New to Landscape & Nature

OldGuy

Hi All,

I am primarily a sports shooter, however, I have enrolled in a landscape photography class to learn the techniques of shooting landscapes and general nature photography. These are a few of my first field trip shots and a couple I took a few years back.

C&C Always Welcome.:D :bow

1. D70. 70-200 AFS f2.8, f4.0 @ 1/1000, ISO 200. My first DSLR.:wink


2. Shot with 4x5 film view camera.:huh


The rest were shot with my D300, using a Sigma 24 f1.8, and the 70-200 AFS F2.8.

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Thanks for looking.

Jack'll do

Hi John
I really like #3 & #8. However #4,5, and the second #5 have a lot of potential but appear quite hazy. That is easy to fix using high pass filter and unsharp mask (with a high radius and relatively low amount). I took the liberty of tweaking #5 to show you the results that can be achieved as you stated you are new to landscape photography (hope you don't mind). I used a heavy hand on this but there is a continuum between the two images and you can adjust to suit your likes. If you want any more info on these techniques I'd be glad to provide it.

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OldGuy

Jack'll do wrote:

Hi John
I really like #3 & #8. However #4,5, and the second #5 have a lot of potential but appear quite hazy. That is easy to fix using high pass filter and unsharp mask (with a high radius and relatively low amount). I took the liberty of tweaking #5 to show you the results that can be achieved as you stated you are new to landscape photography (hope you don't mind). I used a heavy hand on this but there is a continuum between the two images and you can adjust to suit your likes. If you want any more info on these techniques I'd be glad to provide it.

Hi Jack,
Thanks for your comments.

Those images you mentioned were taken very early in the morning around 6:30 right before sunrise and the light was flat and hazy. my intent was to try and capture this mood.

Your edits did pop out the colors nicely, but they appear over-sharpened on my monitor.

Thanks for you suggestions.

Dwayne Oakes

You got a good eye and will do well with nature & landscapes ! In my
opinion the next level for you is to better your pp skills, then look out
because I think you will produce some great work.

Your work (in my opinion)

good

-very good comps
-very good eye to spot natural things

nits

-some photos are flat (lack color and contrast) photos 5, 7
-noise, photo 5
-horizons not straight, photos 4, 7
-dust spots, photo 3 (shows them the most)

PS Here is some pp and my take on one of your photos. Keep doing
what your are doing, you are on the right path. Hope this helps.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

kdog

You shoot sports with a 4x5 view camera?

Just razzin' ya. I really like the simplicity of your refection shots. Well done!

Cheers,
-joel

Jack'll do

OldGuy wrote:

Hi Jack,
Thanks for your comments.

Those images you mentioned were taken very early in the morning around 6:30 right before sunrise and the light was flat and hazy. my intent was to try and capture this mood.

Your edits did pop out the colors nicely, but they appear over-sharpened on my monitor.

Thanks for you suggestions.

As I said I did go heavy handed on these but often these methods (especially high pass filter) can make a dull drab image (that isn't meant to be hazy pop.)