Painted!

christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
edited August 12, 2009 in Landscapes
From my 3 hour trip to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest a couple weekends ago.

Painted-web.jpg

Feedback greatly appreciated! Thank you for looking!

***EDIT***

The above image is through photobucket... they tend to squish my images. Here is the image as it should look.

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Again all comments are appreciated. Thanks!

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  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    The colors and comp are beautiful, Christina! I think the camera focused on the clouds as they are crisp but the earth is OOF. Is this correct?
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    christinamae wrote:
    From my 3 hour trip to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest a couple weekends ago.
    Feedback greatly appreciated! Thank you for looking!
    Christina,
    I love it! Great colors, lovely light! thumb.gif
    For some reason the image looks very soft, though...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    15524779-Ti.gif great colors and I'm sure they are very true to life in such an awesome geological location!

    Re: the OOF, was this a photomerge or HDR? ear.gif
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  • gvfgvf Registered Users Posts: 356 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    Looks transparent and real at the same time. Terrific!
  • dseidmandseidman Registered Users Posts: 824 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    Beautiful! I'm dying to get down there sometime.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    Nice image i agree about softness
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  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    thapamd wrote:
    The colors and comp are beautiful, Christina! I think the camera focused on the clouds as they are crisp but the earth is OOF. Is this correct?

    Thanks! Part of the problem was where I had the image hosted. I added a new link above. I only manual focus, so I might have been a little off. Please let me know if the second one looks better.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    It sure does :-) thumb.gif
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    The second one does look better but the earth below the sky is still a bit soft. Can you share the EXIF
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  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    It sure does :-) thumb.gif

    Thank you Nikolai!
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    schmoo wrote:
    15524779-Ti.gif great colors and I'm sure they are very true to life in such an awesome geological location!

    Re: the OOF, was this a photomerge or HDR? ear.gif

    Thank you schmoo! It is a hybrid, but most of the OOF problem was with photobucket. That's the last image I ever host there!
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    gvf wrote:
    Looks transparent and real at the same time. Terrific!

    Thank you!
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    dseidman wrote:
    Beautiful! I'm dying to get down there sometime.

    Thanks! I wish I had a day or two to stay there! This is the second time this year I have made an unplanned visit there. Each time I've had less than 2 hours there. :cry
  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Nice image i agree about softness

    Thank you!
  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    The 2nd shot is better with improved contrast and colors. thumb.gif The earth is sharper, but still a little soft.
    Shoot in RAW because memory is cheap but memories are priceless.

    Mahesh
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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Second one certainly is sharper but still looks soft. Agree with Dan, the EXIF would be useful.
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    The 2nd one looks noticeably better! thumb.gif Beautiful colors!!!!
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  • Allan FGAllan FG Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    I really like the second one, the colors and the comp are excellent.
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  • kundalinikundalini Registered Users Posts: 100 Big grins
    edited August 7, 2009
    Gorgeous shot.... comp, colors are great. It looks a tad soft (#2), but not too much.

    Yup, Photobucket really does a number sometimes. I'm slowly but surely moving away from it myself.
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  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2009
    Thanks for the feedback everyone! I've had family in town and haven't been able to get back to dgrin. :cry
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