Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Eugene van der Merwe

You know how some images just seem right even though no one else seems to like it? This one always gets passed over when i show work to other people but i can just sit and stare at it.
Nikkor 90mm F4.5, Ebony SV45ti, Velvia 100, polarizer and soft ND 4 grad.

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Might be because casual viewers are unwilling to make the mental effort to visually climb over those cold blue rocks to enjoy the rest of the image (a polarizer might have helped reduce the blue a little). Peoples' eyes often need a way to enter into the photograph and in this case the rocks stop them.

Many of my water images have water all along the bottom of the frame -- I like to get the viewers' feet "wet" when they are looking at the print!

Vaughn

Hm. I didn't really notice the rocks until they were pointed out. My eyes jumped straight to the reflected glow... :)

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Originally Posted by MumbleyJoe

Finally got around to scanning a shot from Zion National Park (Feb 2009)...

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Dear MumbleyJoe,

Great image and composition... :)

I've got to go there one day.

Nicely done.

jim k

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Originally Posted by Hovmod

Hm. I didn't really notice the rocks until they were pointed out. My eyes jumped straight to the reflected glow... :)

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Ahhhh...you were willing to make the leap!

Without the rocks it looks like this (but the square that results changes the image dramatically, too.)

Vaughn

Graet Whhite Throne etc
Wow it is LUMINOUS

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Originally Posted by MumbleyJoe

The Great White Throne and The Organ, Zion National Park

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I like this a lot. You illuminated the shady side of the Organ, which gave it a glow, and then let the shadows on the face of the Throne not go so dark, which gave it a sense of distance. This one has real depth and dimensionality.

Rick "impressed by this particular interpretation of a well-worn subject" Denney

Thanks for the comments folks, i pleased some of you are positive about it! These flowers were out in force this time last year, and I've been keeping an eye out (since i can see this spot on my drive home from work) hoping for another shoot, but so far not even a glimmer of pink on the mountainside. Ebony SV45ti, Nikkor 90mm, velvia 100, polarizer. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/...80d90d55ed.jpg

Thats a long way from Joburg mate.

David

Indeed it is, and thank goodness for that, i need to update my profile...

Eugene, Oregon

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