Post your best landscapes 2011

Makena Beach Maui, before sunrise.

Lake Tahoe in March 2011. My brother had walked out to the end of the dock, I asked him to hold really still for a couple shots..

tats, xpfloyd, and wfarrell4: thank you! The first half of 2012 is going to be very slow for me as far as photography goes, so thanks for making me feel as though I'm going out on a high note!

jbkalla: awesome sky!

DKR: good call on getting your brother to pose for you. The figure really helps to anchor the frame. I really like the ripples in the water too.

Phrasikleia wrote in post #13502224
tats, xpfloyd, and wfarrell4: thank you! The first half of 2012 is going to be very slow for me as far as photography goes, so thanks for making me feel as though I'm going out on a high note!

jbkalla: awesome sky!

DKR: good call on getting your brother to pose for you. The figure really helps to anchor the frame. I really like the ripples in the water too.

The ripples are actually in the sand beneath the water, it took me a minute to figure that one out too.

Shot this panorama while I was out in the desert dune bashing today. we found a burnt out jeep.

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Phrasikleia wrote in post #13498409
I'll admit I'm a planning freak, and I'm kind of obsessively patient too. I always keep in mind a dialogue that a fellow photographer (John Morrison) shared with me. He was standing behind his tripod when a guy passed by, and they had a conversation that went something like this...

Passerby: "You look like you're waiting for something that's about to happen."

Photographer: "I am."

Passerby: "Well...what, then?"

Photographer: "Dunno. It hasn't happened yet."

In other words, if you put yourself in a good place at a good time and wait around long enough, you stand a good chance of catching something extraordinary.

With my "Atlantis" photo, I did plan to be in that location because of the thick, high fog. I worked out with web cams the approximate elevation of the top of the fog, and then looked on topo maps to figure out where I could get that high and what I could see from there. I timed my arrival about 90 minutes before sunset to give me plenty of time to scout around for good compositions. Finding that little village was pretty lucky, though. If I hadn't been standing around a long while, I would have missed it entirely. Those waves of fog moved very slowly, and I didn't even notice that little village for the first half hour or so that I was up there, even though I was shooting just to the left of it. After I had been there long enough, I spotted it between waves. That's pretty much how I work.

Thanks for the explanation. Patience is usually something I can give (though I do occasionally stamp my foot and leave), but finding the right spot -- or getting there at the right time -- proves difficult. I'll be sure to ask you for tips when I get a chance to head out for a definitive goal!

DKR wrote in post #13500869
Makena Beach Maui, before sunrise.

GambitLive wrote in post #13503865
Shot this panorama while I was out in the desert dune bashing today. we found a burnt out jeep.

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I really need to up my game!

David Arbogast wrote in post #12820571
My best landscape this year is of Two Medicine Lake: Glacier National Park.

TS-E 24mm @ F22:

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Very nice

California Coast Line

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Can I get a similar good pictures like these using my 24-70 on a crop sensor?

Phrasikleia wrote in post #13496309
I titled this one "Atlantis." I feel compelled to stress that it is a genuine photograph, not a composite. When I took this photo, the fog was moving just like waves in the ocean, rolling in and crashing against the hills. The waves moved much more slowly than water, but the overall effects were very similar. In this shot, you can see the closest 'wave' is breaking at the top, sending down some white spray. The 'surf' around the little village is where the last wave crashed already.

Absolutely stunning!

Fredrick_f wrote in post #12928245

I have seen a few photos with the sun looking like a star. How is this done?

MichellelTn wrote in post #13516574
I have seen a few photos with the sun looking like a star. How is this done?

The star shape depends on the lens, but try stopping down to f16-f22

Here is my 16-35 at f/22

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