3 Landscape Pics

[Steezy303]

First time really taking pictures of landscape. C&C please.
1. Mountain View
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1322/573775428_5566d9dcd4.jpg?v=0
2. Waterfall
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1329/573775450_20b3cf3075.jpg?v=0
3. Off Amasaback trail in Moab, Utah
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1207/573775544_d26565fc1d.jpg?v=0

[Wildewinds]

First and third shots are nice. I'd suggest kicking up the saturation.

The second shot doesn't do much for me. Pretty scene, I'm sure, but not enough detail to catch much interest.

[Robert_Lay]

First and third shots are very nice, but the 2nd shot has no shadow detail.

Using PSCS2 Image->Adjustments->Shadow/Highllights you can open up the shadow detail as seen here.

[strmrdr]

Bob hit it on the head.
The first one the horizon is a little centered is all i would add.

[howzitboy]

1st one id like more clouds in the shot to fill up the sky. those few are just distracting and id clone em out.

2nd one id adjust curves so the water in the waterfall really stands out more. Or just dodge and burn it to get better results.

3rd one is bit bright, id darken it up a bit so u can see more details in the mountain.

overall, great shots! thx for sharing.

[Steezy303]

Thanks for the comments and advice, Ill keep the tips in mind for next time.
Robert_Lay: Thanks for the edit, Looks much better.

[Emberghost]

I would suggest brightening the middle shot, seems underexposed to me. The last one is my favorite and seems to have a real good balance of color and exposure.

[ssd]

In #1 the mountains are blue... is it natural or did some work on white balance?

[Mr.Incognito]

2 and 3 are great shots, amazing

[achristian]

I would like to see a crop on the first one right above the telephone wires running across the whole picture. The second shot, I would have to agree with Robert on. I like the way the third takes up almost the entire frame but allows me to see a sense of mass to the formation. Good shots.

[Riverlander]

1. The interest is in the middle 1/3. Crop 1/3 off top qnd 1/3 off bottom.
2. The edit job done by Robert lay iimproves it a lot.........
3. Increase the depth of colour --- red tone --- give it more impact

[Snapman]

I particularly like #3 - You know a thing or two.

[Steezy303]

ssd- The mountains are really that color, but I did do some PP work to make them come out that way.
Mr.Incognito- Thank you
achristian- Thanks for the C&C, Ill take out the wires. I do like Robert's edit, You can see alot more detail. (thanks again Robert)
Riverlander- Thanks for the C&C, Ill mess around with the info you have given me.
Snapman-Thank you, every time I take pictures I think about everything I have learned on this forum.

Thanks everyone for your C&C.

[Buggbairn]

You can take my advice or you can tell me to go fart pea's at the moon :lol:

Landscape photographs come in all shapes and sizes, from wide angle to super telephoto anythings possible, I'd put these in the telephoto range, the reason I say this is that there is no foreground interest in these frames.

90% of the time my landscape photos contain immediate foreground interest ie, right under my nose, this can give an image a start point for the viewers eyes to flow smoothly through the image all the way back to the horizon/background. Foreground interest could be anything really as long as it's not foreign to the theme of your shot.

I hope I've explained the above well, my English ain't so good, I'm Scottish :lol: :lol:
With this theory I'll add a few constructive comments for each of your shots :)

1. Fantastic view, I'd love to get a day out there, exposure wise well done, especially in the midday sun, composition wise I'd be hunting for pretty plants for my FG, I may even be tempted to wander down to that fencing to see if I could use it in my composition. with your framing I'd crop the sky somewhere above the clouds as there is no interest above this, also the main eye candy.....the mountains IMO shouldn't be so central in the final image.

2. Hmmm waterfalls are not my strong point but what I will say is I see so many beautiful falls all over Scotland but 95% of the time they are just too tricky to compose in a succesfull image, this can be because of their sheer size and/or being inaccesable. I feel you have come up against these two factors, we all wish we could capture the beauty before our eyes but sometimes it just ain't possible.

3. two things spring to mind for me instantly about this image, well three :lol:

The main point of interest is slap bang in the middle of the frame, have a wee google about the "Rule of thirds"

Could be my crappy works monitor but the image appears a tad bright and lacking contrast which would give it more punch.

Foreground interest, not much to choose from :lol: but I'd be tempted to get down low find a plant or two that can be isolated in the frame(not overlapping others) and use it in your image.


I hope you take the advice I've given away with you to try out the next time you're out.

Your shots will get better by looking at others to see why they work not by the calvary of "great shots buddy" posters, I'm no expert but I see room for improvement in these shots and thought I'd best share my opinion.

:D

Cheers

Scottie

[Glenn NK]

I knew when I read Scottie's post that he knew what he was talking about; to confirm it, I had a wee peek at his personal site. Just click on his name and the link will pop up.

[Robert_Lay]

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90% of the time my landscape photos contain immediate foreground interest ie, right under my nose, this can give an image a start point for the viewers eyes to flow smoothly through the image all the way back to the horizon/background. Foreground interest could be anything really as long as it's not foreign to the theme of your shot.
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If I may be so bold as to add one thing to Scottie's pithy comments -
We are usually after as much 3-dimensionality as possible in a photograph. To that end, inclusion of clearly defined regions, one behind the other (foreground, middle ground and background), will usually enhance the impression of 3-dimensionality - thus increasing the interest.