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Doylem

macrumors 68040
Dec 30, 2006
3,858
3,642
Wherever I hang my hat...
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Nice clouds, but, IMO, it's a rather brutal crop; I'm aware of what's been left out...

Windermere on a still morning yesterday...

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AxisOfBeagles

macrumors 6502
Apr 22, 2008
441
112
Top of the South
Doylem said:
Nice clouds, but, IMO, it's a rather brutal crop; I'm aware of what's been left out...

Unfortunately you are all too correct. I felt I had no choice - there is a lot of clutter in the foreground. So rather than emphasize the mountains (which had been my desire) I cropped to emphasize the clouds.

I set my white balance from the snow. Now I'm playing with layers to have different white balance / saturation for the mountains versus the clouds. Should be fun ...

As always, appreciate good direct feedback. ty
 

whoseawhat

macrumors newbie
Apr 14, 2010
24
0
Here is an unprocessed photo I took in Italy. Anyone have suggestions to make it better?

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this is really amazing
i think maybe bracketing then doing a little HDR would have made this incredible, but its hard with the wave moving..... so i dont know if its possible
gotta be one of my all time favorites, though
 

TH3D4RKKN1GH7

macrumors 6502a
Mar 25, 2009
764
130
What did you do to this in post production? It has a tone that is very "contemporary", that I like.

I'm quite in love with the "clarity" setting in Lightroom 2/3 BETA. All I did was push that to the max, tweaked some of the highlights and shadows (also messed with the black level, crushed them a bit) and added the vignette. Nothing special really.

As for today's image. Here is my first HDR image ever.
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Also did a black and white version, but I didn't quite know which would do best.
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ChefJayPeek

macrumors regular
Jul 8, 2008
198
149
Suburban Texas
Mine for today:



EXIF Summary: 1/100s f/5.6 ISO400 300mm (35mm eq:450mm)

She is either sticking her tongue out at me for taking her picture, or thinking "Hmmm, looks like a delicious snack!"

Chef Jay
 

NevadaJack

macrumors 6502
Mar 8, 2005
464
0
Las Vegas, NV
Duck!

I use the term "duck" to identify the bird and also the need for the photographer to take action. Two ducks took off and I just had time to capture a few shots of which only one shot was a saver as they approached me... they did turn to the right..:D This is only about a 10-20% crop.

7D + EF 400mm f5.6L @ f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 320

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NeGRit0

macrumors 6502a
Apr 19, 2008
941
185
Las Vegas, Nv
Not sure how or when this happened, but i just noticed my poor nifty 50mm... I used my ipod touch as the light behind it, and i happen to have a glass of red kool-aid on my desk. I think the red made the crack (or whatever it is) much more noticeable than just the white backlighting.


Click for large....


Exif Info:
Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
 
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