My travels in Europe

[4331545]

These were taken in summer of this year after i graduated high school, me and a buddy back packed Europe for 3 weeks. We went to Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, Nice, Rome, Interlaken, And a few other little places where our trains stopped. Im not to happy with the pictures i got and want to go back soon. I wish i had a better lense at the time and spent a few more weeks there.
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[4331545]

Wow didnt realize that they were so big, sorry about that working on resizing them now

[4331545]

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad77/4331545/Amsterdam2.jpg

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad77/4331545/Amsterdam1.jpg

There we go its fixed.. sorry about the thumbnails

[4331545]

Wow no comments yet haha

[dslrphoto]

which lens did you use most of the time?

[4331545]

A Tokina 19-35 f/3.5 :(

[snyderman]

#1 and 2 must be Amsterdam. Spent much time in Leiden, NL and loved the scenery and way of life there. Nice pics!

dave

[4331545]

You are right sir, thanks alot ! The pics are from Amsterdam, Rome, and Interlaken

[MatthewW]

Not bad.

The use of vignette gets to be a little repetitive, as is the portrait mode of capture....but they're nice shots.

Hope your holiday was enjoyable :)

[4331545]

Thanks, and yeah it was amazing

[4331545]

Any more comments ?

[4331545]

Comments !

[4331545]

Comments would help haha !!!

[mameemonsters]

nice shots..I like the B&W colloseum the best!

[4331545]

Thanks alot !

[4331545]

Going to buy a 50 f1.8 and go to the zoo today !

[4331545]

Anymore comments ?

[advaitin]

Yes. I'll comment. You need to post samples in the format most others use here, or give yourself a better URL than the one with the frog. I've used that site to upload to a site that specifically works with it, but I don't use it otherwise.

[4331545]

I know i usually post pictures in the thread instead of thumbnails but i had trouble uploading them when i posted them. I have a Flikr but it wouldnt give me the whole image address so i couldnt post them right

[Butch Cassidy]

you want comments " I don't like them" LOL But only because I was not there to take them. Good Pics,must have been Fun

[4331545]

Fixed them sorry about that and yeah it was tons of fun. I want to go back with my girlfriend soon

[advaitin]

I got a nice antique vibe from the B&W at the coliseum. It could have been another decade. The other monotone is also evocative. I think you might try converting some of the others--perhaps the bicycles in the alley--I think you might have a style working for you.

Of what you've posted, mostly I find the depth of field lacking, unless you were going for that look. In which case it becomes a matter of taste. Then there's that washed out sky in narrow streets, I ran across that the first time in the Barri Gotic in Barcelona--very frustrating for me. On the other hand, since there was only sky up there, what was to lose.

I found a similar situation in Innsbruck, but, because RAW files retain so much information, I was able to recreate what the eye sees in post-processing in Photoshop. Using the magnetic selection tool, I outlined the distant back ground and altered the levels within the selected area to bring out the whole scene to near equality. Post-shoot manipulation is not my strong suit, so I show this only as an example of what can be done. In camera I shoot in neutral mode and add saturation and sharpening in post-process.

This is just an example, I'm not trying to hijack the thread:

[4331545]

Thanks for the tips ! Id work on them some more but unfortunatly i lost the originals on my old computer :(

[WRCfan]

Like the canal shot, memories of my trip to Amsterdam 2 years ago. Nice shots!

[xiaolung]

Nice shots!

[4331545]

Thanks alot guys !

[4331545]

Anymore comments ?

[d100763]

I have visited both Rome and Amsterdam in 2008 and know that it's a bit difficult to come up with a truly unique composition that has not graced postcards and avoids cliches. I really like the Colosseum shot, I was blown away when I first saw it coming out of a small side street. The begging lady is good but it seems (seems, not saying you did) as if it has one of those "dreamy" filters applied to it. I think a harsh b/w conv. with less of a crop would have served you better. Well done overall. Danny

[d100763]

I also like the alley of bicycle and narrow street, I just wish you could have saved more of the sky...Maybe HDR next time..you got great textures and colors for an HDR treatment IMHO

[4331545]

Thanks for the comments ! I really wish i would of taken better shots there like HDR's and what not, but for some reason i put photography on the back burner haha. I guess it was all the excitment

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