GKPE 8, Yet more NZ ramblings from some flightless Kiwis.

weka2000 wrote in post #18718797
I will get the 100-400 at some stage, interesting that sigma have just released 60-600 so will see what those reviews look like.

The key fact is I need to get out more

yea I think you will find that the 100-400 is going to be better than the sigma 60-600. Just by going on that focal length I think it's safe to say it's not going to be the best.

right back from an afternoon at karekare ….. lets just say when you take your family …… kiss the good light goodbye "we cold, we board. we hungry" I think that's why they say landscape photography is a solitary pursuit.

So tried a few things, composition is way harder than you think. Find your subject of interest then compose the shot to make it interesting ……. way easier for painters than photographers.

Photos later.

thoughts?

weka2000 wrote in post #18719062
thoughts?

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Yeah, that's cool.

weka2000 wrote in post #18719062
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awfy good of the cloud-gods to part over the rock like that for you...

do you like it?

joeseph wrote in post #18719461
awfy good of the cloud-gods to part over the rock like that for you...

do you like it?

Its way better than I normally take ……… the only foreground and leading lines I had was the waves. Again learning not to center my main subject. I do like the 16:9 format

Actually with such a strong subject like that and on the top third line you can loose the left hand side and have it central.

It works because it's so strong and simple. Nice work.

RobDickinson wrote in post #18719591
Actually with such a strong subject like that and on the top third line you can loose the left hand side and have it central.

It works because it's so strong and simple. Nice work.

That "rock/island" has some great texture/structure to it, at the top its full of greens and yellow plant life. I did try a center one but wasn't happy with it.

weka2000 wrote in post #18719062
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Yeah, that would works. Great shot!

Light was dull at karekare, decided to get fish and chips for family at Piha …..$30 and 1 hr wait I totally missed sunset.

I like this one, more of my old moody style

last pic

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I’d like to see that with a bit more breathing space at the top. Looks good though.

weka2000 wrote in post #18719698
I like this one, more of my old moody style

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very good - I like that more than the previous one, possibly as the waves are more defined...

I had an ephinany this evening ……….. I realise why I centre my horizon. My original plan was to crop images depending on while I liked better sky or what ever the other half was, but never actually did it, until recently when I started doing the 16:9 crop over the out of camera format. Only took 10 yrs to figure that out ……..