So you want some blue skies and open land?

[vtf]

Go to the Flint Hills of Eastern Kansas.
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3.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

Flashbacks to the default Windows Background.

But seriously.. nice shots 1 and 2 are my favorites... 3 doesn't really do anything for me.

 

[vtf]

Flashbacks to the default Windows Background. .

Never thought of that

 

[LaFoto]

What did you do differently for 3?

 

[vtf]

What did you do differently for 3?

To be honest I didnt realize the sky was a deeper blue until I got the three side by side. #3 was directly away from sun where the other two are with the sun to the right. I think I probably tweeked it more manually than the others.

 

[Robin Usagani]

hmm i thought the 3 is the best. The other 2 are OOF i feel.

 

[acstewart85]

Yeah for the Konza Praire!!!! My favorite place to hike and try out new camera techniques!!!!

 

[vtf]

Yeah for the Konza Praire!!!! My favorite place to hike and try out new camera techniques!!!!

Is that what its called? I driven through it so many times in my life and always wanted to take a photo.

 

[acstewart85]

The Konza Praire is the land that runs near manhatan along highway 177. All that land in the flint hills is beautiful though, love living there! A lot of the land is owned by private parties though so there is only public access at the Konza wildlife area were there are hiking trails.

 

[Ron Evers]

Perhaps a bit of lens flair in the first two causing the softness?

 

[vtf]

Perhaps a bit of lens flair in the first two causing the softness?

I was using my 18-55mm lens in which I didnt have a polarized filter on. It could very well be as the first two were taken facing south and south east at 5pm and the sun was to my right.

 

[o hey tyler]

What kind of image compression are you using, VTF? There seems to be a lot of degradation in quality in the first two images. Otherwise, they're very nice.

 

[Morpheuss]

those are some beautiful landscapes

 

[Gaerek]

Centered horizons are centered. If I might make a suggestion, pick what you want to be the focus of your shot and have that take up the largest portion of the frame. This is commonly known as a part of the rule of thirds. You did well in the last one.

 

[vtf]

What kind of image compression are you using, VTF? There seems to be a lot of degradation in quality in the first two images. Otherwise, they're very nice.

I shoot in raw, its on max when I go jpeg but I researched and the originals are sharper than when they appear on photobucket.