would call for a proper adjustment on a panoramic head), with fill light applied for the shadows and a moderate gradual density filter in Photoshop to adjust the sky a bit..
overdone ?
.. will be out on a business trip next wek, so bear with me.. thanks, Lonz;o)
stiched from handheld EOS 10D pictures (works well due to the lack of foreground subjects, hence no paralax error that would call for a proper adjustment on a panoramic head), with fill light applied for the shadows and a moderate gradual density filter in Photoshop to adjust the sky a bit..
overdone ?
.. will be out on a business trip next wek, so bear with me.. thanks, Lonz;o)
Lonzo
Well-known member
sorry
HarryLally
Senior Member
Lovely shots Lonzo. Beautiful composition and exposure.
My wife's family is from that part of the world, so I've spent a bit of time there over the years. You must have been there on a 'good' day, as in my experience it's usually bleak, pouring with rain and windy - and that's in the summer! For some reason (perhaps you can explain why?), the area seems to be an attractive destination for German tourists. Often on cycling or walking holidays. Also the occasional Japanese. Almost no-one else. Strange.
Michael
My wife's family is from that part of the world, so I've spent a bit of time there over the years. You must have been there on a 'good' day, as in my experience it's usually bleak, pouring with rain and windy - and that's in the summer! For some reason (perhaps you can explain why?), the area seems to be an attractive destination for German tourists. Often on cycling or walking holidays. Also the occasional Japanese. Almost no-one else. Strange.
Michael
Lonzo
Well-known member
not strange for me as I'm german .. once had that little irish lad tell me: oh, you're from Germany.. you must be a germ ;o)))
Why the Germans love that gem of an island (including it's wonderful, friendly and hospital people !!!) it's so attractive : beautiful landscape and scenery, wonderful evenings at the pubs, (very good) live music everywhere, everyone can sing , knows a thousand songs and plays 3 instruments it seems.., weather that changes very quickly and creates black clouds that just poured over you, now you're standing in the sparkling sunlight, wet of course, but you get to see that magnificent rainbow in front of that darn cloud, with all the drops in the wet green grass sparkling..
to put it short: you have to like it I guess and then sort of stumble over reports, or people that make you curious.
In my case I had a very good friend at school whose father ran sth like a youth hostel. They had organized yearly exchanges of groups doing traditional dancing and music, so I met quite a few of thos irish chaps here in Bavaria and then went to pay them a return visit, which turned out to be just one of many following ;o)
it's like a virus (at least for a hobby-photographer coming from aregion of the globe that has it's own share of rain so doesn't mind to much... but you're right, Ive been very lucky so far and didn't experience the 3week periods of rain in Ireland with no hint of sunlight..
On the other hand I've met many nationalities in the hostels and B&B's there..
you should not plan for an AI hang out on the beach and get tanned in the sun vacation in the first place though, thats true.
Rick Knepper
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Nice composition. That's one interesting looking jut of land.
Rick Knepper
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Hi Michael. If I may, all of the Adobe products in this vein are color managed by the respective programs. I have my monitor and CS4 set to sRGB and still get turquoise (greenish tint) when I look at my stuff on the Desktop or on the Web. I have been unable as of yet to get my software matched to Windows and the Internet. My work around for it is this:
After exportimg my tiff from ACR RAW, I usually run a Curve in Auto (there are 3 setups for Auto in the Curves dialog box btw). After it does what it does, many times the the image takes on a greenish tint (so I have identified the main source of exaggerating the effect). I go into the Curves green channel and pull the green down just a bit and that seems to correct most of it although occasionally I can not get it all out. Sometimes, though, the sky just has some turquoise/azure in it.
After exportimg my tiff from ACR RAW, I usually run a Curve in Auto (there are 3 setups for Auto in the Curves dialog box btw). After it does what it does, many times the the image takes on a greenish tint (so I have identified the main source of exaggerating the effect). I go into the Curves green channel and pull the green down just a bit and that seems to correct most of it although occasionally I can not get it all out. Sometimes, though, the sky just has some turquoise/azure in it.
paulwilkinson
Member
Your wish is my command, but I hope you weren't expecting vivid reds and oranges like something from Mars.....
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