first post...alaska trip

[Grittathh]

http://crossroads.myphotos.cc/photos/normal/ghost_forest.jpg

EXIF
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time
8/20/2004 9:37:07 AM
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/400
Av( Aperture Value )
7.1
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
-2/3
ISO Speed
400
Lens
18.0 - 55.0mm
Focal Length
24.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Normal
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast +1
Sharpness +1
Color saturation +1
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
1657KB
Drive Mode
Continuous shooting

Taken at 60 mph on the road from Seward to Anchorage. Cropped and did a quick double-the-sky layer thing to darken the sky (sorry I don't know what the process is called).

Hope someone likes it! First post...so please be nice hehe. But still critique.

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[Leighow]

Well for a shot from a car -- it is impresssive -- thanks to the 1/400 shutter speed.

The land is flat and limits the perspective -- as does the wide angle lens.

I suspect that few great photo-ops are shot from speeding cars. Consider bribing your companions. Stop and stretch -- body and photo-mind.

Point and Shot is simply Point and Shoot. Armed with $1000 worth of camera technology you can't miss such simple shots. Agreed?

[Grittathh]

Thanks. Yeah, I should have told them to stop. I don't really like the shadows, but I do like how the trees seem to all be in a row.

I am a total noob at photography! Here are some other pics from the same trip:
http://crossroads.myphotos.cc/photos/normal/orca.jpg
At 55mm on kit lens...the people standing next to me had huge lenses. This shot would have been incredible with a longer lens, no?

http://crossroads.myphotos.cc/photos/half/sun_silouette.jpg

http://crossroads.myphotos.cc/photos/normal/sunset_panorama.jpg
Stitched...

[Leighow]

Well you are absolutely right ... and as a G2 owner I too wish thatI had a long lens and a good tripod. The Killer Whale is dynamite. The sunset is great too .. Love that pan .. might improve with a bit os brightening.

Alaska Eh -- mind you your 1st shot had that color ... I hear that the mountains are nto all that big. Friends have just started a cruise and will be arriving at Juneau in a couple of days.

Read Jonathan Raban's Passage to Jeuneau.