The Landscape Thread

[Redbird]

I took this from the window of my home in Colorado Springs on Thanksgiving Day a couple of years back. I heard the gas from the balloon and looked out the window to see what it was. Just happened to catch him flying by with my Canon A70. The pictures were stitched using Cannon ZoomBrowser

[shoeytennis]

heres a few pictures from my vacation in niagara falls with a mesly nikon 7600!
Hope you guys enjoy them.

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5374/picture092ei3.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5712/picture108do2.jpg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/2532/picture133ic0.jpg

[Prospero]

Here's a picture of a rockformation in the Spanish Pyrenees:

http://prospero.cabspace.com/pictures/rockformations.jpg

[jptsr1]

Venice Beach CA.

J.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/jptsr1/IMG_0446.jpg

[jeff31]

http://jeffdigit.free.fr/pay_270906_1.jpg

[ferdydurke]

Foot of Peak 3, Anchorage, Alaska

[Erad]

this is one i shot while on road on the way home.

[AllanC]

not enierly sure which thread this belongs in.. maybe flowers but here will do till i'm told off....

South West France

[gstafleu]

I saw some watery pics recently in this thread, so I thought I'd contribute. Here are some pictures from the old locks in the Muskoka river, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. (Pentax DS, Sigma 18-125mm)

http://static.flickr.com/94/259120152_017ba1448a_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/97/259120351_46b8b1c660_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/96/259120418_a723a89a2b_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/85/259120512_9c00a44a81_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/95/259120631_89ec6d18e4_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/95/259120755_c94476872a_o.jpg

[AllanC]

wow, great pics gerard. amazing reflections.

[Phill D]

Yes lovely shots Gerard & nicely composed. You could have put them in the reflection thread but who cares they're great.

[Esoterra]

I love this time of the year. Autumn changes the ordinary into extravagant! These shots are taken up the Alpine Loop in Utah.

http://chrisross.smugmug.com/gallery/1974487

[ktixx]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/Windsor.jpg

Ken

[toriaj]

Wow, Chris, you are here so much! Thinkin' about moving here? :D I love seeing your awesome shots in places I recognize.

My favorite in this gallery was the 2nd to last on the 1st page, with the yellow flowers going up to the mountain. I really like how it leads your eye into the picture, and I really like the lens flare. Gives it a very real feeling, like you can imagine yourself in that spot.

[Esoterra]

Thanks Tori! The In-laws live in Spanish Fark so we are usually up there once a month or so. My wife gets tired of all the driving but I love it. Every weekend I am off and about looking for something to take pictures of. This weekend, I took a trip up to Cedar Breaks Park just east of Cedar City, UT. I also visited Yankee Meadows up Parowan Canyon. Here is a link

http://chrisross.smugmug.com/gallery/1985062

[Prospero]

Beautiful pictures, Chris (in both galleries). You captured the warm autumn colours really well. Perhaps I can go to the forest or the dunes myself this weekend to capture some autumn colours, before it is too late...

By the way, I noticed that in some of your pictures the sky is dark blue. I really like the effect. Did you use a polariser or did you do that in PP?

[Erad]

heres a couple that i shot taking a walk at the park.

[Erad]

heres the other.

[Esoterra]

Beautiful pictures, Chris (in both galleries). You captured the warm autumn colours really well. Perhaps I can go to the forest or the dunes myself this weekend to capture some autumn colours, before it is too late...

By the way, I noticed that in some of your pictures the sky is dark blue. I really like the effect. Did you use a polariser or did you do that in PP?

I used a circular polarizer and under exposed the shot by 2 stops. It almost makes the sky go black! I love this effect, especially against the white aspen trees without their leaves. Thanks for the nice remarks.

[nrbelex]

Panasonic Lumix TZ1 :p

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York


http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/6460/2002206429798974091_rs.jpg


http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/6630/2002275280939185607_rs.jpg

http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/3584/2002258844508887461_rs.jpg

More at my Picasa Album (http://picasaweb.google.com/nrbelex/AVisitToMohonk)


~ Brett

[Adiseshanaik]

Some nice compositions in landscape pics here. Thanks all for sharing.

[Adiseshanaik]

From 350D and Sigma 18-200. C & C are welcome.

http://static.flickr.com/86/271438812_5ea474dcf6_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/97/271438807_49cf130a56_o.jpg

[P_Schneider]

I really like the second shot Adiseshanaik, nice work.

[jeff31]

http://jeffdigit.free.fr/pay_141006_3.jpg

http://jeffdigit.free.fr/pay_151006_6.jpg

[graphlin]

http://mishilo.image.pbase.com/g5/61/609861/2/68469451.k3WOcLEp.jpg

[NickyPick]

Let's see if I can link these right. This is Mt. Baker, Christmas 2005. I had never seen snow (from Houston, the sauna), so my BIL took me on a drive up Mt. Baker. I keep telling people these are NOT black and white photos! :D My camera is a Sony DSC-V1, that started having focusing problems a few months ago. I just recently noticed that it had obviously been dropped, so I've been searching these forums for ideas for my new camera.


The second one makes me think of an alien landscape.

Rae

ETA: ok, how do I get the photos to post bigger? My album is on Webshots and I used the linkage that they gave me for this.

[Jason25]

It's been awhile, so I figured I'd post up a couple.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/glacierview2webcrop.jpg



http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/streamweb.jpg

[Esoterra]

It's been awhile, so I figured I'd post up a couple.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/glacierview2webcrop.jpg




Jason,

Is this above picture of the Mendenhall Glacier by chance?

[Jason25]

That's the one! It's so close by, it's hard to go to other areas of town when there's so much to shoot at the glacier :D

[Stoller]

Arhes National Park
http://mlrc.us/mnt/dcresource/Stoller (107).jpg

[Stoller]

Another
http://mlrc.us/mnt/dcresource/Stoller (120).jpg

[Stoller]

One more
http://mlrc.us/mnt/dcresource/Stoller (121).jpg

[American Nomad]

In contrast to Stoller, here is swampland in south Louisiana.
Anyone want to go for a hike?

[debu_17]

how exactly did u recover the data from the curropted CF
card?
very good pics, u hav taken ful advantage of the light conditions!

some scene shots from a recent trip to ahilly area,

please comment

[YZdirtrider13]

dude... resize that. its over 3000 px

most big images dont bother me cause im at 1920x1200 but thats huge :eek:

[jjlaughner]

http://www.jjlaughner.com/myspace/jjlaughner1.jpg
Church in AZ, circa 96 from my old film camera

[johnnycorda]

this is the front of my yard in some fog

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r184/johnnycorda/frontyardmidnight.jpg


here is the waterfall in my backyard pond
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r184/johnnycorda/pondbricks.jpg

[D Thompson]

Arhes National Park
Nice shots. I spent 3 days there in Feb. It's a fantastic place to shoot. We're gonna try to make it back there this coming Feb trip for a day or so.

[Jason25]

Took this saturday morning during heavy sleet.

D70s + 18-70 DX Nikkor
18mm, f/8, 1/15, ISO 1250

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/sandybeachweb.jpg

[toriaj]

Wow, Jason, great shot! It might look even better in a landscape (horizontal) format. But ... I hope you don't have to put up with any more sleet!

[Texan_Eagle_Scout]

1) Sedona, Az this October
2) Fort Point, San Francisco at around sunset this past May
3) Twin Peaks, San Francisco at night in May (friggin cold up there with the 30mph winds, very difficult to keep the camera still even on a tripod)
4) Point Loma National Cemetary, San Diego, CA

The unusual church picture taken by jjlaughner is in Sedona, AZ if I am not mistaken.

All taken with the Canon S2-IS.

[AllanC]

nice pics. i like them, the horizons could be doing with straightening up but hey..

i really like the last pic, i think this is a scene thatt would benifit from a good HDR composition. though i haven't had any luck composing my own yet...

[SpecialK]

Vasquez Rocks of Star Trek fame, Southern Califoria.

[liteace]

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/DSC_1522.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/DSC_1519.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/DSC_1687.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/fred/DSC_0216.JPG

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/fred/DSC_0223.JPG

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/me/DSC_0432.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/graham/fred/DSC_0233.JPG

[Phill D]

Nice shots liteace any chance of some camera & location information? I went on a canal holiday this year and some of the places just looked familiar so I was wondering where they were.

[liteace]

Nice shots liteace any chance of some camera & location information? I went on a canal holiday this year and some of the places just looked familiar so I was wondering where they were.

Hiya phil
The ones on the canal are near Gathurst near Wigan and the others are at Crook'o'lune near Lancaster and i use a Nikon D70

[FishinDave07]

This is a picture of when i was at Pikes Peak in colorado. The crazy part was...This is a disposable camera!!!! I know that this is a Digital Camera Forum but DAMN isn't it crazy good?! :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/david12588/Philmont045.jpg

[rickalm2000]

some shots i took a long time ago to make a pano and just learned how to do it with photoshop, its my first try at a panoramic picture taken with a konica minolta Z1. Its in Puerto Rico next to el morro. Across the bay there is the Bacardi factory.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/xtiguy/prpanoramic.jpg

[jeff31]

http://jeffdigit.free.fr/pay_020106_4.jpg

[cgl88]

What do you think?
Sony DSC-T11, 5MP

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/34/08/1900834-c4ac94fb2191b724.jpg

[toriaj]

Very nice shot! You asked for opinions :D so I do think it's a little under-exposed. You could probably bring out more color in PP. I like the composition, in general, but the boat at the bottom and the mountain at the top are a little to close to the edge for my taste. But still, a great picture, and I hope you keep posting.

[Fz5_newbie]

so sort of landscape .......with a boat in it..!


Comments more than welcome

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/toddler19/boat-framecopy-1.jpg

[rtronick]

http://rtronick.smugmug.com/photos/26245190-M.jpg
Rocky Mountain National Park

http://rtronick.smugmug.com/photos/32628315-M.jpg
Port of LaCrosse

[danidabi]

These aren't from my S3 but I took them last year at the breakwater.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/danidabi/Dayout004.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/danidabi/dayout12.jpg

[AaronBBrown]

Some seascapes...
http://www.soggydiving.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/img_2361.jpghttp://www.soggydiving.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_2492.jpghttp://www.soggydiving.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_2516.jpg

[zmikers]

These aren't from my S3 but I took them last year at the breakwater.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/danidabi/Dayout004.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/danidabi/dayout12.jpg

I recognize that breakwater. I miss Victoria:D

[danidabi]

^^ I'll make sure to take more pics around the city for you and post them so you can reminise about the city:) :)

[zmikers]

LOL.... That would be great!:D Cheers

[Surf The World]

im not quite sure whether this is a sea scape or a landscape. but its my favorite place :-D
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c275/THEHUSTINJ/img_2278.jpg

[AllanC]

Loch Lommond. Shot yesterday 7th feb.

f11, 1/250 @ 23mm

[Alina Borovikova]

i like watch by sky

[Alina Borovikova]

quiet water

[Alina Borovikova]

i sow him...

[gmtech79]

i sow him...

Very bright on top, but I like how you captured the sun rays.

[Alina Borovikova]

Very bright on top, but I like how you captured the sun rays.

Thanks a lot, i try to do better

[Prospero]

Here's a picture I took today with my D50 and Sigma 10-20 with a circular polarizer in the forest.

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More pictures can be found here: http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28862

[Yomny]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/everglades.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/treehdr.jpg

[500mL]

Just want to add something I shot with my S2 IS. :D

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/376239849_5cf3a7c6a5.jpg

[MiqueMaus]

Statue of Willie McCovey at SBC Park in San Francisco. Taken with a Canon SD700 IS. C/C appreciated. Thanks!

http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/9849/2001295677315968042_rs.jpg

[zmikers]

Here are a couple of the Rockie Mountains. Comments please!

[toriaj]

zmikers, your shots have an old, "film" feel. The first one seems to have a blue cast, except that it seems like old film shots did. Neat shots.

[zmikers]

zmikers, your shots have an old, "film" feel. The first one seems to have a blue cast, except that it seems like old film shots did. Neat shots.

Well that's because they were taken on film....LOL:p I took these a few years back before I entered the DSLR world. Do you think it takes away from the photos or is the quality still OK? Thanks for the comments!

[Lilchilichoco]

20516

20517

20518

20519


would be nice to hear something about these.....

[Prospero]

Here are a couple of the Rockie Mountains. Comments please!

Nice pictures, zmikers. I think the image quality of the pictures is still ok, despite being taken on film. They are a bit soft, but that probably is caused by the scan and resizing for the web. I think that the dynamic range is actually a bit better than digital, especially in the highlights. Despite being bright, the sky and mountains in the background are still contrasty. I feel that with digital, this would have looked much more washed out.

The first shot is great, very nice composition. With the second, I would have stepped back just a little, to get more of the trees in the foreground in the shot, they would then create some sort of frame for the mountain scene in the background.

[zmikers]

Prospero, thanks for the comments. I agree with getting more of the trees in the second one, but I decided that 1000s of miles away and years later. If I ever get back there again then maybe, but for now I will have to live with what I got. Live and learn right.

[AdamW]

Well that's because they were taken on film....LOL:p I took these a few years back before I entered the DSLR world. Do you think it takes away from the photos or is the quality still OK? Thanks for the comments!

That first one looks like an old postcard, both the color and the composition. Pretty darn good.

[zmikers]

That first one looks like an old postcard, both the color and the composition. Pretty darn good.

Adam, thank you very much for that!:D I've learned something very important over the last few years. When I was still shooting with film I was a lot more cautious about my shots. Now that I have a dslr, I feel subcontiously that I'm thinking, "well if it doesn't work I can fix it in photoshop." I hate that. I take every shot telling myself to get it right in the camera first. Those shots above had zero PP, just a tiny crop in the second one.

[Lilchilichoco]

Thank you for skipping my shots.:) .......
I know they are not technically real camera shots.....but hey....they are pics anyway........wouldja like to take a dekko and tell me something 'bout them....? Maybe how amazing the sky is?
thanks and bestregards.

[Alina Borovikova]

welcome to Ukraine

[Alina Borovikova]

Ukraine.....

[SpecialK]

[QUOTE=AaronBBrown;193253]Some seascapes...
QUOTE]

Nice shots Aaron, but how about fixing your post to stack the images vertically instead of us having to scroll way way over and back?

[SpecialK]

This is at the park across the street from me.

[Pantanal]

Carmel River State Beach, California, in June, 2006. Taken with an old 2.1 Megapixel Olympus with an 8MB memory card (I should get my new Canon A710IS any day now).

[regP]

the view from my backyard. comments/suggestions welcome.

[Pantanal]

Incredible resolution, and a fantastic view. So where is your back yard?

[regP]

Incredible resolution, and a fantastic view. So where is your back yard?


i live in richmond california

[Pantanal]

Those hills look mighty green for California. Were they "enhanced" a tad by Adobe ("Photographic Botox"), or was the shot taken after some heavy rains? In any event, I wouldn't mind waking up to that sight every morning.

[regP]

Those hills look mighty green for California. Were they "enhanced" a tad by Adobe ("Photographic Botox"), or was the shot taken after some heavy rains? In any event, I wouldn't mind waking up to that sight every morning.

It rained the night before and the shot was taken with color set to Rich.

[Wirraway]

'Point Danger' on the southern end of 'Gold Coast' Queensland, Australia.

Sony DSC-F707

[gmtech79]

This caught my eye while I was out driving around tonight.
C&C highly appreciated.

[zmikers]

gmtech, great shot. I like the way the sun hits from the side and gives it a very warm glow. I might try cropping it down a bit. Give it more of a panorama feel. You could crop up to the fence and then take some off of the sky to keep your rule of thirds intact. But I really like this shot. Not too busy and very warm!

[gmtech79]

gmtech, great shot. I like the way the sun hits from the side and gives it a very warm glow. I might try cropping it down a bit. Give it more of a panorama feel. You could crop up to the fence and then take some off of the sky to keep your rule of thirds intact. But I really like this shot. Not too busy and very warm!

Thank you very much. I will do some cropping with it and see what I come up with, thanks for the comments.

[zmikers]

Thank you very much. I will do some cropping with it and see what I come up with, thanks for the comments.

You're welcome, but please remember that this was just a suggestion from me. At the end of the day, it is your photo and if you like the way it is then it is perfect. Suggestions are only that. Everybody has different styles and that is why photography is "creative." I'm sure many people might disagree with me and some may agree. Anyway, blah blah blah. I look forward to seeing your results. :D

[gmtech79]

Here is one with a different crop.

[zmikers]

Looking at both of your posts side by side, I'm not sure which I prefer. Both have a very different feel to them, but I cannot say that either one works better than the other. I can say this though, that I think both are great shots! Sometimes its nice to try different things in your PP routine. Thanks for sharing!:D

[michaelb]

I posted this in the Canon forum yeterday....I figured I would post it here where it really belongs!....

[Wirraway]

'Wynnum Pier' Brisbane, Australia.

Sony DSC-F707

[regP]

grrr if i didnt use too much ISO this would have been a pretty nice shot.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/regp/DSC01995.jpg

[darksyde]

Goat Island Park in Niagara Falls.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/416854108_74c63a0c46_b.jpg

[Pantanal]

Sunset Boulevard crossing the San Diego Freeway, taken from the Getty Museum in the hills above West Los Angeles, March, 2007. Canon A710IS.

[avi777]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/419825034_3d2dff8d50_b.jpg

[Pantanal]

Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, California. The water source is a nearby water reclamation plant.

[Pantanal]

The Japanese Garden in Van Nuys, immediately adjacent to the water reclamation plant mentioned above.

[tdfugere]

The oak? trees outside of work (Austin TX) - before rain knocked most of the flowers off!

[tdfugere]

Austin TX - this is on my way home from work so I stop down at the park & boat launch on one side quite a bit

[Schubi]

If you look closely, there's a small house up there in the mountains.

[T06]

Austin TX - this is on my way home from work so I stop down at the park & boat launch on one side quite a bit

..... love to see this taken on a very bright day with the sun at same/similar angle, it's a commendable shot as is.:)

[toriaj]

My "desert" shots have always been disappointing. What do you think of this one?

21979

[Prospero]

Tori, this one is quite nice. I like the warm colours. The fence definitly adds depth to the scene. Personally I would have taken the picture just a bit further, so that there's nothing covering the right side of the fence. But it definitly works the way it is now as well.

[Prospero]

Here's one of the pictures I took on my wintersports vacation three weeks ago. It was taken with my old camera, the Olympus C450. I couldn't take the D50 with me on the piste like I did last year, because for the largest part of the day the sight was too short and thus the risk of falling was too great for me to risk taking the D50 and lenses.

Luckily I did have the old point and shoot when the clouds broke one afternoon:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/419302667_f918884b60.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennis87/419302667/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/419302912_985cc4c2a1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennis87/419302912/)

[mumbles420]

Schubi, lovely shot. The perspective is great. I love it. I think it would have been even better if those branches weren't in the way though.

Here I took this at Stinson Beach, California. C & C is always welcome and is encouraged.:) Thanks.

[Gaffle]

Niagra Falls, Canadian side. Taken from the Skylon tower.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m133/Gaffle/Picture218.jpg

Fooled around with the night scenery on my Tizzy.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m133/Gaffle/Picture212.jpg

A shot from one of the underground tunnels that surround the falls.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m133/Gaffle/Picture110.jpg

A duck just chillin in the pool underneath the falls.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m133/Gaffle/Picture125.jpg

Chunk of ice/snow that formed on the edge of the pool. Mist around the wall of ice is from the falls.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m133/Gaffle/Picture126.jpg

[SpecialK]

Hi Gaffle:

Very nice Niagra Falls shots. I especially like the tunnel view.

[toriaj]

...I couldn't take the D50 with me on the piste like I did last year, because for the largest part of the day the sight was too short and thus the risk of falling was too great for me to risk taking the D50 and lenses.

Beautiful shots, Prospero. I really like how tack-sharp they are. So last year, did you actually take your D50 with you
on the ski trail? You must be an excellent skier! And thanks for your comment on my shot. Next time, I'll try the shot
without the foreground bush.

Gaffle, great shots! I've never seen Niagara Falls, so I enjoy seeing pictures of it.

[Prospero]

Thanks Tori. Yes, last year I skied with my D50 in a backpack. My skiing is pretty good, so as long as the sight is good and I ski carefully, the chances that I fall are minimal. This year there were only a couple of moments with good sight; it was snowing every day :(. Anyway, such conditions usually don't make nice pictures anyway.

Here's a picture of the weather condition most of the time:

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[mumbles420]

Cool shot Prospero. I love the simplicity of it. I go snowboarding with my camera as well. Nikon 8700 - http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=2&productNr=25515. It's no dSLR but I still ride pretty hard with it.:D

[Ambriel]

This is a view of a typical winter sunrise on Kintyre, taken from the bottom of my garden. It was taken with my trusty yet battered Nikon E4300. I was thinking of cropping it to remove some of the foreground - what do you all think?

[toriaj]

I think it looks great, as is!

[AdamW]

"Little boxes on the hillside"

[AdamW]

Downtown San Francisco, the Mission District & the Bay Bridge, with the hills of Berkeley beyond.

[iamaelephant]

http://iamaelephant.net/gallery/main.php/d/32-3/hpsmarVoid.JPG
http://iamaelephant.net/gallery/main.php/d/50-3/recptsColours+at+the+Beach.JPG

[SpecialK]

All at Joshua Tree National Park. Some have the moon in the shot.

[toriaj]

http://iamaelephant.net/gallery/main.php/d/50-3/recptsColours+at+the+Beach.JPG

Beautiful. Wow.

SpecialK, I like joshua trees too :D but I've never photographed any. I'd like to sometime.

[iamaelephant]

Thanks toriaj! :D

[zorlac7]

Some pictures from Panamá!

[avi777]

Zorlac, the second pic is nice. Nicely composed.

[Lilchilichoco]

Desert

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Waiting

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Turn

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Best Regards

[Prospero]

Very nice pictures, Chili. I really like the sepia treatment of the pictures.

The third picture is my favourite. It has a great composition. The usuage of lines leading your eyes through the picture is very good.

It might have been even better if you cropped the sky above the powerlines. In that way the horizon would be at 1/3rd of the picture's height from the top of the picture (this is called "the rule of thirds"). Placement of the horizon at that place often makes a picture look even better.

[toriaj]

Wow, lilchilichoco! Your area definitely has its beauty. I'd like to see more desert pics. One small critique, #1 could use some straightening. Very nice!

[iamaelephant]

http://iamaelephant.net/images/mt.jpg

[Lilchilichoco]

Hi prospero. Thanks for your appreciation. Appreciate your suggestion. I'm absolutely aware of the rule of the thirds:). But I'm afraid it wouldn't work for me. If I cut out the sky....the idea of solitude in infinity is lost. Rules aren't the only thing to be satisfied. Communication must be taken care of as well.:) Thanks anyway.

toriaj,a lot is wrong here:)...the pictures need sharpening,the sepia needs to be toned down and I need to stop holding the camera askew:)....
I realized after a few shots that I was consistently holding the camera a little down on the right. I'll correct that. I love the desert too. Hope to have more.

here's one more with the askew horizon....what I like about this pic is,it was shot in color...but the light of the sun made it almost monochrome...and hence....to me.....timeless....

Sea Light

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Best Regards

[Prospero]

Hi prospero. Thanks for your appreciation. Appreciate your suggestion. I'm absolutely aware of the rule of the thirds:). But I'm afraid it wouldn't work for me. If I cut out the sky....the idea of solitude in infinity is lost. Rules aren't the only thing to be satisfied. Communication must be taken care of as well.:) Thanks anyway.


I agree, the most important thing about these rules is that they can be broken :). I break the rule of thirds myself quite often. Having more sky in this case does indeed enhance the feeling of solitude.

Here's a landscape picture I took a couple of months ago in the wetlands close to my town (the horizon is also not at a third from the top, but I just couldn't get myself to crop of the blue sky in the upper part of the picture)

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[SpecialK]

Here's a landscape picture I took a couple of months ago in the wetlands close to my town (the horizon is also not at a third from the top, but I just couldn't get myself to crop of the blue sky in the upper part of the picture)

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Nice shot. It even looks good (better to me) if you crop the bottom to put the horizon in the middle.

[Prospero]

Nice shot. It even looks good (better to me) if you crop the bottom to put the horizon in the middle.

Thanks SpecialK. Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought of that.

[Lilchilichoco]

There you are prospero:).........that's a beautiful shot!!! and the rules can take a walk!!!:)

Both the sky and the earth are too beautiful to lose!! On a poster print......this will be perfect!


Best Regards

[Prospero]

Thanks Chili

Here's another picture. Took this one last summer in France, near the village Milau.

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[Lilchilichoco]

prospero....what an angle!!! Beautiful!! Had it been shot the usual way...it would have been just another landscape pic! Great shot!


Best Regards

[iamaelephant]

I agree, that's a gorgeous picture.

[Prospero]

Thanks Chili and Iamaelaphant.

Here is a picture I took yesterday in the wetlands near my hometown. I kneeled down to take a picture of the reed from below. I used the Sigma 10-20 with a circular polarizer.

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[iamaelephant]

You have a good eye for interesting angles and perspective Prospero :)

[sbnr]

Downtown San Francisco, the Mission District & the Bay Bridge, with the hills of Berkeley beyond.

I love this shot!!!

Excellent work of one of my favorite places....

[Lilchilichoco]

prospero.......WOW!!!:)...





Best Regards

[Prospero]

Thanks a lot for the compliments, Chili and Iamaelephant :D. I really appreciate it.

[TheInstaller]

Here is a picture I shot tonight. I thought a shot of the night sky with the clouds seen through the bare trees would be an interesting shot. Let me know what you think.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q54/theinstaller72/Night%20Shots/100_0235.jpg

[AdamW]

I love this shot!!!

Excellent work of one of my favorite places....

snbr: Thanks!:)

[Phill D]

TheInstaller I think it is an excellent shot that worked very well. Nice post.:)

[seo]

Shot this from the front porch this morning. Noise reduction with NeatImage.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/449556188_e1d4bab6e6.jpg


Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot A570 IS
Shooting Date/Time 4/7/2007 6:33:35 AM
Shooting Mode Program AE
My Colors Mode Vivid
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/50
Av (Aperture Value) 5.0
Light Metering Evaluative
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 200
Focal Length 19.6 mm

[T06]

Would love to see that at full size with BIG detail.

[Lilchilichoco]

Desert life

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith


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To somewhere


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Best Regards

[seo]

Would love to see that at full size with BIG detail.

Thanks, I used the Vivid mode to try to make it look like slide film.

[sbnr]

High Sierra National Forrest and I was ~ 5000ish feet above sea level.

[Prospero]

Here are some more landscapes I took yesterday:

#1 Reed on a hill

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#2 Winding Path

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#3 View over the Dutch landscape

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[Alina Borovikova]

nature in spring

[Phill D]

Love that shot Alina nice one :cool:

[Alina Borovikova]

Love that shot Alina nice one :cool:

Thanks. Certainly, not absolutely in sharpness, but I do not like to edit a photo, I prefer to leave such as they are actually.

[Alina Borovikova]

Today there was a bad weather, for our country it very much a unusual occurrence. A snow in April.

[iamaelephant]

I went hiking today...

http://iamaelephant.net/images/waterfall.jpg

http://iamaelephant.net/images/riverbed.jpg

[fidlin]

Not sure if this would be considered a landscape shot, but I couldn´t find anywhere else to put it. This is on the side of a highway, south of Lima.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/fidlin/Lee%20Stuff/Fordw.jpg

[sdcwonderer]

1 of many taken at baxter state park in maine as a complete rookie in this new camera hobby of mine.......c&c if you want

[Yomny]

Iamaelephant that last pic you posted it's beautiful, damn it's really postcard material

[sdcwonderer]

well the first one went well so heres another taken in NH wht mtns area

[See_Jane_Run]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/xstinastripped/IMG_2056.jpg

[denistyler]

really these images are cool:cool:


i have also found an image just take a look

http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/salor/gib.jpg

why not u guys are placing some more images and share them with others:o

[iamaelephant]

Iamaelephant that last pic you posted it's beautiful, damn it's really postcard material

Wow, thank you!

[AdamW]

Denistyler--that's a nice shot. What camera/lens did you use?

[Mika]

Hi all

So many beautiful stuff here, heres my humble contribution.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/79/anicylaketp5.jpg

-Mika

[Geoff Chandler]

Oh Wow - love some of these images here - I must go right back and look at them all sometime!
Here's one I took in Iceland - out of a coach window I'm afraid!!!
used a fast enought shutter speed I think.
(320th sec, F5.6, ISO 160 - full wide - equiv 25mm
Nikon D80 +Sigma 17-70)
This shows a glimps of some of what the landscape is like though - mostly volcanic rock and mountains, mostly moss covered.
Hope you like...

[photodave]

A horse pasture

[Phill D]

This is Heage Windmill in Derbyshire with my TZ1.

[Geoff Chandler]

This is Heage Windmill in Derbyshire with my TZ1.

Love all the green in this shot - windmill's great - I like the odd pink balloon in the air too!

[Gordon D]

Some great photos in this thread.

Here's one from me taken with my Z730.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/dadsweg/100_3850A.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Waterfall cuts through the lava rock at Þingvellir National Park
(pronounced 'Thingvellir')
Grey & wet day!

[Geoff Chandler]

The Great Atlantic rift is clearly visible, a rift which is slowly pulling Iceland apart along its tectonic plates

[Phill D]

Thanks Geoff I was lucky to get the ballon in a suitable shot.
I like the iceland pictures it looks like a pretty interesting place to visit.

[Geoff Chandler]

Keriđ Volcanic Crater

[iamaelephant]

Geoff - I love the Atlantic Rift shot. Very nice :cool:

[Yomny]

Recent trip to the atlantis hotel in Bahamas, Nassau
On the third picture i used a dry brush filter effect!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/e99d55e0.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/e99532dc.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/e9953e31.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/e995411d.jpg

[See_Jane_Run]

does this qualify as landscape?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/493023233_d84bc33db3.jpg

[toriaj]

I've been working on putting a foreground into my landscapes. How did I do?

26 mm, f/8, 1/500 sec
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18 mm, f/9, 1/400 sec.
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[cgl88]

This is Heage Windmill in Derbyshire with my TZ1.

Having the balloon there is just perfect, and the windmill faintly there too...
Note there is a spec of dust in your shot.

[Yomny]

Dont know if it could be considered a landscape, my backyard
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/CopyofDSC_0005-01.jpg

[zmikers]

That's your backyard?????:eek: Where do you live and can I come over for a bbq?:D Nice shot too.

[iamaelephant]

I'm not really sure if it fits in this thread but what the hell

http://iamaelephant.net/images/westport.jpg

[iamaelephant]

And another I suppose

http://iamaelephant.net/gallery/main.php/d/2447/Westport01-1.jpg

[toriaj]

I really like your shot, iamaelephant. The composition is great! It seemed desaturated to me, so a did a rough edit ...
just to give you the idea, in case you're interested.

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[zorlac7]

Some pics of Panamá City from the top of Metropolitan Park.

[Geoff Chandler]

Very interesting views Zorlac7 I like the contrast between the city and the foliage

[iamaelephant]

I really like your shot, iamaelephant. The composition is great! It seemed desaturated to me, so a did a rough edit ...
just to give you the idea, in case you're interested.

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Thanks for the kind words toriaj :) I actually intentionally desaturated that picture to give it a slightly "timeless" film look. I took the picture as just a quick snapshot and was pleasantly surprised that it was quite an attractive composition. Your version looks pretty good, if I have time tonight I will go back over the RAW file and see how it looks with a bit more saturation in there.

[zorlac7]

More pictures from my country, now at Bayano near Darien.

[mumbles420]

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/136/2/a/Lake_Sonoma__Ca__by_AlwaysThinkingPhoto.jpg

[far2000]

Hi guys, a fishing photo from a dam in Swaziland:
eos400d

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa177/tcsmidway/MTNGOLFFISHING143.jpg

[far2000]

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa177/tcsmidway/MTNGOLFFISHING140.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Don't think I posted this before - apologies if I did
A wide view in Iceland - mountains of coldness in the background
grey and wet day - couldn't resist though...

[mumbles420]

Geoff, even though it was dull and gloomy day it's still a great photo.:)


Here I took this at Stinson Beach, California:

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/149/7/2/The_Road____by_AlwaysThinkingPhoto.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

mumbles
I like that Stinson Beach shot - the far horizon is a lovely shade of blue, and
the road is meandering through the country towards the sea - looks great.
Do you ever find yourself seeing things through the eyes of a digital photographer??
- I looked and thought - the roadworks men have cloned out the double yellow line in the foreground!!! :D

[Idnas71]

Some pics from a Canon S2. Not the best quality, but I love them for the memory of the fantastic trip. (Yellowstone and Grand Tetons, July, 2006.)

Grand Prismatic Spring
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/Idnas71/Denver%20and%20Yellowstone%202006/grandprismatic_1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/Idnas71/Denver%20and%20Yellowstone%202006/grandprismatic_2.jpg

No idea who these guys are, but I loved the setting for their hiking break.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/Idnas71/Denver%20and%20Yellowstone%202006/guysonlog.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/Idnas71/Denver%20and%20Yellowstone%202006/yellowstone.jpg

Treacherous hiking on the way to Inspiration Point, Grand Tetons N.P.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/Idnas71/Denver%20and%20Yellowstone%202006/hikingtoinspirationpoint.jpg

[toriaj]

I love Hiking Break! That's such a classic shot.

[SpecialK]

I was recently on a "Route 66" driving trip across California and a bit of Arizona.

This is my car on Hwy 66 in the middle of the California Mojave desert. I got out to look for signs of the old "town" of Bagdad. Nothing is left on the road of Bagdad or a few other places that dried up after the newer freeway took the traffic from them. I'm next to railroad tracks that the road follows.
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I think the train spur "marks the spot" of Bagdad. Some years back, an author of a book about Route 66 found a broken tree with a small sign saying Bagdad, but I could not find it.
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In Arizona on Hwy 66 (here called Oatman Rd), still several miles from the old gold mining town (now tourist attraction) of Oatman.
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[AdamW]

I went to take some pictures of the sunset last night, and while waiting I got this:

Towers of the Golden Gate Bridge

[Geoff Chandler]

AdamW - love the Golden gate towers shot - do you still have the colour version too??
Very atmospheric!

[AdamW]

Thanks, Geoff. Here's the color version. As you can see, there isn't much there. I really don't know anything about B&W conversions, I just messed around until it looked okay.

[Phill D]

Yes I liked the B&W one too Adam but I like the colour one better. It just has a sleepy waking up sort of quality about the city part (even though it is obviously evening as you were after a sunset!) & the bridge in the mist seems to have a more of an eiry glow.

[Viky]

I went to take some pictures of the sunset last night, and while waiting I got this:

Towers of the Golden Gate Bridge

Love this Shot! Its sureeal:)........... nice capture Adam!

[AdamW]

Thanks, folks!

[Geoff Chandler]

I would echo some of Phils comments - I like both shots. The colour is good with it's pastel like appearance and that dreamy look - you could boost the saturation - but personally I like the way it looks.

[AdamW]

Thanks, Geoff. I like both versions as well. And the color version does have the saturation boosted. It just didn't have a very strong effect. I kept increasing it until it started adding noise, and then I backed off a bit.

[r3g]

The beginning of the Golden gate Bridge. (If your going into the city)

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7135/dsc3512resizedia7.jpg

[Prospero]

Here's a picture I took yesterday, after the sun had set. I used a long exposure to show the movement of the clouds.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1362/639093286_53addf7324.jpg

[ae86gtv16]

The beginning of the Golden gate Bridge. (If your going into the city)

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7135/dsc3512resizedia7.jpg

nice one reg. i'm also from the bay area :D

[ae86gtv16]

Oakland / San Francisco Bay Bridge at night.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/apex4ag/Nikon%20D50%20Images/Night%20Shots/baybridge.jpg

[mumbles420]

AdamW, yeah I like the color version better as well. Great capture.

Prospero, wonderful cloud movement.

[Prospero]

Thanks Brian.

Here's another shot I took at night. The clouds were lit by the lights from the streets and the greenhouses, turning them orange:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/633824525_7e3c3f3ac6.jpg

[AdamW]

Beautiful, Prospero. What was the EXIF?

[mumbles420]

Thanks Brian.

Here's another shot I took at night. The clouds were lit by the lights from the streets and the greenhouses, turning them orange:

Prospero, this one is much better. Brighter and better color. Great job again.

[ae86gtv16]

Dos Palmas Private Resort - Palawan, Philippines

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/apex4ag/Nikon%20D50%20Images/Landscape/DSC_3050-1.jpg

[ae86gtv16]

Puting Buhangin Island (White Sand Island) - Palawan, Philippines

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/apex4ag/Nikon%20D50%20Images/Landscape/DSC_3230-1.jpg

[Prospero]

Thanks, Adam and Brian.

The Exif is: f/8, 30s, ISO400, 10mm
I darkened the sky a bit and brightened the water (to simulate a neutral density filter).

[AdamW]

Lovely colors, Bynx, and nicely exposed (and that was a tricky one with all the bright sun and deep shade.)

I think I'd crop a bit off the bottom, just a couple inches. It might make it feel less static.

[Bynx]

Hi Adam. When you say crop off a couple inches at the bottom are you thinking on the inside or outside of the base of the first two vertical supports? Ive tried to see where you could be suggesting and Im not sure what you mean by less static? Any further help is appreciated. Thanks.

[AdamW]

Hi Adam. When you say crop off a couple inches at the bottom are you thinking on the inside or outside of the base of the first two vertical supports? Ive tried to see where you could be suggesting and Im not sure what you mean by less static? Any further help is appreciated. Thanks.

Here's a quick example. I find that instead of emphasizing the railing, the cropped version draws the eye to follow along the road, giving a sense of movement. Also, when the railing continues beyond the frame, it feels like the viewer is inside the picture.

[SpecialK]

I think I'd crop a bit off the bottom, just a couple inches.

That's sort of funny as the image is only 6 inches high on my monitor. So, yeah, just cut off the bridge :-)

I like it as-is if that matters. (Edit - oh, is this the cropped version just above? If so, where's the original?)

[AdamW]

I didn't notice the blue fringe, but lightening the shadows makes a huge difference. Nicely done!

[Prospero]

Here's a picture of the Hofvijfer in Den Haag:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/714463717_f3e270075c.jpg

[amorphic8]

Hey there I am new to the SF Bay area, and one night while exploring (with my camera and tripod in the car, of course) I came across this lovely night scene in Santa Cruz.
The photo here is straight from the camera; no processing or cropping. It was converted from RAW to jpeg by a flickr upload plug-in for Aperture.
Comments and advice, please.

Canon 30D
17mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
25sec
originally shot RAW

Here's my flickr set including this shot, and a few others: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cirminello/sets/72157600529594570/

[AdamW]

Hey there I am new to the SF Bay area, and one night while exploring (with my camera and tripod in the car, of course) I came across this lovely night scene in Santa Cruz.
The photo here is straight from the camera; no processing or cropping. It was converted from RAW to jpeg by a flickr upload plug-in for Aperture.
Comments and advice, please.


Welcome to the forums, and to the Bay Area! Both are great. I really like the juxtaposition between the white light of the moon & its reflection anf the yellow light of the street lights.

[Yomny]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/DSC00655.jpg

[handbent]

i really like the picture of the fishing spot in sweeden!

[mumbles420]

I don't think I've posted this one before but if I have then really sorry for clogging up the thread and have you see it again. So anyways, to get this I had to climb up some big ass rocks with a bunch of barnacles on them barefooted. For sure well worth it though.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/207/5/6/S_u_b_l_i_m_e_by_AlwaysThinkingPhoto.jpg

EXIF:
Make: NIKON
Model: E8700
Shutter Speed: 10/39 second
F Number: F/7.4
Focal Length: 68 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Date Picture Taken: Mar 29, 2007, 6:25:54 PM

[toriaj]

Definitely worth it! When in doubt, ALWAYS risk your neck for the shot!! lol
Seriously though, that is a beautiful shot. Someday, I'll get ocean shots ....

[kardinal]

http://lifeinbangalore.googlepages.com/IMG_5074.jpg

[Scorpio]

This was taken with my S5. 10 second exposure at 5:45 a.m. Unfortunately, the result was a bit bright, (and yellow) so I had to do some tweaking, and here was my final result.

[Jason25]

Haven't really posted in a good long awhile, so here's a couple I took on a cross-country road trip.

Buffalo Gap, SD

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/ColorCar-web.jpg

Devil's Tower, WY

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/Devils-Tower-web.jpg

Wenatchee River, WA

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/jmodzik/Wenatchee-web.jpg

[ae86gtv16]

I was just trying out my Tiltall tripod I acquired from the net.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/apex4ag/Nikon%20D50%20Images/Night%20Shots/DSC_5578-2m.jpg

[kardinal]

BigSur, California
http://lifeinbangalore.googlepages.com/BigSur.jpg

[Alina Borovikova]

i don't know right or not to posting shot in this thread..so...field flowers :)

[Alina Borovikova]

field flowers .....

[KcR8]

Here are two shots from a recent trip to Cabo. First attempt with an SLR.

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1214/1108531247_5d8e30866a_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1009/1109374842_cda0546792_b.jpg

[GabOrcinus]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1081/829753931_bce6f37371.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborcinus/829753931/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/829738031_0b17fc4246.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborcinus/829738031/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1187/829737977_1366fc3c3e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborcinus/829737977/)

[Prospero]

Here's a picture of the Amalfi coast, taken at the end of the afternoon. There was a lot of smoke in the hills.

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[toriaj]

GabOrcinus, I love the one with the cow! Great composition. It looks a little skewed to the cyan, though ... the sky and mountains seem to show that. And I'm not sure what that cyan object is on the left. It might be easy to clone it out. Great shot!

[GabOrcinus]

Thanks Tori. That's actually part of our tent. :p

[Prospero]

Here's a picture of the coastline near Castellabate in Southern Italy:

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[mutti_wilson]

Alta, Norway. Taken from a mountain top. Stitched together with autostitch.

[Gintaras]

my small contribution to this lovely forum :D
forgot to tell, pix taken at Danube river not far from Vienna.
the first two were taken with different WB, first is Tungsteen, second is Sunlight. no PP applied.

[Gintaras]

and some older pix i would call reflections but they fit into landscape thread as well... no PP, all original pix.
place is called Laxenburg park near Vienna.
please be aware i am only two months into DSLR so learning curve is still steep for me. :rolleyes:

[Gintaras]

here is another set of pix, the first two of rural landscape in Upper Austria. The next two from Regensburg (Germany) on a sunny day, and the last two a calm quiet evening in Nurnberg. Enjoy :p

[ghost]

awesome photos!

[No Control]

A few recent ones from Cape May Point beach. [some of you might have seen them already]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z93/sherlock_28/Cape%20May%202007/DSC_07450370-1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z93/sherlock_28/Cape%20May%202007/DSC_07540379-1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z93/sherlock_28/Cape%20May%202007/DSC_07710396-1.jpg

[Prospero]

Here is a high dynamic range picture I took in Scotland. It is taken from Bruce's Stone overlooking Loch Trool in Galloways Forest.

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[Geoff Chandler]

Here is a high dynamic range picture I took in Scotland. It is taken from Bruce's Stone overlooking Loch Trool in Galloways Forest.

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Great view - lovely colours - perfect exposure ~ I would be interested to know a few techie details if pos - even though your camera a different model to mine - especially colour/Sat/WB etc
Also, love the Castellabate in Southern Italy shot earlier!
Geoff