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Here is a link to the pano. it's a bit big to post here.
A couple of comments from me...Javelin wrote:I don't do landscapes very often and would like to get feedback on this. they were just opportunistic shots. and was trying to get the best out of them so I took a lot of frames and a pano. the pano is more so you can see the whole scene. in particular I'd like to know if you would have picked a different composition for this shot.
Thanks Harvey. no I have 3 polarizers linear and circular and none of them fit the wides I have and have been meaning to pick one up for some time now. Only the bigger camera shops in the city have decent ones and I don't get in there often and the last 2 times I've forgotten them. normally I would have used one myself on my F717harvey wrote:Did you try a polarizer for the single shot? I tend to use them too much but they quite often bring out the clouds
although this would likely affect the reflection of the sky as well.
I like the left part that you picked and if I was choosing from the pano would have chopped off the right 20%.
Harvey
I wonder if the cast you see is because most of what I have posted here recently has been taken in late day sun where the sky is starting to turn pink. I actually have been trying to preserve those colours in my shots where I could easily cool them out and desaturated them a bit to get rid of it? You think thats what I should do here? This little pond has an irregular shore on the opposite side. which makes it look crooked. the right side shoreline is further away than the left but I think it's pretty straight in terms of the horizon. I actually noticed that in the viewfinder and really didn't know what to do about it. to make matters worse the treeline on the right side also gets closer to the point of view the closer it is. like looking across the deepest part of a trapezoid.harveyzone wrote:
A couple of comments from me...
First, a lot of your posts seem to have a red/pink cast on them. I have noticed it before and I have viewed them on several machines, so don't think it is an issue with my monitors. You may want to check your monitor calibration.
Second, I always think that images with a lot of water on them need to be very level (unless deliberatly angled for effect). Both of these seem to have a sloped horizon that disturbs me.
The crisp reflections are great, but I am feeling too much sky and water at top and bottom. I would possibly crop the pano to be very long/thin.
You have to watch the wide-angle lenses because the polarizer effect can vary a lot across the frame, sometimesJavelin wrote: Thanks Harvey. no I have 3 polarizers linear and circular and none of them fit the wides I have and have been meaning to pick one up for some time now. Only the bigger camera shops in the city have decent ones and I don't get in there often and the last 2 times I've forgotten them. normally I would have used one myself on my F717I wasn't going to get one for my 17-35 but am defiantly going to get one for my 28-135 which I think is going to be on the camera the most this summer.
I can see the warm glow, but the cast is in the shadows too where it wouldn't be. It is also on other shots of yours like the macros. Your second version is muchbetter.Javelin wrote:I wonder if the cast you see is because most of what I have posted here recently has been taken in late day sun where the sky is starting to turn pink. I actually have been trying to preserve those colours in my shots where I could easily cool them out and desaturated them a bit to get rid of it? You think thats what I should do here?
There is a definite slope on these - not much, but it is there. When you have lovely crisp reflections like these the easiest way to confirm the slope is that the tip of the trees should be directly over the tips of the trees in the reflections. If you draw a line from the tree tips to their reflection you can see the slope.Javelin wrote: This little pond has an irregular shore on the opposite side. which makes it look crooked. the right side shoreline is further away than the left but I think it's pretty straight in terms of the horizon. I actually noticed that in the viewfinder and really didn't know what to do about it. to make matters worse the treeline on the right side also gets closer to the point of view the closer it is. like looking across the deepest part of a trapezoid.
Again this looks very pinky/blue on my monitor. Here is my quick correction. How does this compare on your monitor (and others)?...Javelin wrote:Ok here is another one from a little later in the day (today). This little guy wanted to let me know he didn't approve of me. He was a Little yellow and had that pink cast as well. hardly fitting a warrior of his stature. I used PS and pulled the red Chanel down a bit.
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