XIIa

[Hertz van Rental]

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[abraxas]

Very worth spending some time to study.

 

[Harmony]

This one feels crooked, too! (Although I think this one actually may be .5 or 1 degree off. I'd have to try it out to be sure.)

It held my attention for a long while.

 

[Sulfur]

I like it. I'm in England right now for vacation and this scenery looks incredibly familiar. Where was this taken at?

I like the lighting.

 

[dtornabene1]

This one is nailed. I prefer this far greater than XII. This is very well done.

-Nick

 

[Hertz van Rental]

This one feels crooked, too! (Although I think this one actually may be .5 or 1 degree off. I'd have to try it out to be sure.)

It's a strange thing but I have yet to find a natural landscape where the hills are perfectly flat and at 90 degrees to the vertical.
How I deal with this is always the same: make sure the camera is level.
If the horizon then appears to slope that's because it does.
Who am I to alter nature?

Most of my landscapes are taken in and around Rutland. Or just over the border.

 

[Antarctican]

The amount of detail you get in these pics in breathtaking. For example, the trees in the fields off in the distance (which almost look like they're emerging from the fog.) I especially like the line of trees on top of the ridge. I miss, though, the fantastic clouds your part of the world always seems to get.

 

[dtornabene1]

It's a strange thing but I have yet to find a natural landscape where the hills are perfectly flat and at 90 degrees to the vertical.
How I deal with this is always the same: make sure the camera is level.
If the horizon then appears to slope that's because it does.
Who am I to alter nature?

Most of my landscapes are taken in and around Rutland. Or just over the border.

I could not agree more. I have explained so many times the horizon does not have to be level. Just as a camera does not have to be level.

No criticism here about your mention of the camera level. I am referring to large changes in angle, say 33 degrees. Also, a picture does not have to be 4:3! Damn it, let it be square or oval, just make it look good.

Right there with you.

-Nick

 

[kundalini]

It's that post (damn near centered) that irks me. Other than that, well phuque me, what a brilliant shot.

The multitude of lines you've captured along with the multiple textures are what your landscape is all about. :thumbsup:

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Short of using a chain-saw (which I left in my other jacket) I was stuck with it.
But it doesn't bother me as it was the shadows in the mid-ground field that really intrigued me.

As for detail - you should see the original. What is posted has been resized to only 1/4 of the width.

As for the comments about angle of camera, etc.
It is important to bear in mind what your idea is. This will dictate the way you take the picture. You should only change the angle or the format/shape of the image if that is how you envisage the finished picture to look from the outset.
Doing it after you have taken the picture to try to make it look 'better' - or doing it just for novelty's sake - is a case of trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I went through all those kinds of phases several decades ago. I discovered that what works best for me is the purist approach.
I consider what my reaction is to a particular situation and then decide how best to represent this without recourse to cliche effects. I do as little post-processing as possible, no Photoshopping and very rarely crop.
My attitude is that if I didn't get it in camera then I didn't get it - period! - and no amount of playing around afterwards will change that fact.
Because if I don't know what I am doing with a camera now then I've wasted thirty-odd years of my life

But I don't expect others to share my view or follow my approach.
Each person has to find the way that works for them.

 

[Mike_E]

Whew! That's a relief!!!

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Seriously though, another prime example!

How long did you have to wait on the light?


Happy New Year, BTW

 

[Harmony]

Hmmm. I agree with you Hertz, although, if this were mine, I would still straighten it - the post is crooked, and I think everything would look better straight.

Then again, keywords: if it were mine. It isn't! (Even so, if I could get a picture this good, I'd be thrilled!)

 

[Jeff Canes]

i would have gone and got the chain-saw

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Nice natural looking range of tones in there. Lots of interesting detail too.

 

[Hertz van Rental]

the post is crooked

You're quite right the post is crooked - which is why it looks crooked in the picture.
In the UK we do things approximately. :lmao:


As for light-
I have various places that I keep in mind with ideas as to how I want them and then I wait for the light to be right.
Usually very early morning or sunset.
I'm an early riser so I always check the weather and if it looks promising I'm out the door and heading to my location of choice.
Often things don't work out - cloud cover comes up or it's too foggy.
When that happens I usually have a back up location - or I'll just drive around/walk for a bit and explore for new locations.
Now and then you get lucky and something just presents itself.
But quite often I don't get anything.
I'm patient. There will be other days.
There are even locations that I have waited for a year - even two - to get the light.
This doesn't stop me going out on spec and getting a few grabs - but I enjoy it more when I get what I intended.