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RoB_m
13th of June 2004 (Sun), 20:31
this is my first post :]
i took a road trip through the west and brought the camera. these were taken in utah and colorado with a canon A80. it's summer so i don't have my photo professor around to give me input. i'm always looking for more ways to get peer input and this looks like a good place.

5 images.
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/utahrocks.jpg

2 images.
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/utahmountains.jpg

http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/birds.jpg

http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/rockies.jpg

2 images.
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/carols.jpg
roanjohn
13th of June 2004 (Sun), 21:50
STUNNING!!

Okay.........please reveal your B&W conversion technique.

Ro1
Sendide
13th of June 2004 (Sun), 22:59
nice shots,
in the third picture, the two birds look relatively sharp, means that your shutter speed was quite fast.
as said in the first reply, coud you please mention your settings for the B&W conversion
regards
Khalid
shniks
14th of June 2004 (Mon), 00:07
Very nice series, the first one is stunning. As for critique, the last too are a little dark for my tastes, but well composed.
RoB_m
14th of June 2004 (Mon), 01:27
all the images except the night shot were taken at f/8 and ISO 50. shutter speeds ranged from 1/800-2000. the night shot was a 10 second exposure on f/2.8 most likely but still ISO 50 because i wanted minimal grain.

as far as B&W conversion: i took the images in black and white mode from the start. when opening the pictures i instantly convert them to grayscale mode then work the curves. that's all, no double exposures or anything.

thanks for the comments.
RoB_m
14th of June 2004 (Mon), 21:12
i made this one out of four images in a square.

http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/utahlake.jpg
LightHunter
15th of June 2004 (Tue), 13:34
Nice series except for the last one. What are these two white lines?
RoB_m
15th of June 2004 (Tue), 13:45
Nice series except for the last one. What are these two white lines?

an airplane
dn7elson
15th of June 2004 (Tue), 14:17
The clouds and contrast in your 4th picture are stunning. Well done.
RoB_m
15th of June 2004 (Tue), 21:38
here are some more from the trip
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/utah2.jpg
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/utah3.jpg
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/abandonedhouse.jpg