30d + 10-22 + Egypt.

[RianFlynn]

Hey friends,

Just one shot here, I would love to know what you think? Sorry if its a bit big.

http://www.rianflynn.com/forum/egypt/pyr.jpg

Feel free to edit! Just let me know what you did.

Talk to you soon
Rian

[Ronald S. Jr.]

A little distortion with those horses, but looks very nice. I'm going to play around for a couple minutes with it..just in case. ;-) Oh, and I know this is probably an eternal problem over there, but clean your sensor. :p

[EOSAddict]

Great composition and love the clouds. Difficult to get a 'clean' shot there!

[Throlkim]

I love how much you got in the frame, plenty of different things to look at.

[RianFlynn]

[QUOTE=Oh, and I know this is probably an eternal problem over there, but clean your sensor. :p[/QUOTE]

hehe youu have no idea! I thought it would be bad over here with dust. I didn't know what I was in for! haha I blow it clean every morning and by the afternoon, I have spots (from changing lenses)

Im look forward to seeing what you do with it.

Flynn

[tomhide]

Such an amazing place! I'd love to visit Egypt someday! Great capture! :)
EDIT: just checked out your hompage and I also like your foot print shot as well! Awesome!

[RianFlynn]

I love how much you got in the frame, plenty of different things to look at.

haha yeah 10mm is REALLY wide even on a 1.6 cropped sensor. Believe it or not, I actually cropped about 20% off. :)

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Ok, here's what I did. USM 15, 150, 0- twice. Saturation +30 (seemed very flat and washed). I think that's it. Just resized and saved for web.

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I wanted to make the sky more blue, and give the sand that golden glow like it gets when the sun is right. Anyway..my try.

[EOSAddict]

I think somewhere between the two would be nice - I think the original probably captures quite nicely the flat cold light of Egypt in December.

[Hermeto]

I like this shot, great composition!

I just got my copy of 10-22 and I am so excited! :D

[RianFlynn]

You know ronald, I think you are right. I was torn between b&w and color so I ended up just desaturating. Im going to add some saturation. :)

Cheers
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[RianFlynn]

Hey ronald, I just sent you a myspace add. haha

[Broncobear]

Great composition and great shot. I use a curcular polarizer on my UWA it really makes the skys come out great!

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Hey ronald, I just sent you a myspace add. haha

I added you some time ago, bub. Check your friends.

[RianFlynn]

I added you some time ago, bub. Check your friends.

haha yeah yeah you added my photography account with 19,000 friends. I just send you a request from my personal deal. Anyway BACK ON TOPIC!

:)
Flynn

[Cathpah]

rian, I must admit I'm AMAZED you didn't use HDR. you can use HDR for more than just band shots you know... :p The sky could've been way more vibrant and it really could've made this landscape pop! c'mon, you're the HDR king (or should I say queen :oops: )!

c'mon buddy...I've seen you make those colors POP! lets see it.

[Jim G]

I like the horses in the middle that are running, actually. Gives the photo a kind of "painting" feel, at least to me. Nice framing, unmistakable vista :)

[SeanH]

Took a stab at it......

http://static.flickr.com/143/318189838_499132fb0c_o.jpg

[DavidEB]

I really hate the way these ultra-wide angle lenses make walls look like they're leaning into each other.

j/k. spectacular shot.

[ScottE]

I really hate the way these ultra-wide angle lenses make walls look like they're leaning into each other.

j/k. spectacular shot.

That is a pyramid. The walls are supposed to lean into each other. ;)

A rectilinearly corrected ultra wide angle lens can make the walls lean any way you want. Tilt it down a bit and the walls lean out or tilt it up a bit and the walls lean in. Keep it level and they are more or less vertical. This is a fun effect to play with.

[cgratti]

All of the other attempts of the origional seem to put too much color saturation. I like the color of the original better..

[EOSAddict]

All of the other attempts of the origional seem to put too much color saturation. I like the color of the original better..

Same here ;) digital heretics both of us!

[RgB]

It has a real Indiana Jones feel to it:D

[Jonathan Consiglio]

I think this pic looks good desaturated too.. I did a bleach bypass, and a B&W real quick with som plug-ins in CS2. I only spent aout 5 minutes on each, but I think they look pretty decent for a quick, non-selective edit..

[Lord_Malone]

Great job, Ryan. ;)

[Jman13]

I love how much you got in the frame, plenty of different things to look at.

It's a nice shot, but the comment above is actually exactly why I don't really like the composition of this shot. I'm a wide angle junkie, but I've found the most effective use of wide-angle lenses is when you use the wide angle to actually isolate a single component of an image. There's too much to look at in this photo, so consequently, there's no focal point to the image...the eye looks everywhere instead of being drawn into the image.

It's a very nice shot, but I really would have liked a vertical here, concentrating on the structure in the foreground, and leading the eye to the pyramid.

[RgB]

You very lucky to be in one of the most wonderful places on EARTH:)

[RgB]

Doc get yourself a 1Ds MKII won't hurt to have high resolution photos:D

[Tareq]

WOW, i will think to go there someday.
Egypt is not so far from here, still we all are in the middle east.
I went there when i was a kid twice, means all what i remember in my mind is Black and White or Sepia maybe.;):D