Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.

[Tucson T4R]

For those that haven't had the chance to walk through a slot canyon here are a few shots from a highly accessible and photographed one just outside of Page Arizona near Lake Powell.

A wide wash dumps into this narrow slot when it floods. Not a place you want to be when storms are nearby.

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-KtCfkvS/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-1-L.jpg

Once inside you wander through the narrow passageways cut out of the sandstone by the water and take in all the beauty of the constantly changing light.

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-jGgt533/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-4-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-4GHbZF2/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-6-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-ftRnHJB/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-8-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-f7T5R2H/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-12-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-6CDgvvZ/0/L/Antelope-Canyon-2011-21-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-tJv5sXX/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-14-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-PhwgJzV/0/L/Antelop-Canyon-2011-20-L.jpg

So if you are ever in the area, don't miss the opportunity to experience Antelope Canyon.

[ywen]

My Son camped on the edge. :Wow1:

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-Fz8hWCx/0/L/Alstrom-Point-2011-16-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-32sKVg3/0/L/Alstrom-Point-2011-17-L.jpg


WOW! Is that the spot you directed me to but I couldn't make it out there due to muddy terrain?

[Tucson T4R]

Yep but this time the road was dry as bone. :elkgrin:

[Every Miles A Memory]

Awesome photos Brad! Page Arizona is probably one of my favorite places in the country.

[Tucson T4R]

Thanks Pat. It seemed like every direction I turned there was another view worth capturing. Pretty cool area for sure.

Here's one more night shot from Alstrom I just finished:

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-gpw6zQJ/0/L/Alstrom-Point-Night-Sky-2011-3-L.jpg

[Every Miles A Memory]

Awesome Shot Brad!!!

[Tucson T4R]

Muchas Gracias

[Jnich77]

Old coal power plant smoke stack in Brewseter Florida. Built around 1908 and torn down in the 1960's, its 143' tall. In 2010 the down of Brewster has 3 residents...lol. Located south of SR 60 in Mulberry Florida, of of Old HW 37


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040556a.jpg

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040593a.jpg

Abandoned phosphate plant, Mulberry Fl, off of Prairie Mine Rd.

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040635aa.jpg

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040735a.jpg

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040711a.jpg

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040673aa.jpg

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx238/jnich77/P1040683a.jpg

[Tucson T4R]

What a great place to shoot Jnich. Nice series of shots. :victory:

[Jnich77]

What a great place to shoot Jnich. Nice series of shots. :victory:

Thank ya, had it not been so late int he after noon I could have taken 100's of really awesome shots. I live old industrial sites...lol.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Thanks for posting those photos Jnich! I might have to head down there and explore the area. Looks like a great place to shoot!

[BOHICA]

False Kiva, Canyonlands NP, UT

[Tucson T4R]

Wow, That's a sweet shot. :Wow1: Nicely done.:victory:

[Every Miles A Memory]

I agree with Brad, that's an amazing shot

[JamesDowning]

BOHCIA, we had considered hiking out there, but was unsure how long the hike was from the road. Just curious how long it took you. Amazing shot!

[BOHICA]

Thanks everyone...this thread is an inspiration!

My hike to the False Kiva was long and treacherous...however, if you follow the correct path it is a pleasant hour hike.

Ken

[Jnich77]

Thanks for posting those photos Jnich! I might have to head down there and explore the area. Looks like a great place to shoot!

You are most certainly welcome. Both places are really easy to find, if ya head this way let me know, and I'll go there with ya. I heard rumors of old radar sites in the Everglades from the cold war.... might have to head out that way one weekend just to see whats left of them.

[Every Miles A Memory]

You are most certainly welcome. Both places are really easy to find, if ya head this way let me know, and I'll go there with ya. I heard rumors of old radar sites in the Everglades from the cold war.... might have to head out that way one weekend just to see whats left of them.

December is slow for the wife and I, plus its probably a good time to down towards the Everglades because the bugs will be slowed down due to the colder weather.

I'll give you a shout for sure when we head down

[Jnich77]

December is slow for the wife and I, plus its probably a good time to down towards the Everglades because the bugs will be slowed down due to the colder weather.

I'll give you a shout for sure when we head down

Aight....lol. I'll be out of town the 14th of dec through the first week in Jan.


I feel ya on the everglades, I have wanted to go for years.. but never had time during the winter when the bugs are tolerable...lol.

[BOHICA]

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands NP, UT
74638

[Jnich77]

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands NP, UT
74638

I really gotta head further west than NM one of these days!!!!

[Tucson T4R]

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands NP, UT
74638

Another awesome capture BOHICA. :victory:

Looks like I need to put Canyonlands NP on my bucket list.

Thanks for posting up your stellar shots.

[BOHICA]

Thanks again! I really love the 4-corners. My wife twisted my arm and we are gonna have to spend Jan-May RVing the southwest...then we'll probably have to head up into the Colorado mountains when it starts getting hot. So I've purchased Laurent Martres' series "Photographing the Southwest" and hope to visit his recommended sites.

Ken

[Tucson T4R]

.... My wife twisted my arm and we are gonna have to spend Jan-May RVing the southwest...then we'll probably have to head up into the Colorado mountains when it starts getting hot. .....
Ken

How rude of her. It just sounds terrible. :elkgrin:

[BOHICA]

More Utah...Bryce Canyon
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[BOHICA]

Monument Valley...
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[Tucson T4R]

Another sweet shot. :wings: It would be better without the sun flares but sometimes you can't have everything. :elkgrin:

Keep them coming.:victory:

[Every Miles A Memory]

Amazing shots BOHICA! That's a really good book to use as a reference too!

Like Brad said, keep them coming!

[john101477]

the bryce canyon shot is way cool. have to agree with Brad on the other shot but mainly that big purple one lol. Oh well still a SWEET shot

[BOHICA]

.. .have to agree with Brad on the other shot but mainly that big purple one...
That's exactly what my wife said...guess I need to pay more attention! :)

[BOHICA]

Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
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[Tucson T4R]

OK, now I am starting to believe you may just be a very bad person and should be banned from this community forever. :elkgrin:







Yet another great capture. Well done.:victory:

[john101477]

Bohica what camera are you using? stitch or crop?
very nice image

[BOHICA]

Thanks for the kudos...I use a Nikon D700 and crop instead of stitch. I know a lot of people don't like HDR but I think it more accurately captures what I see. Again, thanks for the positive remarks. I've enjoyed looking through Brad's website and other's here on the forum are real inspirations...like LostCanadian, CCHOC, LaOutBackTrail, SMSLAVIN to name just a few.

[photoman]

BOHICA- what are you using to create your HDR's? I noticed some issues in a couple of your shots such as the tree in the Bryce Canyon shot and clouds in the others. Something to always be aware of when shooting multiple exposures is movement. Whether it is grass blades, tree limbs, or clouds- these movements between exposures affect your image and give tell-tell signs that it is HDR.

A couple ways to work around this is to do a faux HDR which is to use a single exposure- make a couple copies and adjust the copies to different exposures. This gives you a similar situation of taking multiple exposures but all of your images have clouds and other moving objects in the same place.

Another technique is manual blending multiple exposures in Photoshop rather than using a software program.

You have some great comps and have been blessed with some great light on your trip. Hope you can make the best out of your shots and get some images that you will be proud to print large and hang on your walls. Keep sharing your shots!

[BOHICA]

Hey Aaron...thanks for the recommendations. I use Photomatix and have given some thought to single-exposure HDR but I've been lazy and haven't tried it yet. I keep promising myself to revisit some photos and rework them...hopefully a project for this winter.
Ken

[BOHICA]

White Pocket
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[tdesanto]

Nice shots Bohica.

[BOHICA]

Refinery, Salt Lake City
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[Tucson T4R]

Very nice Bohica.

Sometimes noise is generated from the HDR processing and even more so if you have noise from higher ISO shots to begin with. If the Lightroom noise filter can't clean it up then I use the Noiseware Pro plug in on Photoshop that works pretty well.

I mention this because I really like this shot but the noise in the sky is distracting to me. I bet a pass through Noiseware would clean that up. :sombrero:

[Tucson T4R]

A few more from Toroweap.

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-SvNDKZP/0/L/Toroweap-2011-HDR-17-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-xzgG77v/0/L/Toroweap-2011-HDR-15-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-QhGrv3Z/0/L/Toroweap-HDR-7-L.jpg

[Lost Canadian]

Nice shots Brad! I really hope to get down there in the near future. I only have one tip for you that would have helped these a bit, and it's your choice of aperture.:ylsmoke: I noticed what looked like diffraction killing the real resolution on a couple of these so I peaked at the metadata. If you'd like we can discuss it.

[Tucson T4R]

I would enjoy hearing your feedback on the diffraction. Yep, all of these were taken with my 10-22 wide angle at F20. I thought I needed that small an aperture to get the depth of focus I was going for.

Discuss away. I would love to learn how to keep improving. :sombrero:

Another factor is these are all HDR processed followed by some noise reduction that I'm sure also softened the resolution some too.

[Lost Canadian]

On a cropped sensor, like the 7D with 18 megapixels and an ultra wide lens, you really don't need to go past F11-13, F16 would be my absolute max on a cropped sensor. Remember, the smaller the sensor the greater the natural depth of field. F20-22 is for something like a full framer, and even then only needed when you are dealing with extremes of perspective and distance, like this below where the lens was probably less than 6 inches from the ice.
http://www.trevorlbrown.com/Photography/Nature/DSC4278/1135124396_d3sPa-S-7.jpg

For a higher perspective like yours, if you place your center of focus properly I'm thinking a F7-9 range would have been sufficient, and would have kept the lens close to its peak, which I'm guessing is in the F5.6-7.1 range. It really is a tricky equation of distance to subjects, lens choice like wide to tele, capture format size from point and shoot to large format, and where you place your center of focus. As a rule of thumb though, at least with a cropped sensor, anything beyond F11-13 really starts to become a point of diminishing returns, where by any gain in depth of field due to smaller apertures is negated by a robbing of resolution due to diffraction. We could get a lot deeper into this, but for now that's kinda the Coles Notes version.

[yellocoyote]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/390087_300016226676651_184351624909779_1215608_159 3645047_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/305860_300613893283551_184351624909779_1218892_208 862288_n.jpg

[taco2go]

great shots Brad, and yellocoyote.


It really is a tricky equation of distance to subjects, lens choice like wide to tele, capture format size from point and shoot to large format, and where you place your center of focus. As a rule of thumb though, at least with a cropped sensor, anything beyond F11-13 really starts to become a point of diminishing returns, where by any gain in depth of field due to smaller apertures is negated by a robbing of resolution due to diffraction.

Thanks for sharing that Trevor. I've found after a lot of trial and error, that this is largely the case with FF cameras too. :)
On the 5dm2 with 17 -40mm, I am rarely if ever pushing f13.
The kicker for me, is the point of focus. Sometimes, " a third into the scene" is hard to decipher. :)

[Lost Canadian]

great shots Brad, and yellocoyote.



Thanks for sharing that Trevor. I've found after a lot of trial and error, that this is largely the case with FF cameras too. :)
On the 5dm2 with 17 -40mm, I am rarely if ever pushing f13.
The kicker for me, is the point of focus. Sometimes, " a third into the scene" is hard to decipher. :)

Actually that doesn't surprise me Joash. I'm not 100% on how it works but pixel density also plays a roll. A lot of Sony guys were grumbling about diffraction rearing its ugly head at f9-10 on the A77 because of the A77's pixel density.

As for focus, I think Aaron mentioned it before, but live view and/or the depth of field preview button can help quite a bit.

[Lost Canadian]

Saw this intriguing pool of plant oils near the base of some dead pines today. Shot taken with the Fuji X10.


http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-QsFtfWK/0/XL/i-QsFtfWK-XL.jpg

[Tucson T4R]

That's a pool of plant oils? What the heck?? Very nice capture.

Thanks for the input on the aperture. I'll give that a shot on my next outing.


Practice, practice, practice... :elkgrin:

Actually I really want top go back to Toroweap in late summer when there are monsoon thunderstorms rolling through the canyon. If you want to get some sweet shots that would be the opportunity. Let me know when you decide to go. It would be great meeting you and doing some shooting together. :elkgrin:

The rude part of summer at Toroweap is the temps. Probably runs around 105 F during the day. Luckily I cheat and have A/C to hide in during the day and we can only emerge for the sweet light at Sunrise and Sunset. :wings:

[Lost Canadian]

That would be great! I'll most certainly give you a shout when the time comes!

[Lost Canadian]

Snagged this one as well when the sun popped out briefly, but unfortunaly it was windy out and the pool of oils was moving around. Stupid me, I didn't select a fast enough shutter speed so I got some blur in the top half of the pool/frame from the moving water which sort of spoils it for me.

http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-z8WkT7Z/0/M/i-z8WkT7Z-M.jpg

[Every Miles A Memory]

I dont know Trevor, That's a pretty cool Abstract! It would be great printed on a Canvas so the inks would bleed just a bit! Most would think it was a painting!

[nwoods]

Yellowcoyote, that close up owl shot is really cool!

[yellocoyote]

Thanks. I have a couple of other owl shots from that session - none as striking as the one I posted though. Here are a few of the others.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/308472_300020380009569_184351624909779_1215617_191 3763928_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/381908_300020736676200_184351624909779_1215623_196 9318988_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/376967_300020963342844_184351624909779_1215627_413 231456_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/382769_300021720009435_184351624909779_1215638_132 2254650_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298717_300021860009421_184351624909779_1215640_214 0031128_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/382914_300022086676065_184351624909779_1215643_180 8561812_n.jpg

[Tucson T4R]

Very cool. Owls are amazing looking creatures. Thanks for sharing.

[Tucson T4R]

Trevor, back to the discussion on aperture settings. When I want to try to catch a star burst of the sun rising or setting across the horizon I was under the impression to get the best staring effect I need to stop all the way down to F20 or F22.

I have not tried to capture this effect on more open apertures. Was my understanding incorrect? Can the same staring effect be picked up at say f8?

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Camping-Trips/Northern-AZ-Southern-Utah-2011/i-bh6qtVh/0/L/Toroweap-HDR-2011-29-L.jpg

Thanks.

[Lost Canadian]

Trevor, back to the discussion on aperture settings. When I want to try to catch a star burst of the sun rising or setting across the horizon I was under the impression to get the best staring effect I need to stop all the way down to F20 or F22.

I have not tried to capture this effect on more open apertures. Was my understanding incorrect? Can the same staring effect be picked up at say f8?

Thanks.

Hey Brad,
Yeah small apertures are best for very pronounced star bursts, but you give up a considerable amount of resolving power by doing it. There's certainly a trade off.

You could always try a little test for yourself. Just take a couple controled shots at home of the same scene with varying apertures and look at the results. I'll bet F20-22 looks like mush compared to something in the F5.6-11 range.

I can get satisfactory sun burst results at around F11 with my D7000, albeit not quite as pronouced as yours above. Nice shot by the way.
http://www.trevorlbrown.com/Photography/Favorites/i-dxBt42J/1/M/DSC8193-M.jpg

[RHINO]

tell me what you guys think about this,,, i like it but something needs to be improved and i dont know what or how. maybe just DOF?

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee323/shavedape_2008/DSC06342.jpg

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

tell me what you guys think about this,,, i like it but something needs to be improved and i dont know what or how. maybe just DOF?

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee323/shavedape_2008/DSC06342.jpg

The tree branch is a bit distracting. It makes me want to see the rest of the tree.

[Tucson T4R]

Hey Brad,
Yeah small apertures are best for very pronounced star bursts, but you give up a considerable amount of resolving power by doing it. There's certainly a trade off.

You could always try a little test for yourself. Just take a couple controled shots at home of the same scene with varying apertures and look at the results. I'll bet F20-22 looks like mush compared to something in the F5.6-11 range.

I can get satisfactory sun burst results at around F11 with my D7000, albeit not quite as pronouced as yours above. Nice shot by the way.
http://www.trevorlbrown.com/Photography/Favorites/i-dxBt42J/1/M/DSC8193-M.jpg

Thanks Trevor. I'll try some comparison shots around here and check it out.

I appreciate the input.

[Tucson T4R]

tell me what you guys think about this,,, i like it but something needs to be improved and i dont know what or how. maybe just DOF?

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee323/shavedape_2008/DSC06342.jpg

To me the fire hydrant has such character your idea of depth of field might work out well. Keep the hydrant sharply focused and let the background blur out.

Never know. it might turn out well. :sombrero:

[RHINO]

hydrant is definitely cool, i didnt even think about the tree being distracting. next time i'm down there i'll try out different angles and DOF, see what happens.

[LaOutbackTrail]

I ordered a remote flash trigger and it came in today. I've never used a flash before. The noise in this photo definitely isn't there in the original, thanks a lot Facebook...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/302936_677640017431_62002887_33635081_917737182_n. jpg

Also got a 5 in one reflector kit. Used the diffusion panel to diffuse the flash and the gold panel on the chair in front of her. Little Miss Attitude.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/316849_677636943591_62002887_33635062_270551899_n. jpg

Without flash, at a recent hot air balloon fair. Was too windy for the balloons which actually pissed me off (drove a long ways for it...) and this was the only pic I took...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/382743_677638236001_62002887_33635070_4394368_n.jp g

[LaOutbackTrail]

I know my pics above are pretty cool.... but I know they certainly are not the pinnacle of this thread. Where did everyone go? Or did everyone get eaten by a turkey?

[Tucson T4R]

I actually was eaten by a turkey but I am recovering now. Playing with off camera flash opens up all kinds of artistic opportunities. It seems the flash may be bit bright on the first one. At least on my work laptop monitor her cheek and jaw seem a bit blown out. I like the little miss attitude shot but again I would either reduce the flash power or exposure just a bit to improve it. The direction of light is so important and I am not an expert but the shadow from her nose under her eye is distracting to me.

I like the fair ride shot. I keep saying I'm going to go play at the local fair but haven't made it out there yet.

Maybe others with more experience can provide more usable feedback. :elkgrin:

[LaOutbackTrail]

Yeah. I'm still working on the flash.... mine is OLD and not adjustable....

[JamesDowning]

Portraits are hard... that's something I struggle with a lot. I love candid shots, but none of my family acts natural when I bring the camera out. I think you did good there, getting the non-standard camera response with a good crop that made it interesting. One of my biggest challenges with shooting people indoors is lighting (because I hate flashes)... people either move too much, or the lighting looks funny.

Did you hand hold the night shot? Must have been a pretty high ISO? I was surprised I didn't see more noise.

Actually, I would have cropped that a little differently to get rid of some of the distraction.

76806

[LaOutbackTrail]

Good point on the crop.

I did hand hold it. In a previous life I shot rifles competitively. ;) I think I had the ISO on 100, too.... forgot to check it. Lucky shot really. And I only took THAT shot at the festival.

[photoman]

There was snow in Northern AZ today so I bounced up to Sedona and spent a few hours chasing light. Here is one image from today.

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[nwoods]

That's awesome Aaron. Have the autumn leaves on the branches makes for a superb contrast

[ETAV8R]

tell me what you guys think about this,,, i like it but something needs to be improved and i dont know what or how. maybe just DOF?

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee323/shavedape_2008/DSC06342.jpg

The hydrant is cool, either change your dof and/or get rid of the windows in the background by changing the angle that you're shooting from. Although I bet you would have more of that tree in the background in the pic.

[LaOutbackTrail]

Photoshoot today with NigelCaffeine.
A bit of post processing really made this one pop. Teaser photo for now, will give you guys a link to the article I'll be posting on CentralOverland.com/blog ...
http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/TerraXpeditions/Central Overland/Nigel photo shoot/_DSC3250.jpg

[Tucson T4R]

Tucson was socked in fog this morning so I hiked up into the Catalina mountains hoping to get some sweet shots when the fog lifted. I only got about 2 minutes of it opening up to a partial views and then the fog rolled back in and stole my views.

Here are the few I was able to capture.

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catalina-Mist/i-zW5Wtk5/0/L/Catalina-Mist-7-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catalina-Mist/i-sMRCXC3/0/L/Catalina-Mist-1-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catalina-Mist/i-MQr8Whg/0/L/Catalina-Mist-5-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catalina-Mist/i-DzrjL5X/0/L/Catalina-Mist-2-L.jpg

http://bgarland.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catalina-Mist/i-RjPtJKF/0/L/Catalina-Mist-3-L.jpg

[Every Miles A Memory]

I really like #2 and #3

[BOHICA]

I really like #2 and #3
x2

[Tucson T4R]

Thanks Pat and Bohica.

It was a fun morning.

I chuckle when I look at #5. I see three skinny guys lined up in a row, all running away from the fog. The lead guy has his hands up in the air while he's running. It makes me want to photoshop Mr. Bill faces on them. :xxrotflma

[JamesDowning]

That's a great visual Brad. AWESOME shots!

Also, I really like this one LaOutback... incredible portrait!


Photoshoot today with NigelCaffeine.
A bit of post processing really made this one pop. Teaser photo for now, will give you guys a link to the article I'll be posting on CentralOverland.com/blog ...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/376239_685576377901_62002887_33666783_1603133120_n .jpg

I went out camping and exploring this weekend and got what I think are a few good shots that may be worthy of this thread:

Of all the shots I took of the fire, I liked the composition of this one best... I think it has interesting negative space:

http://images.thedownings.us/tb/gwnf-dec-2011/1.jpg

This one was actually done with a 3-shot HDR:

http://images.thedownings.us/tb/gwnf-dec-2011/2.jpg

I liked the colors in this shot... maybe I should bring up the saturation a hair more? I'd like to bring out the sky.

http://images.thedownings.us/tb/gwnf-dec-2011/6.jpg

This one was also a HDR composite:

http://images.thedownings.us/tb/gwnf-dec-2011/9.jpg

I liked the "layers" of this photo, but it's otherwise a bit bland:

http://images.thedownings.us/tb/gwnf-dec-2011/10.jpg

[datoy]

Here is a small selection

http://photos.dawsons.us/Vacation/Alaska-2011/Day-6-Part-Hardy-to-Prince/i-GQm8PK7/1/L/7252766-L.jpg

http://photos.dawsons.us/Vacation/Alaska-2011/Day-11-Juneau/i-BpQDGNK/1/L/P730316970717273-L.jpg

http://photos.dawsons.us/Vacation/Alaska-2011/Day-19-Arctic-Circle/i-xL5qvD4/1/L/P8073996-L.jpg

http://photos.dawsons.us/Vacation/Spring-Trip-2011/Day-3/i-SJprWDB/0/L/32205787980818283-L.jpg

http://photos.dawsons.us/Vacation/Spring-Trip-2011/Day-4/procession-panel-pano-Edit/1230847337_LfBtZ-L.jpg

http://photos.dawsons.us/Myfjcruiser/Springs-Vacation-2009/Day-7/32602484950515253/734976647_oFuh8-L.jpg

[LaOutbackTrail]

Photoshoot today with NigelCaffeine.
A bit of post processing really made this one pop. Teaser photo for now, will give you guys a link to the article I'll be posting on CentralOverland.com/blog ...
http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww89/TerraXpeditions/Central%20Overland/Nigel%20photo%20shoot/_DSC3250.jpg

Hey guys, I promised I would share the link to the article that this photo shoot was about. HERE IT IS! (http://centraloverland.com/2011/12/readers-rides-a-southern-gentleman/)

[Tucson T4R]

Scott, congratulations on the getting your photography published in the article. They look great. Nicely done.:wings:

[LaOutbackTrail]

Scott, congratulations on the getting your photography published in the article. They look great. Nicely done.:wings:

Thanks! Keep an eye out on CO as we will have plenty to read and plenty of eye candy.

Here is another Reader's Ride article (http://centraloverland.com/2011/11/landscapes-to-cityscapes-toyota-tacoma/) that I published.

[JamesDowning]

You guys have done a lot of work to that site, it's really progressed nicely. The content is rich too!

Thanks for sharing Scott.

[LaOutbackTrail]

You guys have done a lot of work to that site, it's really progressed nicely. The content is rich too!

Thanks for sharing Scott.

Thanks guys. Just remember the more viewers we have, the better the content can be! :) Share with your friends!

[Every Miles A Memory]

That was a great article!!

[Ash]

Not exactly Expo, but I've been stuck in concrete jungles for a while.

NYC:

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[Every Miles A Memory]

Happy New Year everyone!


http://everymilesamemory.smugmug.com/Cedar-Key-Florida/Downtown-Cedar-Key/i-qwXbZzN/0/L/Washing-Away-2011-and-L.jpg

[loren85022]

IPhone shot. Postprocessed in iPad using SnapSeed. This was my neighbor at Buckskin Mtn St Park a few nights ago. Very nice van.

[Langebaan Sunset]

Hi Folks

I am slowly uploading my better photos from our recent 1 year overland trip through Africa. You can view them at my photography site (http://www.redbubble.com/people/langebaansunset)

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A full set of trip albums is located on our website (http://www.langebaan-sunset.com)

I also wrote a report on Overland Photography Hints and Tips (http://langebaan-sunset.blogspot.com/2011/02/overland-photography.html) that people planning extended 4x4 trips might like to read

Enjoy

Nick

[Every Miles A Memory]

Great stuff Nick! I was actually just working on a page for our website where I could direct people to for travel photography tips. We get so many emails from readers asking things like "We're planning a trip and we're wondering what camera and lenses you'd recommend"

Many of the pointers on your list are almost word for word what I had typed up, just a different use of words since I'm from the States and you're from the UK...LOL

[Every Miles A Memory]

Awesome Shot tbar!!

[WheresMurph]

Happy New Year everyone!


http://everymilesamemory.smugmug.com/Cedar-Key-Florida/Downtown-Cedar-Key/i-qwXbZzN/0/L/Washing-Away-2011-and-L.jpg

This is a great shot Pat,very clever.Well done,and a Happy anew Year to you too.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Thanks WheresMurph

[yellocoyote]

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[subytoy]

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[ywen]

SE Utah, painted in Brushes on iPad

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[burnoil]

Too lazy to upload them all so here's a link to some stuff I shot. All on a Nikon D5000, but with various Nikkor lenses.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15441836@N08/

[winkosmosis]

Here are some of the pictures I've taken over the last few months on Maui:

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[Rallyroo]

Here are some of the pictures I've taken over the last few months on Maui:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=81237&d=1326240885




Is that a capsized sailboat in the background? Not that it was the first thing that caught my eye. And it looks like someone is para sailing in the far background?

[winkosmosis]

Is that a capsized sailboat in the background? Not that it was the first thing that caught my eye. And it looks like someone is para sailing in the far background?

Yep, it's been there a few years. The guy ran onto the reef and got stuck. The reef grew around it and now they can't remove it without damaging the reef.

[taco2go]

This is a great shot Pat,very clever.Well done,and a Happy anew Year to you too.

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Hopefully 2012 won't be obliterated by an apocalyptic tsunami. :)

[LaOutbackTrail]

X2
Hopefully 2012 won't be obliterated by an apocalyptic tsunami. :)

But the surfing will be awesome!

[ywen]

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4730/jeeppainting.jpg

digital painting on ipad

[taco2go]

That's some good work there ywen

[winkosmosis]

This art gallery usually makes for good pictures. This time I got really lucky and that girl wearing the exact right colors appeared as I was framing my shot.

BTW Peter Lik is an Australian landscape photographer. I'm not a fan. His work looks overprocessed and overHDRed. They're like Lisa Frank's comatose dreams. But then again, he sells photos and I don't! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lik

http://i.imgur.com/hwAt8.jpg

[Viggen]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6701997621_dcb90ee5e3_z.jpg
Canal Boat Hulls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmhills/6701997621/in/photostream)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6701541533_babf518bf0_z.jpg
On the Canal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmhills/6701541533/in/photostream)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6701537673_985f8a2f88_z.jpg
Early Morning on the Canal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmhills/6701537673/in/photostream)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6702017131_2b3d4ee9d1_z.jpg
Canal Locks Hand Crank (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmhills/6702017131/in/photostream)

All through an old M42 Chinon 35mm 2.8

[JamesDowning]

Might have put a bit too much sky in this one:

http://images.thedownings.us/artistic/farm.jpg

[ywen]

That's some good work there ywen

Thanks man!

Here's a progress video of one my landscape paintings..

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[nwoods]

Thanks man!

Here's a progress video of one my landscape paintings..


Holy Mackeral! When I saw the image, I'm like, nice job overpainting that photo. I had no idea that was from scratch. Amazing!

Also, how did you produce that time lapse?

[nwoods]

This art gallery usually makes for good pictures. This time I got really lucky and that girl wearing the exact right colors appeared as I was framing my shot.

BTW Peter Lik is an Australian landscape photographer. I'm not a fan. His work looks overprocessed and overHDRed. They're like Lisa Frank's comatose dreams. But then again, he sells photos and I don't! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lik

I like his work, yes, over saturated, but his studios are always well lit and makes the images "work" quite nicely. Not all of them are overdone. I quite like this one (seen in Las Vegas):
http://nwoods.smugmug.com/Other/Misc/random/Peter-Lik/1046902909_wAD6b-O-1.jpg

[ckkone]

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[LaOutbackTrail]

Are those in SLC?

[LaOutbackTrail]

Might have put a bit too much sky in this one:

I would agree, looks like the green fields would have been more interesting, leading the way to the farms in the upper third.

When in doubt shoot two or three... or FART. (http://kenrockwell.com/tech/fart.htm)

[ywen]

Holy Mackeral! When I saw the image, I'm like, nice job overpainting that photo. I had no idea that was from scratch. Amazing!

Also, how did you produce that time lapse?

THanks. I painted using the app Brushes, it has a feature that records your progression and can export that out as a movie.

[taco2go]

Brushes is a lot of fun-impressive set of tools to convert an ipad into a formidable sketchpad.
very easy to start drawing- even my six year old enjoys doodling.

[JamesDowning]

I would agree, looks like the green fields would have been more interesting, leading the way to the farms in the upper third.

When in doubt shoot two or three... or FART. (http://kenrockwell.com/tech/fart.htm)

Good call, I took a few there, but it was more of a scouting trip for a landscape contest. I ended up taking the shot at a different location, across the county. Funny though, how sometimes a shot can look perfectly proportioned on the camera screen, then during later review, you realize it's a bit off.

I need to share that link with my wife... she will think I'm some sort of master photographer!

[cruisertoy]

ck,
Great pics of the SLC Temple and reflection pool. I only had one opportunity to get up there this season and the inversion was so bad that everything was fuzzy. Not good fuzzy. Religion aside, Temple Square is a great place for pictures if you can find a time when it's not so crowded.

[JamesDowning]

I almost submitted this one for a contest... maybe I should have. It keeps growing on me.

http://images.thedownings.us/artistic/beach-night.jpg

[ckkone]

Are those in SLC?

Yes, SLC Temple Square

[ckkone]

ck,
Great pics of the SLC Temple and reflection pool. I only had one opportunity to get up there this season and the inversion was so bad that everything was fuzzy. Not good fuzzy. Religion aside, Temple Square is a great place for pictures if you can find a time when it's not so crowded.

I went with the family and kids tugging at me the whole time "Dad, I'm bored"... Never did make it back alone so I could really take my time...

[grimbo]

Some pics from Port Arthur, Tasmania
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Lake Mungo, NSW
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Victorian High Country
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[Every Miles A Memory]

Amazing that the barn shot and the sand shot both resemble one another

[photoman]

A couple from this past weekend.

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-xmq54Cb/0/L/i-xmq54Cb-L.jpg

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-rHrNVg9/1/L/i-rHrNVg9-L.jpg

[JamesDowning]

Aaron, that first one is excellent. Little pop of color out of a nice bokeh... very cool!

[taco2go]

X2.
I so want to get out this weekend...once this storm blows through.

and Grimbo those are some elegant photographs.

[photoman]

Some more landscape portraits

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-FrXcCd4/0/L/i-FrXcCd4-L.jpg

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-zQtpcLn/0/L/i-zQtpcLn-L.jpg

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-mCzSGfr/0/L/i-mCzSGfr-L.jpg

[Every Miles A Memory]

Outstanding shots Aaron!! I always enjoy landscapes when people are in them

[Tucson T4R]

Really nice captures Aaron. I love Alstrom point and you had some sweet light and clouds to add some nice character. Very nicely done. :victory:

[photoman]

Thanks Pat.



Really nice captures Aaron. I love Alstrom point and you had some sweet light and clouds to add some nice character. Very nicely done. :victory:

Brad- Alstrom is a pretty sweet spot. Wish you could have made this trip.

[Lost Canadian]

Really nice Aaron, I like the shot of your son(?) in the first set, and the first shot in your second set.

Here's some recent shots from me, more to come soon.


http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-cV9kpT7/0/XL/i-cV9kpT7-XL.jpg

http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-HJMJfLv/2/XL/i-HJMJfLv-XL.jpg

http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-spf7nxt/0/XL/i-spf7nxt-XL.jpg

http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-G5tW5JM/0/XL/i-G5tW5JM-XL.jpg

[ttora4runner]

http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-HJMJfLv/2/XL/i-HJMJfLv-XL.jpg





I like this one.

[photoman]

Really nice Aaron, I like the shot of your son(?) in the first set, and the first shot in your second set.
:hehe:

Not my son- That is 08whitex. He is 6'1".



Here's some recent shots from me, more to come soon.


http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-cV9kpT7/0/XL/i-cV9kpT7-XL.jpg

http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-HJMJfLv/2/XL/i-HJMJfLv-XL.jpg




Both of these are pretty sweet.

The blue tone works very nice in the first image and the movement of the water makes the second shot.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Great shots Trevor as always. They would be very funny if you had a female in a bikini laying on a beach chair in one of those shots....LOL

[Tucson T4R]

Wow Trevor:Wow1: Those are all fantastic images. The second one is my favorite. All wall hangers any way you look at them. :victory:

[Lost Canadian]

Thanks guys, actually looking at a couple of them now I'm not feeling it,...and that is exactly why you don't work on images and post them when you're tired, ha. The iced rock is too close to the edge of the frame and in hindsight I think the sunrise is a little too much even though it was that colourful. It's distracting somewhat. Here is another take of the same rock shot only a couple minutes apart from the first but positioned slightly different and without the intense colour of the sunrise. The colour didn't last long and began to fade from the sky in this one and I think the highlights and tonalities roll off much nicer. I also lowered my position and moved the rock away from the edge of the frame making it a more central and prominent element,...as it should be IMO. Let me know what you guys think.


http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-zGdJHVg/0/XL/i-zGdJHVg-XL.jpg

There's also this one which I think works a bit better then the portrait orientation as well. Shot much lower, which hid the yellowish rock beneath the ice and simplified the colour palate somewhat. It also puts the viewer into the image better I feel. I also pulled down the saturation just a touch. I didn't add any in the original but felt there was a bit too much purple coming through. Again let me know what you think of these reworks.


http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-3fvDXzS/1/XL/i-3fvDXzS-XL.jpg




Great shots Trevor as always. They would be very funny if you had a female in a bikini laying on a beach chair in one of those shots....LOL

LOL, know of any models that like to be sprayed by water in windy sub zero temps...? Actually, now that I think about it, it would probably be pretty easy to find some nut job willing to do it. :hehe:

[Tucson T4R]

I like your new version of the ice covered rock better as far as the framing but I miss the deeper sunrise colors from the original image.

Switching the second shot to landscape improves the perspective a lot for me. I like it.

[LaOutbackTrail]

Trevor, if I ever have the opportunity, will you show me around up there? Jeeze man your pics are beautiful!

[Tucson T4R]

Trevor, if I ever have the opportunity, will you show me around up there? Jeeze man your pics are beautiful!

Only if you put on a swim suit and pose on a beach chair. :elkgrin:

[LaOutbackTrail]

You've seen Borat, right? Yeah. It would be like that.

[LaOutbackTrail]

Except I am arguably hairier.

[Lost Canadian]

LOL, you guys are hilarious. But yeah, for sure man,...on one condition, you help me find a decent guide to navigate the waters of the Atchafalaya Basin in the very early morning around sunrise. A trip to the swamps of Louisiana has been looming heavy on my mind of late.

[taco2go]

Here's some recent shots from me, more to come soon.


http://www.trevorlbrown.com/photos/i-G5tW5JM/0/XL/i-G5tW5JM-XL.jpg


Beautiful winter pictures Trevor- I liked the framing and composition on this the best , the two (spruce?) trees in the foreground on the right tied it together well- eyes went around and back again.

[LaOutbackTrail]

I don't know of a guide, but I'd be more than willing to explore down there! When are we going?

[Lost Canadian]

Thanks Joash,...they're white cedar I believe. The irony of this shot is that it's the warmest of the bunch in terms it's colour thanks to the orangy/redish rising sun coming out of the east lending a warmed up colour cast to everything, you can see the sun just catching the tops of the trees across the cove, but it was by far the coldest morning I was out in. Convincing myself to get out of my sleeping bag was the biggest challenge of that morning.

[Lost Canadian]

I don't know of a guide, but I'd be more than willing to explore down there! When are we going?

I was thinking the fall maybe, Louisiana fall that is, when the cypress trees start showing a little red and orange foliage.

[LaOutbackTrail]

Two flaws with that idea, one: less wildlife two: tons of hunters.

[iMTB]

Needs more resolution:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Pattino/37d06c36.jpg

[Every Miles A Memory]

Only if you put on a swim suit and pose on a beach chair. :elkgrin:


You've seen Borat, right? Yeah. It would be like that.

OMG, I spit my drink out on these two!!

[Every Miles A Memory]

Needs more resolution:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Pattino/37d06c36.jpg

That's a FAT gator! Which river?

[iMTB]

That's a FAT gator! Which river?

Hillsborough. Eating all my bass!

[Warn Industries]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/Tekka_Maki/trees.jpg

From Mt. Hood National Forest this weekend.

- Andy

[photoman]

Andy- that shot has a nice feel to it.

[photoman]

A few more random images from my last trip

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-K247SMB/0/L/i-K247SMB-L.jpg

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/i-rRwpJMX/0/XL/i-rRwpJMX-XL.jpg

[Tucson T4R]

The soft light and colors in the Powell shoreline capture are sweet. Nicely done Aaron.:victory:

[JamesDowning]

Aaron, was that last one a night time long exposure? or was the water really that calm? Pretty sweet!

[photoman]

Thanks Brad and James-

This was the very last bit of light which occurs right as the sun drops below the horizon line. The water was indeed very calm as while we were at this location for about an hour only one boat passed by. In fact the entire time we were at Lake Powell (Lone Butte area and Alstrom Point) we only saw 3 boats total.

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/404825_2287941056375_1784404091_1473603_811585338_ n.jpg

[Every Miles A Memory]

That's a big Rocks Glass Beau!! Nice Shot

[JamesDowning]

http://images.thedownings.us/artistic/grass-in-evening-sun.jpg

http://images.thedownings.us/artistic/grass-in-evening-shadow.jpg

[taco2go]

^^ great tones, I like these.

Awesome shots as usual Aaron, and Beau that's a very "gourmet" shot indeed.

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

Thanks guys. I don't typically post in this thread. (I need to slow down and plan my shots more)

Speaking of gourmet:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PmeM_KBcG_M/TxjEI6kdVFI/AAAAAAAAEs0/Aaxng_PV1Uk/s800/DSC_0247.jpg

[photoman]

Beau-

Pretty dramatic improvement over the past year. Congrats!!

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

Aaron, Thank you! I am really having fun with this.

[JamesDowning]

Looks delicious, nice dish and nice photo composition! My only criticism (and take this lightly, I'm no pro)... is to use a slightly deeper depth of field, so the entire food portion is in a bit sharper focus. I noticed my eyes instantly go to the shrimp, but then want to look at the sauce which is blurry.

Mmmm, shrimp...

[ywen]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/429877_10101252758179383_2201048_68349194_17756367 48_n.jpg

[Carolyn]

Just found this area... guided by another member (gotta love a good guide :sombrero: )

Photography is my passion. As well as my source of income. I travel to make photographs. For me. Ones that touch my very core. And lucky for me, others seem to enjoy them also.... hope you do too. Here's one for you from Southern Colorado. And another from Mexico.

Whispering Dunes
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Fishermen at Sea
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[Lost Canadian]

Wow Carolyn, absolutly fantastic images and portfolio! Welcome to the forum.

[iMTB]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Pattino/67d68d0b.jpg

[hochung]

from my last outting:

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[Carolyn]

Wow Carolyn, absolutly fantastic images and portfolio! Welcome to the forum.

Thanks Trevor. I really enjoyed your outdoor portfolio.... look forward to spending more time...

[Every Miles A Memory]

Great stuff Carolyn! Welcome to the forum!

Imtb, the dog looks like it was having fun with that Bud Light Lime

[taco2go]

Wow Carolyn, absolutly fantastic images and portfolio! Welcome to the forum.

X2 amazing pictures. You have a well realized style, very inspiring.

[LifterCatcher]

http://www.chrisrphotography.com/img/s3/v42/p842933329-4.jpg
Missouri's oldest tree the giant Burr Oak (http://chrisrphotographyblog.com/2012/01/missouris-oldest-tree-the-giant-burr-oak/)

http://www.chrisrphotography.com/img/s6/v6/p21956978-4.jpg


Just a couple of mine

Chris Rogers Photography (http://www.chrisrphotography.com)

[RHINO]

the picture sucks,, but the composition was fun and the fishing was great. had the whole lake to myself.
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee323/shavedape_2008/100_0883.jpg

[john101477]

http://www.chrisrphotography.com/img/s3/v42/p842933329-4.jpg
Just a couple of mine

Chris Rogers Photography (http://www.chrisrphotography.com)

Very nice image Chris

[DrSaabaru]

Here are a couple from a trip to Joshua Tree last month. These were shot on Ektar 100 medium format film with 1950's Rolleicord.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6731074319_9eb2954f4d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmalouf/6731074319/)
Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmalouf/6731074319/) by rmalouf (http://www.flickr.com/people/rmalouf/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6729353077_cfeb565f50_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmalouf/6729353077/)
Oasis of Mara (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmalouf/6729353077/) by rmalouf (http://www.flickr.com/people/rmalouf/), on Flickr

[Every Miles A Memory]

Clay, how do you like your Native?

[iMTB]

http://www.chrisrphotography.com/img/s3/v42/p842933329-4.jpg
Missouri's oldest tree the giant Burr Oak (http://chrisrphotographyblog.com/2012/01/missouris-oldest-tree-the-giant-burr-oak/)

http://www.chrisrphotography.com/img/s6/v6/p21956978-4.jpg

Just a couple of mine

Chris Rogers Photography (http://www.chrisrphotography.com)
beautiful.

The barn reminds me of the inside of this old helicopter. Someone just left it out next to the airport.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Pattino/blah.jpg

[LifterCatcher]

Very nice image Chris

Thanks so much


beautiful.

The barn reminds me of the inside of this old helicopter. Someone just left it out next to the airport.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/Pattino/blah.jpg

Wow that would be awesome to see where is it?

Chris

[iMTB]

Wow that would be awesome to see where is it?

Chris

It was in Sanford, FL. I think it has been scrapped now.

[RHINO]

Clay, how do you like your Native?

love it,,, its the 12 footer

[TexasTJ]

My First Try at an HDR Image form an 09 Trip to Ouray Colorado.

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Random shots from a Trip to Big Bend with a med stop in Alpine a couple of years ago!!!


Biggs

[LaOutbackTrail]

Women Can Do It!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/418310_725195236391_62002887_33803632_1384267310_n .jpg

:Wow1:

[1911]

Women Can Do It!

Great photo! K. is a good sport. Tell her that driving an FJ40 on a rough road will induce labor. :)

[Every Miles A Memory]

I think the sensor on the belly is telling her its almost ready to pop! Great photo!

[nwoods]

Women Can Do It!

:Wow1:
thank goodness, because I certainly don't want to go through it!

Great portrait shot! Do you have more from this series? Feel free to post them in the Portrait thread. Good stuff!

[mervifwdc]

Just found this area... guided by another member (gotta love a good guide :sombrero: )

Photography is my passion. As well as my source of income. I travel to make photographs. For me. Ones that touch my very core. And lucky for me, others seem to enjoy them also.... hope you do too. Here's one for you from Southern Colorado. And another from Mexico.

Whispering Dunes
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Fishermen at Sea
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Stunning! Looking forward to seeing more of your shots.

Merv


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.904107,-6.898041

[mervifwdc]

The kids here in morocco are just so cute. Too many of them are looking for sweets from tourists, but some just cannot by driven by without photographing them in return for some fruit which usually brings a big smile.


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.904107,-6.898040

[LaOutbackTrail]

thank goodness, because I certainly don't want to go through it!

Great portrait shot! Do you have more from this series? Feel free to post them in the Portrait thread. Good stuff!

Thanks! No, only one pic is needed when you are trying to replicate something.

There is a portrait thread? Oh well, I started this one.... :)

[Sebas]

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[HumphreyBear]

A few of mine that I thought I'd share. I seem to be going through South American withdrawal this weekend, all my posted photos have been from my 2006 trip there (I've been four times and am planning trip five). I'll lay claim to these having had a tremendous amount of thought put into their framing, I'll leave the concept of whether they are artistic to others! :)

From the Uros Islands in Lake Titicaca:
400mm, f/6.3, 1/320th sec, 0 EV, ISO100, Circ. Polariser filter, Landscape mode, IS on
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400mm, f/7.1, 1/400th sec, 0 EV, ISO100, 0.3ND filter, Landscape mode, IS on
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160mm, f/5.6, 1/800th sec, 0 EV, ISO100, Circ. Polariser filter, Manual mode, IS off
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360mm, f/5.6, 1/640th sec, 0 EV, ISO100, no filter, Manual mode, IS on
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Not the Uros Islands, but from a solid island in Lake Titicaca:
100mm, f/8, 1/250th sec, 0 EV, ISO100, Circ. Polariser filter, Landscape mode, IS off
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From Rio De Janeiro during Carivale a few years ago. I was focussing on trying to demonstrate movement through the use of very shallow depth of field-induced blurring and 'bokeh'.
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These were both shot after a rain storm passed through the sambadrome, hence the shine and high ambient light reflectivity. It helped for the same reason movie/TV scenes are often 'wet down' beforehand as it adds a significant amount of details and interest to an otherwise flat shot. In this case I really wanted to have the reflections pick up the crazy colours, shadows and activity going on around the performers. These performers were at the end of the sambadrome and were in the process of stripping off their costumes and going for the afterparty. They were shot on a Canon D20 with a Canon EF L 100-400mm (f/4.5-5.6) lens fully extended to 400mm. Autofocus settings were Pattern metering mode for the first photo because I wanted the surrounds only a little out of focus, but the ground completely out. The second shot was manually focussed to try and pinpoint the donkey's eye and rose hat (I missed slightly and got its horn, but pretty close!). The metadata says it was spot focussed, though??

400mm, f/5.6, 1/25th sec, 0 EV, ISO400, 0.3ND filter, manual mode, IS on
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400mm, f/5.6, 1/15th sec, 0 EV, ISO400, no filter, manual mode, IS off
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And finally from the train graveyard at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, where salt trains go to die (for some reason I thought I was in Chile when I labelled these Salar photos, I blame too much cerveca and MinuteMan pizza... :sombrero: ).
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Cheers,
Humphrey

[Every Miles A Memory]

Great shots Humphrey!

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

Working on a series for my friend's wine shop.
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I am going to redo the white wine one tonight, but I like how the other two turned out.

[Every Miles A Memory]

I was just thinking that the White Wine shot might look better with a different color background.

[john101477]

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[LaOutbackTrail]

I am going to redo the white wine one tonight, but I like how the other two turned out. Composition is there, but I think they turned out a bit soft, especially the beer.

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

I was just thinking that the White Wine shot might look better with a different color background.

I was thinking the same thing and will suggest it to my friend, but she wanted the backgrounds to be white.


Composition is there, but I think they turned out a bit soft, especially the beer.

I think that has to do with my lighting, I only have one flash/softbox and two bounce cards. Also, the lens I was using isn't the best. I will see what I can do in Lightroom.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Beau, I was thinking of a cool way to try something when doing a shot like this.

Put a big white piece of paper on a glass table and fire the flash from below with some bounce cards on each side of the glass and maybe on on the top to reflect some light back down into it??????

What do you think? Might be sort of cool to try

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

Okay, when I get back from New Zealand I will give it a try! I think that is a cool idea.

[JamesDowning]

Here are a couple recent ones that I really liked:

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[nwoods]

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John, that's terrific...but you should post a version larger than thumbnail size :-)

[Zoltar]

This is a shot I captured in 2001 with film (scanned). It’s the photo that made me fall in love with photography. I’d really like to hear what you guys think.
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[LaOutbackTrail]

T minus one week left... thought I should get a bit creative...
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[Every Miles A Memory]

Very Cool Idea! That will be neat in a frame over the crib

[Every Miles A Memory]

This is a shot I captured in 2001 with film (scanned). It’s the photo that made me fall in love with photography. I’d really like to hear what you guys think.
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It's got some character to it. I noticed I was sitting there staring at it for awhile, which is probably a good thing when it comes to an image

[1911]

T minus one week left... thought I should get a bit creative...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418511_737602197741_62002887_33845014_1663031597_n .jpg

Another great photo Scott!

Did you get my last email, on Monday 3/5?

[john101477]

very nice shots Scott

[Zoltar]

It's got some character to it. I noticed I was sitting there staring at it for awhile, which is probably a good thing when it comes to an image

Thank you for the reply! I’ve sat and stared at countless photos of yours; glad I could pay it back a little. While this isn’t the critique thread, if you have suggestions to any of my photos I can use all the help I can get.

This one is from Venice, I intentionally left it a little dark to give the feeling of being in the canyon of the buildings.
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[Every Miles A Memory]

I love the mix of architecture this image has.

I always search out scenes like this when traveling through cities or towns

[mtnbike28]

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I liked the shadows and lines, but not sure I found the photo...

[phxtoad]

I like it, Jay.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Sitting on our dock watching some storms roll through. I'm pissed off because I was trying various settings and when the lightning would hit, the strikes were so large they were over-exposing the image. I've tried in CS5 to tone it down, but cant recover the highlights to get the lightning bolts to show up right :(

These suckers were spider webbing all across the clouds. Man was it a beautiful sight!

http://everymilesamemory.smugmug.com/Cedar-Key-Florida/Cedar-Key/i-D3FHzh2/0/L/Admiring-Mother-Natures-Beauty-L.jpg

Those two planets in the upper left are Venus and Jupiter

Settings were - Canon 5D MKII with a Canon 16-35 f/2.8 lens - ISO 3200 8second exposure at f/2.8

[Zoltar]

Settings were - Canon 5D MKII with a Canon 16-35 f/2.8 lens - ISO 3200 8second exposure at f/2.8

Really like the dramatic change from stars to storm... Was this shot at the 16 end of the 16-35mm?

[Every Miles A Memory]

Yeah, sorry for not stating that. I was set at 16mm and it's on a full frame body, so that's a true 16mm and not cropped.

This is somewhat grainy on my monitor because of the ISO3200. I'm thinking of having it printed to see what the grain looks like when put on paper. I've found that a lot of the grain we see on the monitors is lost when printed

I'll let you know the results when we get it delivered

[mtnbike28]

That looks great! Love the purples and reflections.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Thanks!

I'm not sure where the purple came from? Must be because this was only a few hours after sunset, so there must have still been some glow in the skies that the naked eye couldn't detect, but the long exposure picked up?

[Zoltar]

I was set at 16mm and it's on a full frame body, so that's a true 16mm and not cropped.

I thought it might have been from the reflections of the house lights. I have that lens, but have been using it on a 1.6 body, however my 5dMii was delivered YESTERDAY, so I'm pretty excited to get out and start shooting with it. I'm sure all my shots will look as good as yours with the same equipment, right? Right? :)


I'll let you know the results when we get it delivered

Very interested in print details and quality.

[Every Miles A Memory]

The 5DMKII and the 16-35 f/2.8 is a killer combo. That lens rarely comes off that body of ours.

[Tucson T4R]

Cool shot Pat. I enjoy trying to capture lightning storms and get plenty of chances around here during the summer monsoon season.

I like the stars you picked up with the ISO 3200 but that may be a factor in why the lightning strikes are blowing out some of your captures. You might have to balance less detail in the stars by using a much lower ISO. I usually am around ISO 200 for my lightning captures.

There are always trade offs though. I like the star details around the thunderhead in your shot. :victory:

[HB 4X4]

Fantastic shots as always, Pat!

[photoman]

I agree with Brad on the ISO. I think 1600 or lower and a longer exposure would have worked out better. Pretty awesome as it is though.

[Snafu]

It was a cold night...I always choose to go out and camp on the coldest nights it seems. I had a hard time keeping the camera still long enough to take the pics! Funny thing is, it was only in the high 20's but I didn't come prepared for that at all. I was all on my own and started thinking about how I could take shots that kind of worked with that. I'm no expert, just someone having fun. I kept walking into the mesquite and creosote trying to find something interesting :D

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6866461257_8cebf0ee5f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866461257/)
twist (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866461257/) by snafu-kb (http://www.flickr.com/people/snafu_pbj/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6866458769_5e4ecb23a2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866458769/)
Depth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866458769/) by snafu-kb (http://www.flickr.com/people/snafu_pbj/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/6866470961_704dd0d104_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866470961/)
Coming For You (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866470961/) by snafu-kb (http://www.flickr.com/people/snafu_pbj/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6866482859_a7a7103c3f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866482859/)
Rising Sun Exploding (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snafu_pbj/6866482859/) by snafu-kb (http://www.flickr.com/people/snafu_pbj/), on Flickr

[nwoods]

Snafu, that first image is really quite fantastic

[taco2go]

I likes it too. :) Tricky exposure with the sun blazing through the branches, but it makes the composition.

[Snafu]

Thanks guys, I'll have to build on that one and learn something then :)

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[Carolyn]

It's snowing here..... been a terrible on and off winter (Utah - I live up in Big Cottonwood) ..... looking out the trees all clinging with snow... guess I'll post a couple winter mountain views:
Quiet Storm
Bugaboo Mountains - British Columbia
The Next Pass

[Carolyn]

And just for grins..... here's a desert view from Island in the Sky (Canyonlands) :ylsmoke:

[FJR Colorado]

^ Wow. Great shots, Carolyn.

[mtnbike28]

Great photos Carolyn!

[Every Miles A Memory]

That Bug Mtn shot is fantastic!!

[john101477]

Love the set Carolyn. Very nice!

[john101477]

Took these this weekend here in Central Florida.
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[Carolyn]

Thanks guys! The 3 mountain shots are all from the Bugaboos, different years. It's my favorite place on earth. I ride there (snowboard) and I've even been so fortunate as to have climbed there. No sign of the hands of man for 360 degrees on most of the the peaks - for hundreds of miles. It's truly amazing. And the spires are white granite. Beckey and Chouinard put up many a route there. Almost every photograph on my website under *Photography in High Places* has been made there.
Thanks again - glad you enjoyed them :wavey:

[1911]

Love your photos Carolyn! Thanks for posting them.

[smslavin]

Been awhile since I've posted anything. Work has me buried and we just relocated to Denver. Just starting to get out and explore a little. These were taken on the Greenbelt Plateau, just south of Boulder. I had headed out for a trail run but cut it short so I could make a few images.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ck-9WYO-3_Y/T2VQPN8v12I/AAAAAAAACFs/-6ZGv0ebiMs/s800/Slavin_120317_1562.jpg

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[theicecreampeople]

great pics scotty ...

[theicecreampeople]

92219 ok my pics are not that good but here is a pic of a guy that takes great pics ...this is what scott looks like when he takes great pics..

[Carolyn]

Love your photos Carolyn! Thanks for posting them.


Thank You!

[smslavin]

Needed an afternoon ride to clear the head.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ebRpJ6enVl0/T204_vscVYI/AAAAAAAACH8/6QBVGSuRNw0/s800/Slavin_110115_1260.jpg

Looking forward to getting the truck dirty in the morning and one last day of skiing on Sunday with the kiddos.

[Tucson T4R]

Nice shot and sounds like a good plan for tomorrow. :wings:

[Zoltar]

It's got some character to it. I noticed I was sitting there staring at it for awhile, which is probably a good thing when it comes to an image

By the way, I should have mentioned, this was with a disposable camera. I thought it was striking, and wanted to create more pictures like it. Learned quickly that it’s a lot harder when luck isn’t on your side. That was a long time ago, and still one of my favorites.

[smslavin]

Nice shot and sounds like a good plan for tomorrow. :wings:

Thanks and it was a great plan.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-saO8pVHsZMw/T25GrYCJHDI/AAAAAAAACIU/vsqUObisWoY/s800/Slavin_120324_1648.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PYEwKolG5tw/T25GrQIjS_I/AAAAAAAACIQ/4H4O_FsLkMg/s800/Slavin_120324_1730.jpg

:wings:

[john101477]

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Des and I spent a couple of days in St Augustine Fl. to get our sanity back. Although it was her idea and I wanted to go camping, we did have fun

[Zoltar]

Looking at this one tricks me into thinking I'm on vacation... Cinque Terre, Italy

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[HB 4X4]

This first one was just used in "21 Jump Street" released earlier this month:

http://josh220.smugmug.com/photos/i-Cwbp58W/0/M/i-Cwbp58W-M.jpg

http://josh220.smugmug.com/photos/i-6Tp3WVv/0/M/i-6Tp3WVv-M.jpg

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[Tucson T4R]

Awesome shots Josh. Well done.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Killer Shots Josh, love that one with the tents

[expedition4x4]

Collegiate Peaks last Saturday93951

[HB 4X4]

Awesome shots Josh. Well done.


Killer Shots Josh, love that one with the tents

Thanks guys. You have both been something for me to aspire to.

[HumphreyBear]

http://josh220.smugmug.com/photos/i-6Tp3WVv/0/M/i-6Tp3WVv-M.jpg




Beautiful shots, all of them. In the one above, what did you use to paint the hill behind the tents? Is it the same source with which you illuminated the left-hand tent?

[HB 4X4]

Thank you!

There were two Rigid LED flashlights and an LED lantern. The lantern was behind the left tent, one flashlight inside the right tent, and one flashlight to paint the hills.

I would actually like to recreate this at some point as I have much better ideas in mind, and much more efficient processes to achieve what I have in mind.

I also forgot my cable release on this trip so I was standing there with my finger on the shutter release for all of the shots I took that night.