Bit Quiet - Flower Pic

[V6GTO]

A bit different, and yes, that's my pool in the background :D

[pic]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/V6GTO/TrumpetFlowers1comp.jpg[/pic]

Martin.

[406]

They look a bit like French Knickers, are they yours?

[_dobbo_]

V6GTO said:

and yes, that's my pool in the background

Show off!

[Mrs Fish]

Seeing as its quiet

I took these yesterday









>> Edited by Mrs Fish on Wednesday 8th June 18:07

[v6gto]

_dobbo_ said:

V6GTO said: and yes, that's my pool in the background Show off!

...and check out that sun!

Martin.

[gopher]

ok, never shown any of my photo's before - here's a few I took today (petalheads pollen matters!)









Cheers

Paul

>> Edited by gopher on Wednesday 8th June 21:04

[v6gto]

gopher said:

never shown any of my photo's before

Why on earth not? These are great!

Martin.

[gopher]

Thanks - but I took the best part of 200 hundred shots - these plus say 5-10 more I would consider worth keeping.

I think the thing is that I consider these "technical" (my term - if there is a photographic term which shares this name they will probably not be related ) - i.e. I am shooting the "object" - What I do find very difficult is finding or representing "mood".

I am fortunate to live in an area that is just oozing natural beauty but I can not represent that "feeling" however I try - the link you put up today of the best of the week (month?) on photo.net (A site I visit about once a month and spend hours and hours looking at) I think explains what I would like to achieve - specifically with landscapes, I would really like to be able to show the grandeur and scale but keep failing.

Cheers

Paul

[simpo two]

gopher said:

I would really like to be able to show the grandeur and scale but keep failing.

No, you're merely discovering ways that don't work. Post an example - perhaps the PH Photographers can unravel it and explain how it was achieved?
Inspiration is good, copying is OK, but you can't beat developing your own style.

[wedge girl]

gopher said:

(petalheads pollen matters!)

I like it, love the shots to

[gopher]

simpo two said:

No, you're merely discovering ways that don't work. Post an example - perhaps the PH Photographers can unravel it and explain how it was achieved? Inspiration is good, copying is OK, but you can't beat developing your own style.

Ok - here are two I took today - I can not explain how wonderful this looks in real life - the colours are untrue - and the scale will knock you back - here are my efforts.





I've got it all wrong somewhere along the line but specifically the purple in the first shot should be a lot stronger - although the day was quite overcast. Also, I would want the landscape to appear “deeper” as it really does – more perspective I suppose.

Thanks for the help.

Paul

[gopher]

wedge girl said:

I like it, love the shots to

Thank you...

(for wedge girl hope you like it)

[_dobbo_]

gopher said:

Ok - here are two I took today - I can not explain how wonderful this looks in real life - the colours are untrue - and the scale will knock you back - here are my efforts. I've got it all wrong somewhere along the line but specifically the purple in the first shot should be a lot stronger - although the day was quite overcast. Also, I would want the landscape to appear “deeper” as it really does – more perspective I suppose. Thanks for the help. Paul

Part of the problem that I can see is that it's very hazy - that means the colours look really washed out. Cranking up contrast a bit should help reduce the haze and make the colours brighter. A bit more saturation wouldn't hurt either.

This is I suspect why Steve Carter's shots always look great - there is never any sign of haze, probably because the best ones come either at the crack of dawn or after a rain shower.

Unfortunately landscape photography is not my thing, and my efforts suffer exactly the same fate as yours, consigned to the not quite dustbin.

[andybuk99]

[pic]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a184/andybuk99/a.jpg[/IMG]
here is my offering

[andybuk99]

so how do i get the image to show without the link?

[southpaw]

Andybuk99's pic:


Put [/pic] not [/IMG] at the end

[andybuk99]

thanks for that

[simpo two]

Excellent sunflower Andy! Great cropping, focus, contrast. Love it.

[andybuk99]

cheers simpo, and now for something completely different

[joust]

gopher said:

Ok - here are two I took today - I can not explain how wonderful this looks in real life - the colours are untrue - and the scale will knock you back - here are my efforts. I've got it all wrong somewhere along the line but specifically the purple in the first shot should be a lot stronger - although the day was quite overcast. Also, I would want the landscape to appear “deeper” as it really does – more perspective I suppose.

Looks like you over exposed the image.

I presume it looked something like this?



?