The Landscape Thread

[Phill D]

Beautiful Lukas, really nice reflection. You certainly get out to some lovely places.

[raven15]

pictures

Both decent. Two thoughts: would prefer more reflection in the first, and the second lacks your normal sky drama, not that there's anything wrong with that.

[TheWengler]

Beautiful Lukas, really nice reflection. You certainly get out to some lovely places.

Thanks! We try to take 6-8 weekend trips out of town per year.

Both decent. Two thoughts: would prefer more reflection in the first, and the second lacks your normal sky drama, not that there's anything wrong with that.

I agree with both observations. Though not much I can do about it. I have a feeling I'll be returning to that beaver pond ever year until I get something eye popping. The tree reflection shot is tough since that grass you see is out in the middle of the pond. I did have to crop off some reflection in front of the grass due to my lack of telephoto DOF management.

[Poltergeist]

A few miles from Hoover Dam.

[TheWengler]

The exposure on this one was a pain and I didn't really do a great job with it. I tried to even it out in LR3 but it could probably use some more work.


McWay Falls by Lukas W, on Flickr

[Phill D]

Very dramatic Lukas but I'm not a fan of that shot I'm afraid. I prefer your more natural shots.

[TheWengler]

Very dramatic Lukas but I'm not a fan of that shot I'm afraid. I prefer your more natural shots.

Thanks for the feedback. Do you mind saying what you find unnatural about it?

[raven15]

I have to agree with Phill. The foreground and water are too bright, the background hills are too dark, and the sky fades unnaturally. Also the CMY colors are over-saturated in a jarring way (probably from toying with exposure).

[danwiz]

Yeah, I must agree that it looks kind of fakey - like it's been played with Photomatix Pro or other HDR software, but personally I really like it.

[TheWengler]

Thanks guys. I agree that something wasn't quite right with this one. I'll give it another look.