I am sure that Hobbits live in those hills! Taken in the Palouse this spring
Canon 50D
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM at 200mm
ISO 200
f/11 at 1/20th
Gitzo tripod
Comments for improvement are always most welcome
The Road to the Shire
I am sure that Hobbits live in those hills! Taken in the Palouse this spring
Canon 50D
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM at 200mm
ISO 200
f/11 at 1/20th
Gitzo tripod
Comments for improvement are always most welcome
Stephen,
I and told the key to landscapes is timing, early morning light (when was this shot). The picture looks good to me and I love the use of light, shadows are fantastic - well done.
Very nice Stephen. I think the hobbits are here too. Nice lines and colours and the road leads you into the picture. Might darken the BG a bit using the Unsharp Mask at 12/50/0 or 6/50/0. In the landscape section they refer to this as a Local Contrast Enhancement or LCE. I think Robert Amoruso has a whole section on it in the ER (educational resources) section. I think this is worth a post in the landscape section too, but a a higher resolution. You can go up to 1024 pixels wide.
Hi Stephen,
I like the capture...agree with Lady Jackie on lightening the background just a tad and posting at a higher resolution...the details are nice and sharp...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Hi Stephen
Nice Composition! You might also try darkening the background with a filter adjustment layer
I like the colors and the leading lines are very nice. I would recommend using a ND filter to bring out more color and details in the sky. Nice image overall IMO.
lots of suggestions above. not sure what to do myself, but i could offer that i would take a slither off the bottom to eliminate that little jag in the path.
man, i wished this were mine. i like it a lot. there's great depth here and i love the subtle shadows on the hills. well done!!!!
Hi Steve, I like it! Wanted to see it along Harold's suggestion; I cropped from the bottom to remove the "mess" in the LR field. What do you think?
Where was your point of focus?
Last edited by Jay Gould; 08-09-2009 at 07:55 PM.
Cheers, Jay
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Interesting, in the first RP all I did was download, open in LR, crop, open in PS, size and repost. I thought it was too soft.
Reopened in PS, assigned sRGB colorspace, sharpened using USM and reposted.
Quite a difference!
Thoughts?
Cheers, Jay
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Jay was the original in sRGB or it was your color space?
Excellent suggestions I like the idea in cleaning the bottom but the crop alters the perspective for me, could clone some grass in that area of leave it.
Love the perspective, so many lines, curves, shadows and all work great !!! btw perfect place for Bilbo & Frodo Baggins !!!
Hi Stephen, I like your original comp and as Harold suggests I would clean up the right side of the foreground. Good to have minimalised the sky due to lack of interest.
Al, I downloaded the .jpeg and when I opened it in PS a box popped up indicating that there was no embedded colorspace, and it gave me a choice of RGB, sRGB, or ProPhoto.Originally Posted by Alfred Forns
I choose sRGB.
My default colorspace is ProPhoto RGB.
Cheers, Jay
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"Nature Interpreted" - Photography begins with your mind and eyes, and ends with an image representing your vision and your reality of the captured scene; photography exceeds the camera sensor's limitations. Capturing and Processing landscapes and seascapes allows me to express my vision and reality of Nature.
Beautiful lines and composition. I agree with Nick Palmieri about the use of a graduated ND. I know it isn't the same as an actual filter on the end of the lens but NIK software do a really nice Graduated ND in their Color Efex Pro™ 3.0 plugin. It is really easy to use and would work wonders on toning down the sky in the image.
Rob, I do not understand the link to Nick. What did he say/do that you agree with and where did he say/do it?
Cheers, Jay
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"Nature Interpreted" - Photography begins with your mind and eyes, and ends with an image representing your vision and your reality of the captured scene; photography exceeds the camera sensor's limitations. Capturing and Processing landscapes and seascapes allows me to express my vision and reality of Nature.
Thanks all for your comments. Thanks Jay and Harold for removing that little bit of unruly road, I do think it helps. And Fedex just delivered the Nik collection this afternoon, so if I successfully hide away for a while I will soon be playing with the ND filter!
Stephen
Wow, the Nik Collection - when can we expect your series of Nik Tutorials? ;) :D
Cheers, Jay
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