Landscapes

woodsac · Dec 14, 2005

Last pics tonight. These were taken the same day as the sheep and Manzanar photos I posted earlier. I took a lot of photos last weekend. I'm just now getting around to working on them.

I'm not happy with #1. I tried cropping it higher, lower, left, right? Applied a couple of filters, b/w, blah, blah, blah. Is it just a boring picture? Maybe it's the flat landscape? Any suggestions?

aprilraven · Dec 14, 2005

dang cool shot on the first one.... that one just grabs me... with the big mountians, and the foot hills in the front......killer shot! love it!

Eightball Walker · Dec 14, 2005

Yea man, first shot is awesome, the second seems like it's too narrow, like I'm not seeing something out of frame that would add to the photo. Basically, what would happen if you could get a wider angle?

woodsac · Dec 14, 2005

Thanks guys.

Eightball Walker said:
Yea man, first shot is awesome, the second seems like it's too narrow, like I'm not seeing something out of frame that would add to the photo. Basically, what would happen if you could get a wider angle?

I'd have a picture of a billboard on the left :mrgreen:

Chiller · Dec 14, 2005

Great shots Woodsac. Both are excellent, but the first one is sweet. Nice!!!!!!!!!!

Mansi · Dec 14, 2005

#1 is a beauty! perfectly exposed and i love the reflection

thank you for sharing

JonK · Dec 14, 2005

Love number two....sweet contrast. Would prob crop some sky tho.
No. 1 is a sweet shot but I think the FG is just too busy on the left side...that broken palette does nuthin for it....my eye gets drawn to that corner.
Really nice contrast and saturation tho.

Raymond J Barlow · Dec 15, 2005

amazing shots Woodsac, I like them both! do you use a tripod for these types of shots?

woodsac · Dec 15, 2005

Thanks for the compliments!

Raymond J Barlow said:
amazing shots Woodsac, I like them both! do you use a tripod for these types of shots?

I rarely ever use a tripod :blushing: Most of my lenses are Canon IS models. And the IS does make a difference! The tripod would prolly make em even better, I'm just usually too lazy to pull it out

Verbal · Dec 15, 2005

Not happy with number one?? Are you blind? That shots is gorgeous!

You have such a knack for landscapes man, I'm so envious.

woodsac · Dec 15, 2005

Verbal said:
Not happy with number one?? Are you blind? That shots is gorgeous!

You have such a knack for landscapes man, I'm so envious.

Thanks Jon! That's exactly what I think every time I see you or anyone else posting city pics. Not just tall buildings, but brick, or alley ways or modern buildings. I love all the texture and lines! But, we don't have any of that here. We don't have a building or house taller than two stories :er: So I shoot what I see

icondigital · Dec 16, 2005

still knock'em dead woodman! :hail:

LaFoto · Dec 16, 2005

How can you find these photo "boring" ?!?!?

They are anything BUT boring! I find them STUNNING!
The landscape anyway (since my eyes see a very, very different landscape every day!), and also your framing it and capturing it, making the sky almost black-blue with your filters. These photos are so wow-y, there's hardly any words for it!

woodsac · Dec 16, 2005

Thank you!

I don't know LaFoto, maybe because this is what I always see? Maybe because the other photogs here raise the bar so high with their stunning photos? Maybe because I only get to shoot landscapes (almost only)?

You guys all make me feel like I do a good job with them. But, I guess sometimes, I just think they're boring because I want to shoot something new :wink: