A real beauty!!Quote:
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A real beauty!!Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7...9ffb90cb_b.jpg
From the more severe terrain portion of the South Dakota Badlands.
Severe is an understatement. You have rendered perfectly the starch terrain. I don't think that I would like to trek this area...
Cheers,
Luc
Thank you Sam!Quote:
Originally Posted by SamReeves
I can see it... I can SEE it... I can SEE THE BORDER in your photograph!! Tell your Ambassadors to call me so I can resolve this dispute. I accept MasterCard/Visa, photo gear, film, and valuable real estate... oh, and cash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roman Putintsev
Beautiful photo, BTW. :)
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Originally Posted by gandolfi
Could it be, that viewers of the fairer form,
tend to overlook, or are somehow 'blinded or distracted' by possible technical deficiencies,
and,
less judgemental, figuratively speaking, to obvious flaws and various technical distractions ...
and are remiss in pointing to such fairer form faults ...
Ken, I really like this one. An excellent composition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Lee
This was the cropping for the final composition:Quote:
Originally Posted by lbenac
http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/...14198278-6.jpg
I prefer it a lot better then the first pass.
Cheers,
Luc
Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View
Lightbox: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinj...ream/lightbox/
Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinj...n/photostream/
Cheers,
Martin
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7...f6593f61_b.jpg
Wonderful Martin, lots to look at.Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
Thank you very much :)Quote:
Originally Posted by David Lobato
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by John Rodriguez
Wow. You must have been jumping up and down when you came upon that scene: Stop the car, Stop the car !Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
Have you considered making the lighting a bit more dramatic ?
Thanks Ken,Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Lee
I walked there by feet ... the road is not really public ;-)
But my compañeros only took close-ups pictures of the icicles ...
I decided to step back a little bit ...
normally I don't do roads and stuff ... but here I liked how it leads into the picture ...
More dramatic in terms of an more contrast (like an S-curve?)
Or local sculpting?
Natural lightening changes ... for example sunset is hard to do there as the mountains block virtually all light in the foreground ... I mostly did closeups of the Mountains with Alpenglow ...
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/snowroad.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
Perhaps something a bit less literal, more of the mystery we sometimes feel in the early morning. My version is a bit exaggerated, but it's a direction you might consider.
Sorry, but way too dark!
I like the original as is.
Sorry, I am working on a machine at my workplace, where the monitor is not calibrated.
Here is a lighter version. Perhaps it's still too dark.
As I said, the sample I provided is a suggestion, and... exaggerated :)
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/snowroad2.jpg
RE EOT's gorgeous mountain scene: With others making suggestions about it I just couldn't help myself. It's such a great image. Tweaked curves and hue/sat then reduced the brown stains in the ice/snow (got it too pink) and added a corner-burning curves mask.
Attachment 74386
Thanks guys,
I guess I could punch up the contrast a bit,
I like what Kens version does with the sky...
but I won't sacrifice too much foreground detail ...
@Old-N-Feeble: how's your technique of getting rid of the stains?
Haven't been successful in my attempts...
Although they're not pee but stem from the icicles ...
But of couse the first thing that comes to mind is that they are ...
so I'm willing to let them go ;-)
Theres a more constrasty version
Attachment 74388
That looks really nice, EOTS... but the original is great too. We all have our personal opinions though.Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
I didn't want to state that the yellow-brown areas in the snow look... just a tiny bit... like moose pee stains.:D
I used the Eyedropper Tool to select the color from an average part of the snow in the same vacinity and used the Paintbrush Tool in Hue Mode set to 50 percent Opacity. The most deeply stain areas required the most painting. It's important to follow the shape and contours of what you're painting over especially linear shapes like the icicles. I wasn't very careful though. I overdid it in places and should have selected from more similar shadow areas as I painted but I was in a hurry. Also, some of the areas I tweaked have a red tinge on this other monitor.. I moved the image from one PC to another and back and they have mismatched profiles.
I'm sure there are better techniques but that's what I did.
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Old-N-Feeble
No, your're right ... I think it would draw the viewers attention too much ...Quote:
I didn't want to state that the yellow-brown areas in the snow look... just a tiny bit... like moose pee stains.:D
At least for the final print I try a version without those...
Thanks I'll try that!Quote:
I used the Eyedropper Tool to select the color from an average part of the snow in the same vacinity and used the Paintbrush Tool in Hue Mode set to 50 percent Opacity. The most deeply stain areas required the most painting. It's important to follow the shape and contours of what you're painting over especially linear shapes like the icicles. I wasn't very careful though. I overdid it in places and should have selected from more similar shadow areas as I painted but I was in a hurry. Also, some of the areas I tweaked have a red tinge on this other monitor.. I moved the image from one PC to another and back and they have mismatched profiles.
I'm sure there are better techniques but that's what I did.
Thanks Luc, about had a heat stroke there one time in July when me and couple of friends hiked several miles out into the less severe part, this stuff is almost impassable.Quote:
Originally Posted by lbenac
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Originally Posted by EOTS
http://putincev.com/files/03/4f/4e/0...ncev_BW166.jpg
Turkey. View of the Armenian Highland from the pass Ilgar Dagi. The height of 2500 meters
http://putincev.com/files/7b/4f/4e/0...ncev_BW188.jpg
Kazbek, an extinct stratovolcano, the height of 5033m at the foot of the village. Gergeti
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715
Wow, so great !
Wonderful photo!Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
Martin - that's excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
Roman - those are also excellent, and I'm enjoying seeing some unfamiliar landscape.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roman Putintsev
http://putincev.com/files/e5/39/4f/0...ncev_BW205.jpg
http://putincev.com/files/0d/3a/4f/0...ncev_BW206.jpg
Toyo 45aII, fuji velvia 50.
Shipwreck Beach #2
Poipu, HI
Fujinon 75mm f/5.6, HP5+
http://images.us.viewbook.com/5e2f89...026cbc1d51.jpg
Great images, Roman !
I liked your Kavkaz series very much.
Best,
Igor.
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Originally Posted by Roman Putintsev
Very nice. What developper with the HP5?Quote:
Originally Posted by John Rodriguez
Cheers,
Luc
thank you, continue series...Quote:
Originally Posted by Iga
http://putincev.com/files/19/6f/4f/0...ncev_BW168.jpg
clan towers Gabisovy and Tsagaraevy, North Ossetia.
http://putincev.com/files/bf/92/4e/0...ncev_BW181.jpg
Watchtower near the village of Stepantsminda, Georgia.
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715,
Really great stuff Roman. That watchtower one is awesome.
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Originally Posted by GIO
Thanks you guys! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by David Hedley
Thanks Luc, D76.
And thanks Gary!
Like pretty much everyone else who commented I really love this image. VERY well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by EOTS
But since so many others were offering suggestions for changes - my first thought, as primarily a black and white photographer, was that this would look great in black and white. So I converted it (nothing fancy, just mode->grayscale) and tweaked the brightness and contrast a bit. This also neatly removes the yellowish stains without any effort with the eyedropper.
Attachment 74650
Beautiful work Roman!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roman Putintsev
Thanks Roger!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Cole
I like the B+W interpretation!
Awesome work, Roman. How do you usually rate (ASA) and develop the Rollei Infrared with the Heliopan 715?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roman Putintsev
Photo from north Italy, Alpi Cozie spring and flowers
210mm 1/30 tmax 100iso
Francesco
Attachment 74652
7 f stops counting the exposure, I used a 3 (ASA)Quote:
Originally Posted by z84
Watchtower lit bright sun, the film recorded the image of two minutes f64
Thanks!
Nice images Roman, I really dig the clan towers.
Single Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open. Lens courtesy of Jim Galli!
http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s3/v44/p451711764-5.jpg
Beautiful, David.
This one is from a few months ago of a clearing winter storm on the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne);
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6...1b199274_b.jpg
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
holy cow !!!!
Drool....Quote:
Originally Posted by David Aimone
What a great shot!
A few recently from Valley of Fire in Nevada:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7...307c3ce6_c.jpg
Valley of Fire by Jeffery D Ross, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7...01b59fa4_c.jpg
Valley of Fire 2 by Jeffery D Ross, on Flickr
Chamonix 45n-2
Fuji
Nikon 200M
Wow great shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Hedley
Francesco