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Schnauzer
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 Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:57 am Post subject: Maine forest |
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Schnauzer wrote:
These aren't my fish and I don't know anything about landscapes so don't expect much
Where I live is in the beginning of a triangle of land with a river on one side and the main road to New Brunswick, Canada on the other side. Its 90 miles to the Canadian border without a single paved road crossing the triangle. Maine is the most heavily forested of the lower 48 states and this is all logging/ forestry country. We went riding some of the logging roads today taking pictures of some of the outlets of the lakes that literally dot the area. We had a great time. I had forgotten that we used to do this all the time.
We saw a few moose, but the camera was in the back of the vehicle so the dogs wouldn't scar it all up. By the time I got the camera the moose were in the woods out of sight.
It had been raining, but stopped and brightened up a little.
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Yashica ML 28/2.8 at f/5.6
To bad reducing for the web make the huge pictures from the 5DMII look bad. The more you crop the better they look. This is just a small crop and it looks better to me than the full size. Some how they always look over sharpened when reduced even though they are not.
An eagle nest way out there in an old tree.
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Laurence
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Laurence wrote:
Simply magnificent landscapes. A part of Maine that I had not envisioned. Almost a cross between wetlands and the Serengeti Plains. These are well-taken, and the composition is beautiful in a hard-to-compose area. Love these, Ron.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
Thank you very much Larry. I really appreciate it.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:24 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
very nice landscape
great composition and colors, they could be painting
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patrickh
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:09 am Post subject: |
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patrickh wrote:
Ron
These are superb - you are well on the way to becoming a mainstream landscape taker 
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:53 am Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Isn't is amazing that in the States the Northwest and the Northeast have the most amazing landscapes?
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Orio
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Very good landscape, the cloudy weather gives a sense of melancholy which I think is VERY appropriate for the swamps, plus you got the benefit of the clouds reflections (which you wouldn't have in a sunny day!)
Thumbs up!!
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Schnauzer
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Schnauzer wrote:
Wow!! You guys actually liked them. Thanks a lot. I wish I had the eye for landscapes that a lot of you do.
Now, for my own information/learning process about landscapes. These wouldn't be interesting, would they? And if you don't mind taking the time, why?
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Orio wrote:
Ron, I will give you my opinion.
A landscape is not much different from other types of pictures, in that it also needs a point of interest.
In your last pictures, it is difficult to define what the point of interest is. The vegetation makes a rather undifferentiated mass. There is the water, but it also flows without particular interest points. It may be the rocks at the bottom of the first picture, but they are not so prominent. It could be the fallen trunk in the second picture, but it is quite distant and small and the deep DOF does not make it stand out.
In your previous pictures, those of the swamps, the water was the main subject, but it worked well for two reasons:
1- your point of view was lower, near to the water level. One thing I learned in photography is that the photograph comes out stronger when the main subject is at the same (or near) level than your camera's eye level. In your river pictures, the water is seen from above and this reduces the importance.
2- in the water of the swamp, there was some well focused vegetation, and mostly, there were the reflections of the clouds, which made a gorgeous effect.
hope this helps
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Schnauzer wrote:
Thanks Orio. That does help
The streams were very interesting, nice sounds of the water moving and I thought pretty. But after taking the pictures they did nothing for me. That is why I didn't post them.
In the other pictures I was able to get down close to the water to give a better perspective. In the stream shots I had to take them off of a bridge.
I will learn this. I need to develop my eyes for this sort of thing as well as keeping some key points in mind.
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Katastrofo wrote:
Very nice, Ron, in the first set, the Maine Everglades (where's the airboats, anyway) I like the last two. In the second set I like the 2nd
one, the vertical comp really works in this. Let's have more of these. 
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Schnauzer wrote:
Thank you Bill.
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patrickh wrote:
Ron
Going along with Orio, I would add that light is also critical. Adams would wait up to two weeks to get the light right, and he aimed to have the key portion of his shot "highlighted". We don't normally have the luxury of waiting so a certain amount of successful landscapes is serendipity. I suspect #2 would have been even more successful with some diffused sunlight
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Attila wrote:
Simple beautiful! Go to there again with Velvia and medium format camera
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
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Ron
Going along with Orio, I would add that light is also critical. Adams would wait up to two weeks to get the light right, and he aimed to have the key portion of his shot "highlighted". We don't normally have the luxury of waiting so a certain amount of successful landscapes is serendipity. I suspect #2 would have been even more successful with some diffused sunlight
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Thanks Patrick. I agree. Unfortunately it was very overcast. In fact it rained so hard about an hour later that I could hardly see to drive with the wipers on high.
We have had 1 sunshiny day in over three weeks with rain every day except for that one day. Summer is short enough here without the rain ruining the summer we all look forward to.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Simple beautiful! Go to there again with Velvia and medium format camera |
I don't have a MF camera Attila, but I do plan to get some provia for the EOS 3.
I took some shots with the EOS 3 loaded with gold 200. I had the helios 44M-4 on it. I'll have them back in a couple of days.
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Laurence
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
I agree about Orio's premise that "points of interest" are of importance. Even if you feel, Ron, that the last group is not as interesting, I STILL love them because I am "into" seeing what the land looks like in different places in the world. I also agree with staying low with the camera (when possible).
Our weather has been the opposite of yours - we have a drought situation in comparison with most years. We have set two records for number of days without rain, since February. Not good... 
I would certainly love to see you continue with your "tour" with images.
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Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
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Yashica ML 35/2.8
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Attila wrote:
| Schnauzer wrote: |
| Attila wrote: |
| Simple beautiful! Go to there again with Velvia and medium format camera |
I don't have a MF camera Attila, but I do plan to get some provia for the EOS 3.
I took some shots with the EOS 3 loaded with gold 200. I had the helios 44M-4 on it. I'll have them back in a couple of days. |
Velvia or Provia for this exceptional subject and larger format what you can afford it. 35mm film will not really better than your DSLR, but a 6x9 Bessa RF with Skopar or Heliar can be produce unbelievable result.
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