My Acadia shootout

Schnauzer

First I want to thank those who put this wonderful learning adventure together. I had a fantastic time. I met a lot of very nice people and made some new friends. I'm sorry that at times I slowed things down with my bad back and leg.

Andy, Dave and Marc were kind enough to put up with all my questions and gave me a lot of great advice.

I have been into photography for a long time but have done very little landscape work, so this was very much a learning experience for me.

I have a lot more to process after these.

#1
Since this is probable my favorite of the pictures I got, I'll put this first.


#2
Close to thunderhole at about sunrise.


#3
Sunrise.


#4


#5
Jordan pond


#6
Also at Jordan pond. I was going to delete this one before Marc's critique because of the out of focus leaves. He actually liked them. Shows how little I know.

Awais Yaqub

Great photos 4th is my favorite

dlplumer

4 and 6 for me

Scott_Quier

Hey Ron!!!

It was nice meeting you - a new friend indeed!!

#4 - Wow!!

#5 - I like the reflections, and the foreground. I think I would have tried to recover more the sky though.

#6 - I still like this one. The colors in the background, the foreground, and the bird - they all work so well together!!\

Snowgirl

Nice set. I also really like #4!

I enjoyed meeting you and everyone. I know what you mean about backs and legs. Getting down to ground level was one thing - getting back up was something else all together!

hawkeye978

Nice set Ron. I particularly like #2 and #4. I agree with Scott, I think you have some detail in the sky you can pull out with a gradient filter.

Nice rooming with you.

Schnauzer

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Great photos 4th is my favorite

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Schnauzer

dlplumer wrote:

4 and 6 for me

Thanks Dan. I wish I had thought of that Jordan pond shot you got.

Schnauzer

Scott_Quier wrote:

Hey Ron!!!

It was nice meeting you - a new friend indeed!!

#4 - Wow!!

#5 - I like the reflections, and the foreground. I think I would have tried to recover more the sky though.

#6 - I still like this one. The colors in the background, the foreground, and the bird - they all work so well together!!\

Thanks Scott. You and your wife are on my friends list.

My wife loved #4 and wants me to make a big print for her office. The others I'm guilty of not putting much work into.

We had a lot of fun that last day tryiny to follow Andy around.

Andy

WTG Ron, great to see you at Acadia!

dlscott56

Love #4 Ron. Hope your back is on the mend now that you're not climbing all over Acadia.

Schnauzer

Snowgirl wrote:

Nice set. I also really like #4!

I enjoyed meeting you and everyone. I know what you mean about backs and legs. Getting down to ground level was one thing - getting back up was something else all together!

I enjoyed meeting you also as well as the others.

I sure know what you mean by getting up and down.

Schnauzer

hawkeye978 wrote:

Nice set Ron. I particularly like #2 and #4. I agree with Scott, I think you have some detail in the sky you can pull out with a gradient filter.

Nice rooming with you.

Thanks Tom.

I think I should go back over this and some others and work on the sky. I'm sure there is a lot of detail to pull out if I try.

I couldn't have asked for a better room mate.

Schnauzer

dlscott56 wrote:

Love #4 Ron. Hope your back is on the mend now that you're not climbing all over Acadia.

Thanks Dave. It was nice meeting you.

I'm sure the back will get better if I follow the doctors orders and take it easy.

CavalierPhoto

Good stuff Ron!

I keep going back to #3. Very cool sky and I dig the texture the water is giving the image.

Schnauzer

CavalierPhoto wrote:

Good stuff Ron!

I keep going back to #3. Very cool sky and I dig the texture the water is giving the image.

Thanks Chris.

To be perfectly honest, I don't know what makes a good sunrise. Marc said I should have got something in the foreground, which would have been hard from my vantage point. Lighter and let the sun really blow out? I don't know. Maybe some kind of filter.

Schnauzer

Andy wrote:

WTG Ron, great to see you at Acadia!

Thanks Andy.

It was a pleasure meeting you, Dave and Marc. Thanks for the advice, tips and pointer you,Dave and Marc gave me.

CavalierPhoto

Schnauzer wrote:

Thanks Chris.

To be perfectly honest, I don't know what makes a good sunrise. Marc said I should have got something in the foreground, which would have been hard from my vantage point. Lighter and let the sun really blow out? I don't know. Maybe some kind of filter.

Funny, I kept hearing Mark saying that while I was staring at it I figured the fact that I kept staring at was justification

Fred W

Nice pics Ron. I like 2,4,and 5 the best. These are showing the sweet light.

Halite

It was great hanging with you, Ron. I agree with others on #4. The simple geometry of #1 strikes my fancy as well.

Schnauzer

Fred W wrote:

Nice pics Ron. I like 2,4,and 5 the best. These are showing the sweet light.

Thanks Fred.

Schnauzer

Halite wrote:

It was great hanging with you, Ron. I agree with others on #4. The simple geometry of #1 strikes my fancy as well.

Thanks Harry.

I'm glad you liked #1 also.

astockwell

Schnauzer wrote:

First I want to thank those who put this wonderful learning adventure together. I had a fantastic time. I met a lot of very nice people and made some new friends. I'm sorry that at times I slowed things down with my bad back and leg.

Andy, Dave and Marc were kind enough to put up with all my questions and gave me a lot of great advice.

I have been into photography for a long time but have done very little landscape work, so this was very much a learning experience for me.

I have a lot more to process after these.




#6
Also at Jordan pond. I was going to delete this one before Marc's critique because of the out of focus leaves. He actually liked them. Shows how little I know.

I probably shot this same cormmorant a week earlier. He was on this same rock. Must have sat there for a half hour before he finally flew away.

Schnauzer

He seemed to be quite tame. He just sat there while several people took pictures. Usually you can't get near one without it flying.