Some landscape scenes

[Mhouse]

Taken in southwest Iowa.
Nikon D70s Kit lens 18-70 mm
Post processed using Photoshop CS2

If opinions are like assholes, then I expect there to be plenty of assholes here.

[KendraJ.K.]

they all have pretty decent compostion and good ideas..but

the first one..its far too saturated...maybe you wanted it that way though...
the next two..i dont like that the only highlights are in the sky....i dunno..thats just my opinion

[Mhouse]

your right it is far to saturated and your right again...thats the way I wanted it.
the highlights?

[samsite999]

was going to comment until i read this

If opinions are like assholes, then I expect there to be plenty of assholes here.

Na, its ok i cant be bothered to coment...on ur work

[Evolution]

the highlights?
I think he means that the brightest part of the image is the sky. That will cause the viewer's eyes to go to the top of the image and ignore the important part (the tree) which is surrounded by dark colors.

[Mhouse]

I think he means that the brightest part of the image is the sky. That will cause the viewer's eyes to go to the top of the image and ignore the important part (the tree) which is surrounded by dark colors.

YEA! I see that. I have been told that the focal point is just right of the tree. (your right as you look at it) but I think you could be right about the highlights. When I look at the photos I do tend to look at the sky even though my subject was the stump and the logs.

Thank you very much. maybe this image was meant for color and not B&W because looking at the original color image, the sky and clouds are lit the same.

what do you suggest?

[Mhouse]

was going to comment until i read this



Na, its ok i cant be bothered to coment...on ur work


Are you trying to say that you aren't an asshole?! ;)

[eazym]

the clouds are overexposed

[samsite999]

ok them, the black and white images have far far to much noise, the first b&w the highlights are blown way out and it lacs any depth or feeling, the second is better. There is some composure and depth to this one. the highlights are just under controle. There is still a issue with the image however, What am i supposed to be looking at, the sky or the road. Is this supposed to say something to me? make me rember or think about somthing? because it doesnt and isnt that what its all about in the end

i wish you the best of luck in your next set. I also advice you to keep your attitude in check

sam

[klips]

Okay, I know this has been said before, but you said you want assholes so here we go:

The white of the clouds is too white. You have turned up the brightness (I assume) until they've lost a lot of the interesting details. This also applies to the sky which has had the contrast turned up too high. The second one would be a lot better with a longr exposure and less hptoshopping, and the third one is pointlessly noisy.

Good luck with your future sets

[sezcat]

they hurt my eyes
[not in a 'your photos are crap' kinda way, a 'wow they're too bright' way, which i know has already been said.]

[Norwin]

nice motives but the digital enhancing is awful...

[Mhouse]

ok them, the black and white images have far far to much noise, the first b&w the highlights are blown way out and it lacs any depth or feeling, the second is better. There is some composure and depth to this one. the highlights are just under controle. There is still a issue with the image however, What am i supposed to be looking at, the sky or the road. Is this supposed to say something to me? make me rember or think about somthing? because it doesnt and isnt that what its all about in the end

i wish you the best of luck in your next set. I also advice you to keep your attitude in check

sam


The first image I really liked. Someone mentioned on here in another thread that sometimes people will try to make a bad image good and that is what I was doing here. The highlights in the clouds are blown way out in the first image. It might surprise you though (from what you said here anyway) that the second image is actually worse.

Below, I resubmitted the first two showing the blown out areas.

What do you think would fix this? Maybe closing the aperture some and taking a longer exposure? But, now that I screwed them up, do you have a good recomendation on fixing the blow outs in post processing?

The third image I don't think I would want you to remember something because I didn't have you in mind when I took it. This is a Level B road (dirt) at the very top of a bluff in Iowa. I only took it to illistrate the distance between the road and the clouds which are hanging very low in the sky.
The problem with the first one I blame on photoshop even though I can plainly see that the image is full of noise. (grain)
I used the Channel Mixer to reduce the blue therefore making what little sky there is appear black. The problem is that photoshop will consistantly add grain to images when this is done. Ansel Adams did this with many of his photos. It does detract from the picture. Try a look now and let me know what you think.

[eazym]

well, if I may: if you only want to darken up parts of the image you could try burning. Personally, from a purely technical standpoint, I do not see what is wrong with the original road pic. That is, I'm not sure why you edited it so much. Just a little more contrast, and a little spor burning if you were so inclined, would have been enough.

[P.F.£orin]

I really like the expression in your pictures. I get the feeling of lonelyness and a abandoned world. It's cool that your pictures bring out a special lost feeling.

Keep going :hatsoff: