You definitely didn't walk away empty handed, Brant! This shot is phenomenal!! Very beautiful!
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You definitely didn't walk away empty handed, Brant! This shot is phenomenal!! Very beautiful!
Great capture Brant. Well done
Nice shot, Brant. I love the solo footprints. They lead the eye through the picture nicely.
Really interesting sky,Brant! I shall really go to a beach someday. Here's my share, walked on a bridge to Vancouver Downtown, this's one of my favs during the walk.
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Franco
Nice image Brant, beautiful skies. Lonely footprints make you think.
Likewise nice shot Franco, those blue tarps are very vibrant in the image and stand out on the sail boats.
Beautiful capture Franco
Wally
Thanks everyone...glad you like the shot...it is no Snowy...but I still have another few weeks to try.....:)
Franco...keep the shots of Vancouver coming..beautiful city.
thank you guys. I'll definitely share more shots of Vancouver! You can check out my blog as I've shot a few times at Vancouver Downtown.
Franco - great shot and great location.
Sunset tonight was pretty nice.:cool:
(Sand dunes in the background)
Shot with a 7D and 24-105 f/4L IS
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Silver Lake-1045.jpg by westmichigan, on Flickr
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Silver Lake-1040.jpg by westmichigan, on Flickr
WOW!!! Knock dead gorgeous sunset! Great capture, wonderful composition with the dunes, Pat!
Two unknown hikers on the glacier of La Meije
500D, 70-300 F/4.5-5.6 (non-L) @ 300mm, f/9, 1/800s, ISO100
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conropl,
Those shots are incredible. Is that they came off the camera, or did you do some post work?
Thanks for sharing.
Pat...great capture!! I really like the colors and how you worked the small pool in to reflect some of the light.....
Spectacular images, Pat. Truly stunning.:cool:
All - Thank you for the kind words. Sunsets during winter around here are great if you can find a clear horrizon and some clouds (although clouds are usually not a problem). There was a great sunset the night before, but I could not get out of work in time to catch it. It looked like it was going to be another nice one... so with a lot of rushing around and my wife picking up dinner for me, I was able to make it to the lake just in time to catch the sun going behind the dunes.
There is always some post work, but it was pretty minimal; and I usually do only enough to make it look like what I saw. To start with, I used a Grad ND filter at the camera. Processing was done in LR, and for the first picture I posted this is what was done:Quote:
Originally Posted by jfritz
In this case, the sun was below the horrison and the clouds were positioned so the sun was lighting them up from the under side. The light also reflected off the clouds down to the lake so everything was very colorful. Here is a shot when there was more clouds overhead and lite up from underneath. I did not post this because the ice was moving to much and blurred.
- On this one, I changed White Balance because AWB made the ice unnaturally blue. Changed to "shade" because the sun was down for quite a while, and was getting fairly dark.
- +0.14 on the exposure
- +20 (on a scale of 0-100) on fill light
- Clarity to +22 (on a scale of -100 to +100)
- Minimal sharpening (Radius=1, Amount=25, Detail=25, Masking=0)
- NR at 28 (luminance), detail at 50%
- I check the Lens Profile Correction to get rid of that nasty magenta fring that the 24-105L leaves.
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Silver Lake-1107.jpg by westmichigan, on Flickr
Great work Pat, lovely colours.
Amazing colours, love the lines and layers.
@Pat: nice photo showing the texture of the glacier..
@Conropl: Unbelievable! Really like your photos, I've always looked up to you and hopefully I'll make one of those amazing shots like yours one day.
God does all the work... I just try not to screw it up (unfortunately I am not always successful at that).Quote:
Originally Posted by francongphotography
Suggestions: If you do not have one, get a Grad ND filter (probably what has helped me with sunsets the most), and don't be one of the photographers that leaves as soon as the sun dips behind the horrizon. The best colors comes when it starts getting a little darker and the exposures start getting longer (outside of hand holding range) and when everyone else has gone home.
Thanks for the nice comments.
Pat
I don't have a grad ND filter, but I've got some crappy ND filters..and yeah. I find the light after the sun sets behind the horizon to be the most pleasing light to work with.
You can also stack a CPL on top of an ND. Then you'll definitely need a tripod and hope nothing moves (unless you want it to). But the combo lets you get the sun before it drops out of sight and not have blown highlights. For this shot the tripod may not have been necessary for some folks (it was shot with the 24-105mm @50mm and 1/50 sec), but I'm not a super steady shooter, so for me a tripod is essential if I want sharp detail at those speeds.
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Now that's what I call a silhouette M Six! Great shot:D
Have you considered trying a 2:1...16:9(something like that) ratio where you crop of the top? I think that could look good. Just a thought...
Last week, January 24th there was a major energy storm as the result of an explosion on the sun(that's what I understand from it:confused:).
The lightshow was predicted to be very visible in the northern parts of Europe, definitely in Scandinavia, but there was also a small chance that it was visible in the Netherland if we had clear skies. We did! At least at the beginning of the evening, but clouds gently covered the lower parts of the horizon. Anyway it was cold, but I definitely gain more and more interest in shooting at night. It's something special. Also I discovered a very nice place fairly close to my home so;)No incredible green lightshows in my shot, but still:
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24mm - f4 - ISO400 - 59 seconds
Wow, Jan ...Incredibly beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Great shot Jan...Well done
M_Six - That is a beautiful sky... very nice color, and makes a very nice silhouette.
Jan - I have always been partial to night shots.
Yeah, nice night shot, Jan. I really need to practice those more. My night skies always come out pitch black except for the moon. Evening skies, when there is still a little light, seem to be easier to shoot.
On that silhouette shot, I was buzzing down my usual backroad commute and saw the sun just beginning to set behind that tree. I stood on the brakes and backed up in a hurry. There was a house right behind me and I bet the people in it were wondering who the nut was across the street taking pics of a tree. :cool:
Wooow...nice silhouette @ M_Six and nice sky filled with stars@ Sheiky.. TBH, I'm a die-hard Holland national soccer team fan ;) Really want to visit that beautiful country.
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Both shots are great but I really love the first one, Franco! You are off to a fantastic start with your photography!
Denise
Nice work everyone...really enjoyed the shots on this page.
Franco - Really nice landscapes. The ducks in the foreground makes the shot.
Beautiful shots Pat, M_six, Jan and Franco!
Pat - amazing colors
M_six - perfect timing! The exposure is bang-on for me
Jan - nice balance with Tv, focal length and ISO noise. Steady tripod you have there.
Franco - nice work! The first one is my fav
Thank you for all your kind comments. I was hoping that I'd get some ducks in the picture..but there happens to be a duck couple swimming across so I just went for the shot :)
Thanks for the comments everybody:) There are still some power-lines in the image I need to get rid off, but haven't succeeded in a good manor yet.
I know what you're talking about. Note that I'm not an experienced night sky photographer myself, still early on the learning curve, but I know a few tricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by M_Six
1 - You don't really need to be somewhere extremely remote. You can see a lot even fairly close to civilization. Since I ride on my bicycle to places I shoot you can see that I'm not very remote either. It does help though. Normally I try to be at least 2km/1,5miles away from the nearest house. That helps a lot.
2 - I use a remote with timer(cheap ebay thing). It's nice for time-lapses, but it's also nice to be used as a remote for the BULB mode of your camera. When I start I quickly put my camera to manual mode with a very high ISO so I can shoot underneath 30 seconds. This way you can quickly decide what exposure you need/want. Then you can lower ISO, perhaps change aperture and use the old settings as a reference to calculate the right exposure at the new settings. When I'm done, I usually put it to BULB(unless it's less than 30s) and start shooting. I use 2 second timer as well.
3 - If you want to see more stars, you have to make sure the light of the moon is as little as possible, because it brightens the sky too much. Search google on when there's a "new moon" in your area. At that stage only the shadow side of the moon is visible(barely) because the moon is inbetween the sun and the earth. (correct me if I'm wrong) Someday near the new moon stage gives you the best chances. As long as the sky is quite clear of course.
First off, great shots! Second, I think I'd trade places with you any day:D I bet the nature is quite more spectacular where you live. I'm not the biggest soccer fan to be honest. I like to watch occasionally to matches, but I don't follow any league or so. Except: the European and World Championships!:o I hardly can't wait till this summer!Quote:
Originally Posted by francongphotography
Hihi I know right? Without a joke I use a tripod which I got for free with a magazine membership that costs me 40 Euro(55 USD or so?) a year:rolleyes: No fancy Manfrotto or anything, but it works good enough for me. My girlfriend even got a better tripod than I have:pQuote:
Originally Posted by DLS
Anyway without only having text in this message, here are some shots from yesterdaymorning. I went to see a sunset at -18,5 degrees Celsius. And luckily I did, because it was something special. After an hour or so I was forced to get back home because my limbs where turning into ice:p
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The tree on this last photo I have shot before when it was extremely foggy. I'll try to get that online soon to show the difference.
As I said, I shot this tree before in a different season(fall 2010):
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The Tree of Life by Jan Paalman, on Flickr
Jan, I love that first shot. The way the frozen grass is lit really makes the photo.
Nice shots, Jan. Love the foggy tree shot.
Later this spring when it's warmer I'll get out and work on night shots. I can drive a couple of miles and be far away from any buildings, so I have no excuse to not get a clear sky images.
Wow... that is perfect!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheiky
Wow Jan, how many beautiful shots do you have to share with us!? I really liked that one of icy grass with the sun backlighting..really reflects the chill.
Went to Stanley Park in Vancouver this morning (the biggest,most beautiful nature park in the region)...got some really nice landscape/seascape with the help of my ND filters :)
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Franco - You live in a beautiful area... keep them coming.