When is a Landscape not?

dowlingmcdowlingmc Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
edited June 16, 2012 in Landscapes
The photos were taken at the Dallas Arboretum last weekend. Comments are requested and appreciated. When is a Landscape not?


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Comments

  • BMW KurtBMW Kurt Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2012
    Some purists would say number 1 is not a landscape. There is an object in it that is "made by the hand of man". My local club is very picky about this, me, not so much. headscratch.gif
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited June 14, 2012
    ^^ agree with Kurt. There are many variants of landscapes including ones that contain human elements, micro-landscapes, abstracts, etc. All are acceptable and welcome in this forum.

    Nice collection of shots. Were the plants in the first shot really rising out of the fog like that? The last shot seems a bit over-saturated. Good work overall and looking forward to seeing more of your work. thumb.gif

    -joel
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  • dowlingmcdowlingmc Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited June 16, 2012
    BMW Kurt wrote: »
    Some purists would say number 1 is not a landscape. There is an object in it that is "made by the hand of man". My local club is very picky about this, me, not so much. headscratch.gif


    Sorry for the delay in responding - have been on a project deadline (for my day job as an architect).

    Thanks for helping on a landscape definition. That "made by the hand of man" criteria could bring all 4 photos into question since they are all of gardens at the Dallas Arboretum - all planted and arranged by man. Personally, I'm with you on the "not so much".

    Mike
  • dowlingmcdowlingmc Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited June 16, 2012
    kdog wrote: »
    ^^ agree with Kurt. There are many variants of landscapes including ones that contain human elements, micro-landscapes, abstracts, etc. All are acceptable and welcome in this forum.

    Nice collection of shots. Were the plants in the first shot really rising out of the fog like that? The last shot seems a bit over-saturated. Good work overall and looking forward to seeing more of your work. thumb.gif

    -joel[/QUOTE

    Thanks for the words of encouragement. The Arboretum has an area where they use a misting system to keep the humidity up. The photo caught the misting system in action.

    The last photo has the Lightroom 4 clarity slider pushed to -100. I have been experimenting with some of my photos to see how far I get them to an impressionist painting. This is one of the first I have tried. Any thoughts on how I can move them closer to that goal would be appreciated.

    Mike
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited June 16, 2012
    Oh, is that what that was. I think the clarity adjust was a good idea to achieve your goal. I also think you want to reduce the saturation some; if you look at your histogram's red channel, I'm certain you will see that it's pretty clipped. You might want to google Orton Effect for some ideas as well.

    Cheers,
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
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