Hi Greaper. The colors are perfect and the smoothing of the water just right. Like Ginger, I like seeing the sand under the water but I get the point made by those wanting you to crop it out. To my eye there is too much sand in the picture. Have you tried simply cropping something off of the right hand side and maybe just a bit off the bottom? That would leave the best of the rippling sand but allow the viewer's eye to focus on the rocks and flowing water. I think that the problem people may be having is that, as is, the photograph is really two pictures: one of the rocks and the other of the sand and it is hard to decide where to look.
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Hi Greaper. The colors are perfect and the smoothing of the water just right. Like Ginger, I like seeing the sand under the water but I get the point made by those wanting you to crop it out. To my eye there is too much sand in the picture. Have you tried simply cropping something off of the right hand side and maybe just a bit off the bottom? That would leave the best of the rippling sand but allow the viewer's eye to focus on the rocks and flowing water. I think that the problem people may be having is that, as is, the photograph is really two pictures: one of the rocks and the other of the sand and it is hard to decide where to look.
Thanks for the comments, Ginger. I have taken out the tree and darkened the sky but left the moon where it was. My fault really. I could have moved and had it further away from the mountain. I thought I wanted it where it was and I was just plain wrong. Oh well. It makes a nice print and a good memory. And (always trying to see the bright side) I learned from my composition mistake. Here is the revised version.
Virginia
You may like it better like this after awhile. Everyone else would/will put their moon over a bit.........yours is yours. And it has its own attraction: kind of hide and seek moon, to me. A little mystery or drama there.
That is just my opinion! Photos often do that, you think you made a mistake, and eventually you thank the elves who made you do it, and your favorite photo goes to pieces while your "mistake" gains favor.
Guess I should go to bed, smile. But, true, perfect photos are made all the time. It is the ''different" ones that often stand out.
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Am I crazy or are some of the rocks blown........all over these forums. I am not going to check them out, the lighting must have been very difficult.
Plus, I like the little shadow that is angled on the moon. That alone makes it stand out from the rocks.
Am I crazy or are some of the rocks blown........all over these forums. I am not going to check them out, the lighting must have been very difficult.
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Ginger - You would not believe how tough taking photos at Zion turned out to be -- at least for some of us. Because we were in a canyon and the sun seemed never to hit everything at the same time, the contrast was almost always really, really high with dark, dark shadows and incredibly bright rocks. Since almost everyone was working in RAW, the properly exposed photos can be worked up in post to bring out detail in the shadows as well as in the brightly lit rocks. I haven't checked myself, but I suspect that what you are seeing is not actually blow out. Just very bright spots. I know in my moon picture, there is lots of detail in the bright areas.
This landscape photography stuff is not easy. I came away from the trip (which I thorougly enjoyed) daunted by what it takes to do a good job. Boy, do I have a lot to learn!!
Virginia
P.S. Thanks for the comments. You cheered me up. :
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Virginia, I think you picked a very difficult place to "learn". Like shooting birds. You can shoot a Great Blue Heron, OK, you got that exposure down, then go for Great White Egrets, got that exposure, ready for anything right??? And a Snowy Egret is another white Egret, right? No.............it is whiter than white: should be in a laundry commercial. Ratchet the exposure down PAST -1, after blowing many birds first.
What you all didn't get the chance to do was "blow" many birds first. I would suspect that if you lived there, you might have had a better easier time. Bases on experience.
I am seeing a lot of black and white, and I love Andy's IR, and I don't like IR, but I think that is one way of dealing with the exposure situation, smile?
Gorgeous photos, they really are. But I am not seeing all the detail on my crummy monitor. (Then again, I am not shooting birds much right now, and I am a bit slack on the blown stuff myself..............it is the total photo that is important, IMO)
Virginia, I think you picked a very difficult place to "learn".
I would have to disagree with you Ginger. This was the perfect setting for learning. Going somewhere where you do not have experience but surrounding yourself with experts who can aswer your questions. That sounds like the perfect learning environment to me.
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You may like it better like this after awhile. Everyone else would/will put their moon over a bit.........yours is yours. And it has its own attraction: kind of hide and seek moon, to me. A little mystery or drama there.
That is just my opinion! Photos often do that, you think you made a mistake, and eventually you thank the elves who made you do it, and your favorite photo goes to pieces while your "mistake" gains favor.
Guess I should go to bed, smile. But, true, perfect photos are made all the time. It is the ''different" ones that often stand out.
ginger
Am I crazy or are some of the rocks blown........all over these forums. I am not going to check them out, the lighting must have been very difficult.
Plus, I like the little shadow that is angled on the moon. That alone makes it stand out from the rocks.
Kendall,
I think you have better. I find my eye wandering over a pleasant picture, but with nothing to really grab it.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm still looking for the one that really "pops".
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What you all didn't get the chance to do was "blow" many birds first. I would suspect that if you lived there, you might have had a better easier time. Bases on experience.
I am seeing a lot of black and white, and I love Andy's IR, and I don't like IR, but I think that is one way of dealing with the exposure situation, smile?
Gorgeous photos, they really are. But I am not seeing all the detail on my crummy monitor. (Then again, I am not shooting birds much right now, and I am a bit slack on the blown stuff myself..............it is the total photo that is important, IMO)
Love them,
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My pet peeve when people correct stuff is "purple toned clouds" though:):
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I would have to disagree with you Ginger. This was the perfect setting for learning. Going somewhere where you do not have experience but surrounding yourself with experts who can aswer your questions. That sounds like the perfect learning environment to me.
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