South of Taos...

New Mexico...

From a few weeks ago. I've played with them and tweaked them a bit...I rather enjoy them as printed 8x10's and the majority of the locals that have seen the photos seem to like them. I was wondering what folks here might say about them.

I've been trying to learn how to use my 350D and the only glass I currently own is the 17-85 EF-S....these were shot from a highway look out on our way home ... I'd appreciate comments good and/or bad.

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very nice!

Those are very nice mountains. You could have got more of the trees exposed with ND or HDR, but still, they are very nice. I used to spend alot of time in those mountains..

I like #1, winter is coming

calicokat wrote in post #2275364
I like #1, winter is coming

The first is my favourite.

I like the cloud formation. Great form and texture!

Both could have used a better light.

Very nice landscapes. Maybe pop up the details with some PP.
The frame didnt work very well for me sorry.
Anyway great pics

Great shots...perhaps a little flat...

I tried, but I'm afraid I over-did-it?

black84z28 wrote in post #2274373
very nice!

Thanks...positive feedback is always appreciated.

Rumrunner wrote in post #2274797
Those are very nice mountains. You could have got more of the trees exposed with ND or HDR, but still, they are very nice. I used to spend alot of time in those mountains..

Being a rookie ND & HDR are foriegn to me....I did a bit of processing on them and they show much more detail than the raw origionals.Thanks for taking the time to comment.

While in Taos I took multitudes of shots in town and in the surrounding area. Beautiful place in my opinion.

calicokat wrote in post #2275364
I like #1, winter is coming

Yup...it sure is!
These were taken a few weeks ago....if I had the time for a 3 hour drive I'd like to return and shoot this scene again....I bet there is a lot more snow now.

Suedezu wrote in post #2275978
The first is my favourite.

I like the cloud formation. Great form and texture!

Both could have used a better light.

I agree on the better light....but we were headed home and I took the shot off the side of the road...it was a rather dark scene so I left it on the darker side.

Thats for the input....comments are welcome and appreciated.

urbandancer wrote in post #2277394
Very nice landscapes. Maybe pop up the details with some PP.
The frame didnt work very well for me sorry.
Anyway great pics

In truth the frames are a first for me.....I learn as I go...the photos just seemed to need a frame of some sort and I tried....thanks for commenting.

suomi7777 wrote in post #2278186
Great shots...perhaps a little flat...

I tried, but I'm afraid I over-did-it?

I'm curious how you did the edit?

I use PS elements and my efforts to brighten photos fall short of your edit.

I use Elements as well, but not for editing...just for photo organization. Although I think Elements can do what I did in Photoshop CS2....

EDIT, out of the steps listed below, curves, and shadow/highlight makes the biggest difference

Usually I first try 'auto levels' to see what the old computer thinks it should look like, I'd say about 75% of the time I'm pretty happy with the results.

Then I go to brightness/contrast and tweak those a bit...

Next is saturation...I usually bump that up a litle bit no matter what...unless of course I want to go B&W or something

then I go to shadow/highlight....(u​nder image/adjustments)...u​sually i put shadow nearly all the way left, and highlight around 75% to the right...this usually is pretty close to where I prefer them to be but of course different pics require different settings...

next up is curves, again under image, adjustments...this can make or break your image very quickly, and slight adjustments are key...it's hard to describe how to use it properly as i'm pretty new at all this, but basically click on the line and move up to brighten, and down to darken...just mess with it a little.....also clicking on different spots on the line create different results. i think lower on the line tweaks darks, and higher up on the line adjusts lights....

after that i sharpen a bit and hopefully after all this the image is "fixed"....

maybe not the best order to go in, as i'm still new to all this but it works for me....let me know if you have any other ?'s

Second is my favorite, nice job