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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: kaelaria on December 13, 2004, 02:33:32 pm
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This image had a slow start for me. When I first made it, it just sat there as a castaway. I lost my father this year. There is an emptiness that I have not dealt with because I am dealing with the lawyers, doctors, and leaches. Recently, I converted this to monochrome and tinted it. I speaks to me. I call it "Vanishing Point". This image is about the year 2004. It helps me connect with my inner self.
(http://boku.smugmug.com/photos/12251669-L.jpg)
I really like that one, I would hang it on my wall for sure.
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Bob Kulon--
I lost my father December 27 of last year, so you have my sympathy--I know what you're going through. This is the photo that my family selected to put on the memorial cards we sent out in January. The scene is of the southern Oregon coast near sunset. I actually shot the photo last year, but it speaks to this year's feelings. I find it puts me in a very contemplative frame of mind.
(http://home.comcast.net/~oregon.reflection/images/seastack.jpg)
John DeMott
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Wow! Thanks to everyone, for displaying your absolutely amazing photos! and thanks to Dia for starting this!
I feel compelled to offer some few select positive critiques, even if I'm not really qualified:
Didger - I think you're photo most amazingly blurs the lines between painting, language, and photography: the composition is quite incredible - suggests a geographic/geologic language of lithography or hieroglyphics.
Jonathan Wienke - your photo is truly the infant Mona Lisa!
Lisa - I was particularly stunned by your mountain shots: I grew up underneath the coastal mountains in the lower mainland of B.C., and I'm currently stuck in the flats of south western Ontario going to school. Your mountain shots are wondrously sublime! They remind me of climbing in Skaftafell park in Iceland: vertigo sensations very similar to what you describe, although my shots don't convey it nearly as well, and, truth be told, Iceland is rather short in the grand scheme of things, especially relative to the heights of the mountains your photos capture.
Cheers and congrats to all! - Leif
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(http://www.dslrexchange.com/dslrxphotopost/data/500/32Oregon_Windmills.jpg)
Pop Diva and the backing singers ... not the 'best' in a classical sense but one of my favourites.
(http://www.dslrexchange.com/dslrxphotopost/data/502/32Abandoned_House_and_Desolation_-_print.jpg)
Lonely and abandoned .... another favourite from 2004.
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Wonderful pictures everyone. Like someone already said I'd be proud to have taken any of them.
I think this is my best one this year.
(http://koti.phnet.fi/mervasto/10D/maisemat/CRW_0506_v2.jpg)
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I went to Nepal for the first time earlier this year, and made the trek to the foot of Mt Everest. We spent a couple of nights camping at Gorak Shep, the last peice of flatish ground before you hit the Khumbu Glaciar and Everest Base Camp. Here you are dwarfed at the bottom of a vast amphitheatre of 7000+ metre peaks. We got up at 5am to climb up to Kala Pattar, a 5,500m ridge with classic views of the western face of Everest, the Khumbu Ice Fall and the South Coll. One of my favourite images was taken just as two of my friends reached the top, with 6500m Pumori behind them.
(http://www.adventurephotographer.net/nepal/CRW_2507_BW.jpg)
While I also like to colour shot, I converted it to a quadtone in PS to give it that "early explorer" feel, and used a gaussian blur overlay to render the mountain behind to give slightly more prominence to the two figures on the summit. For me the two tiny people they make the viewer appreciate the scale of the place.
I also took many "straight" shots of Everest, but my favourite was actually taken late that afternoon. Back at the campsite, the sun began to set. Slowly the mountains all around us fell into shadow until Everest, standing above them all, was the only peak still illuminated by the setting sun.
(http://www.adventurephotographer.net/nepal/CRW_2672_large.jpg)
This is a straight shot, just cropped a little. Sunset on Everest - my favourite photograph from 2004.
Julian
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Sunrise or sunset over the silhouette of an aircraft wing and engine nacelle.
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To complement the top tips and techniques post in the Dig Camara Backs....Tecniques section, I also thought it might be fun for people to post their favourite photo that they have taken this year. Hopefully, this will provide some inspiration for board members to go out and try something new and unusual next year.
I'm not going to put any restrictions on subject matter other than no pets and family photos, but perhaps we should try and keep it in line with the theme of the forum. The funnier the picture the better, and all pictures must have been taken by you and taken this year. Some explanatory text of the situation and why the picture is your favourite would also be appreciated.
(http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tanzo/Stuff/owl.jpg)
I took this picture in the Forest of Rambuouillet some 40km South West of Paris. In the forest they have a nature park and I was sat on a bench trying to take pictures of birds flying past with a canon EOS10D with 1.4x extender and 70-200 zoom. This owl unexpectedly landed on a post no more than 2m from me (curses...minimum focal distance was some 3-4m). I had to quite quickly roll over backwards in order to get this picture (which is very nearly full frame). I have other pictures which may be better (this one lacks a little depth of field), however, this one I particularly enjoy as I have a fascination for owls (and raptors in general).
Merry Christmas to all and Happy photoshooting in the new year.
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I'd have to say this one I took in the Adirondacks. The year isn't over yet though.
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/pgeusebroek/photo.net/CRW_5293sm.jpg)
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(http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/image/36552612/large.jpg)
I was finishing up some late fall / stream photography as the light finished at New Hope creek and headed back to my car for the hour's drive home. Suddenly I noticed some very impressive color in the southwest sky, as I moved into a field. Even better, the late sunset color was decorated with a beautiful crescent moon. I ran hurriedly ahead towards a clearing in the woods splashed with the periodic silhouette of a mature loblolly pine. I quickly threw down my camera bag, ran out the tripod legs, and started to look for an adequate composition. The trees and sky were easy, but I wanted the perfect placement for that gorgeous sliver of heavenly body. Over and over I tried, and over and over I failed to fit Luna into the composition as I racked between wides and telephotos on the zoom. Finally, running forward another 50 yards, I managed to hang that glorious slice of light between two looming shadows with the late sunset light providing accompanying color. Done!
The 30 minutes spent tripping and falling through the briars and fallen logs in the darkness, wondering if I would ever see my camera bag and accessories again was unable to calm the elation I felt from what I had just witnessed. As the last rays faded from the sky I espied a small, dark lump on the ground a few yards ahead and to the right. The bag had not abandoned me! A feeling of utter completion to the evening's activities filled me as I finished my stroll to the parked car, packed away my gear, and began the drive home.
Serendipity, indeed. A picture I never looked for, that found me in the field. I was fortunate enough to witness it, and to capture a piece of that moment.
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One of my (non-landscape) favorites was this grab shot of a Mauritian gentleman, displaying I think great dignity and composure (unlike me, a bit flustered ??? ) Kodak 14nx, 28-200 lens.
(http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~trubshaw/assets/images/Market_Day_Portrait_small.jpg)
Quentin
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This is a fun thread - incredible range of work that I'm really enjoying looking at. Keep it up, everyone :laugh:
Quentin
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Sheldon...
I was eating dinner in a local resturant tonight...I happened to look up and there was your picture of Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake hanging on the wall. On closer examination I decided that it was taken about two weeks earlier by the looks of the foliage. Were you at an overlook or something? It looks like this guy shared your tripod.
Yours is a beautiful shot, crystal clear, perfect symmetry, very easy to look at.
Gotta make sure I get there one day.
Cheers
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Flying Over Bafin Island:
I'm confused ...
and upset.
I can't figure it out and I want to very bad. Very bad.
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This is my favorite (of relatively recent work) by default. I've only even tentatively finished a handful of my thousands of Sierra images, and most of those strictly as forum feedback Photoshop exercises. This one was also such an exercise, but the only one that people seemed to particularly like so here it is again.
It's at the shore of a lake in the Seven Gables area and was taken at the first sunlight on that glacial polished granite. It was a very cold morning, but started to warm up instantly as the sun hit the rocks. The challenge was to really catch that feeling of warmth.
I know you said you want humor, but the only sort of funny situation I've run into backpacking was a lady wandering around in her camp totally naked early one morning. Out of courtesy I didn't aim my camera in that direction and this isn't that kind of website anyway.
Uh, Dia, that's a nice story about how you shot the owl, but, well, do you really expect us to believe that this isn't a picture of your pet owl?
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Well I've shot a lot of photographs this year, but maybe this one will end up being my favourite. It was one of those "you've got 10 seconds to get this right" moments...
(http://www.snowhenge.net/php/x/photolib/medres/Marche_040521_09.jpg)
The reflections, the solitary person who has just folded his umbrella, the light in the immediate aftermath of a downpour... It just crystallizes a moment and the feeling of a place. The place being Piazza del Popolo, in Ascoli Picena, in the Marches region of Italy (like Tuscany only "undiscovered").
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My best one so far and likely to be best for a while. Wallace was concerned about the dim light in his workshop and asked if he could light up his torch. At that point, I knew something good was about to happen.
(OK, not exactly a landscape)
(http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2959864-lg.jpg)
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Gary, that building looks like it's in Montana, maybe somewhere near this one:
(http://visual-vacations.com/Galleries/Vacation2004/AbandonedSchoolhouse.jpg)
One of my vacation photos from rural Montana.
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Sheldon...
I was eating dinner in a local resturant tonight...I happened to look up and there was your picture of Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake hanging on the wall. On closer examination I decided that it was taken about two weeks earlier by the looks of the foliage. Were you at an overlook or something? It looks like this guy shared your tripod.
Yours is a beautiful shot, crystal clear, perfect symmetry, very easy to look at.
Gotta make sure I get there one day.
Cheers
Thanks! The viewpoint is very accessible, there's a road that runs along the entire south side of the lake, so it's basically park the car and step out and set up the tripod.
This was taken on a Sunday morning in October, about an hour after sunrise. I had been up at Government Camp all weekend, and it was absolutely socked in, totally gray and raining (though it was snowing up on the mountain). When I woke up on Sunday and saw the sunshine, I jumped in the car and drove straight to the lake. Fall colors were still there, and the first real snow of the season was on the mountain. There were a couple other photographers there as well, so I'm not surprised to find out that it's made its way around as a photo.
Glad you enjoyed it. It's still my desktop background, even though it's painful to look at the mountain when I can't be up there this season (Torn ACL/LCL on my first day of the season - Drat!).
Sheldon
PS - Which restaurant?
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here are a couple of my favourites, both from a trip to nepal just last month.
(http://home.cogeco.ca/~cdgordon/album/002web.jpg)
...flying over baffin island...
(http://home.cogeco.ca/~cdgordon/album/136web.jpg)
...sleeping on the job - a well deserved rest day.
excuse the low-quality jpeg copies.
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Shooting wide open will minimize the effect of the crap on the plane window. DOF is generally a non-issue for aerial shots.
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Hello, how you get the photos here?
Thaks
Dia if I'm the winer, any cash for me? I'm poor I need some cash....So how much I going to be pay?
BlasR
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expression on her face
Mommy, when's this man going away so I can go to the bathroom?
any cash for me?
No, the winner has to pay for the beer for the consolation get together for the losers.
You have to upload pictures to a website and then click the "Image" button in the iB Code Buttons area and paste in the URL for the web page with the image.
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Hm... Landscape? Not really, but nature ... somehow ...
(http://www.gdshard.de/public_postings/patrick/Bilder/Portfolio/images/P1010056.jpg)
I took this picture with a digital camera on some rainy evening when I was going through some older photographs and suddenly wanted to do some shooting without going out in the rain.
Suprisingly enough among all those photographs I made this year this is the one most people like.
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I lost my father December 27 of last year, so you have my sympathy--I know what you're going through. This is the photo that my family selected to put on the memorial cards we sent out in January. The scene is of the southern Oregon coast near sunset. I actually shot the photo last year, but it speaks to this year's feelings. I find it puts me in a very contemplative frame of mind.
John,
I'm with you. I've long had a dream of retiring on the Oregon Cost. Despite the touristy kisch, I have a affinity for Cannon Beach.
Your photo works for me too. Way more interesting than the usual sea stack images.
Thanks,
Bob
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(http://www.ricwis.com/images/mateswallow.jpg)
The Juanita Bay Wetlands are about 1.5 miles from my home. Having spent many days here photographing wildlife and birds, I had to be ready for anything that might happen. There in front of me these two Tree Swallows landed on the top of this snag to mate. In broad daylight too! This photo was taken in the spring of this year in what is known as the Beaver Pond. This is a part of the wetlands that has a beaver dam and large marshy area and a pond created by the beaver dam. The snag was about 30 feet from the walkway.
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Great to see everyone's images so far. Think this is probably the best landscape shot I took this year
(http://www.pbase.com/gordonmcgregor/image/36899668.jpg)
and probably the best photograph I took this year is this one:
(http://www.pbase.com/gordonmcgregor/image/25297527.jpg)
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Mine isn't either, so don't feel bad. You're in good company!
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Well, I'm just a novice with a P&S, but this was my favorite photo from 2004....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/DLGW/fountain.jpg)
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I can't seem to get the post to work, so if someone could fill me in, then I'll try again. Otherwise, photos are viewable at the following site:
Drangey Photos - Northern Iceland (http://album566551.cachelan.com)
I would like to offer one photo as my favourite for 2004, but the story behind the photo needs at least two other photos, and two additional stories: Iceland is rich and influential in lore. I spent six weeks in Iceland this past summer, and, since I'm of Icelandic descent, it was an especially amazing experience: I got to meet family there, and it was really incredible to be in my great-grandparents’ homeland, not to mention seeing the places where the Icelandic sagas actually happened. I am also a Master’s student, studying medieval literature, specifically Old Icelandic and Old English. The sagas date back to the 9th century, when Iceland was settled. (They were not written down until 12-13th century.) Because I’m a literature person, I’m afraid I’m going to tell some rather lengthy stories, but I hope they’re worth the read!
In the Saga of Grettir the Strong, Grettir - a rather invincible “good” outlaw who regularly does battle with supernatural beings because he’s too strong for mere mortals - ends up taking refuge on Drangey Island, pictured in my photos, in Northern Iceland. He and his brother choose this location because it is very easy to defend, the only way up being by ladder, and, from experience, I can tell you that the ladders themselves are no easy ascent, and certainly not for people who don’t like heights! In Grettir’s saga, the locals are not happy with his presence because they leave their sheep on the island to eat the grass, and they collect eggs from the puffins there too. Food and livestock being very precious and hard to maintain in Iceland, Grettir’s consumptive and illegal presence is not well received: several unsuccessful attempts are made on his life. Yet another plot is hatched to kill him, this time involving a cunning, if rather simple, distraction tactic: one guy will talk to Grettir and his brother from the small shore down below the cliffs, while an exceptionally skilled climber will scale the cliffs at the opposite end of the island, surprise Grettir from behind, and hopefully inflict a fatal wound in the process. Things go well to begin with: Grettir is distracted, and the climber successfully mounts the island. The climber, who is named Hæringur, pulls out his axe and begins running quietly at Grettir and his brother from behind. Grettir’s brother, who is named Illugi, looks over his shoulder and sees Hæringur approaching quite aggressively. Illugi turns to Grettir, and says “Brother, there seems to be a rather disgruntled Icelander on our island: what would you like me to do about him?” Grettir looks over his shoulder at Hæringur, and he says “Would you please kill him.” Illugi arms himself and begins to run after Hæringur. Upon seeing that Illugi is coming after him, with arms, Hæringur promptly does an about face, and flees down a small hill towards one of the promontories on the island, where he jumps off the 140M cliff to his death. This promontory was then, and still is, called Hæringur’s Leap/Jump.
My friend Ainsley is sitting on the edge of Hæringur’s Leap: the white specks by her feet are seagulls, and you can also see the rocks below the surface of the water, over 140M down! Just four weeks earlier Ainsley and I were climbing a mountain outside of Reykjavík, and, during a particularly treacherous part, Ainsley swore that she’d never, ever do anything like this again: I guess she either lied, or changed a lot during our time in Iceland. When she heard the story of Grettir’s Saga, she said very plainly and conclusively “I’ve got to go sit there.” So she did!
I took all these photos on my sister’s Digital Pentax Optio WR – there was a flaw in the something called the CCD processor at the time, which is why there is a distortion in the upper left corner of some. (I’m not a digital person yet: still love my Pentax K-1000 and my MZ-5N.) I fixed it on photoshop, but I don’t have all my CDs with me right now, nor do I have my film shots with me, or I’d post some higher quality shots: I’m at home for the holidays, and left a lot of my stuff behind. Still, I was very impressed with how that little camera worked: the field depth in these shots is particularly amazing. In the close-up of Ainsley I was standing just beside her (a rather precarious situation) and holding the camera at arm’s length at about a 45 degree angle vertically: the camera couldn’t have been more than four feet from Ainsley’s face, and yet the focus on the birds and sub-surface rocks is quite good. I probably could have done that with my 20-35 on my SLR, but the instant feedback of the digicam was helpful, and in the wind I wasn’t even going to risk taking my SLRs out on the edge like that: I may fall to my death with Hæringur and my sister’s p&s digicam, but my film shots are bloody well going to survive!
Another story about Drangey: in the wider shots you can see “The Old Lady,” the rock pillar. There used to be another pillar, called the “Old Man,” but apparently older men have a hard time staying up . . . Anyways, the story is that two trolls, the married couple, were walking their cow, i.e. the island, across the sea to better pastures. The sun came up and turned them to stone, and so there they sit to this day, less the Old Man: guess there wasn’t Viagra available at the time. The locals would, and still do, hunt the puffins and their eggs on Drangey and on The Old Lady. The Old Lady is a particularly treacherous but wealthy place for getting eggs – very hard climb and very dangerous, as you might well imagine. Our guide told us that the Old Lady is, and I quote, “the oldest and biggest woman in all of Iceland, and the hardest to get on top of.”
Have a great Christmas! – Leif
p.s. if you’d like to see some of my favourite landscape shots of Iceland, check out my "Things Icelandic" 2005 Calendar (http://www.cachelan.com/album/album258739)
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Okay! I'm going away for a few days over Christmas, so I thought I'd make a comment, tongue in cheek, if you like.
And the winner is ...... Vihta's sunset shot[/i].
Sunset shots are easy subjects for the amateur because sunsets are often spectacular events. You can't go wrong. But Vihta has composed this image in a way that is very strong. The sky represents about 1/3rd of the image (not necessarily conforming to the rule of thirds, but reinforcing the validity of the rules of thirds).
The long, diagonal jetty, emerging out of the darkness in the lower right corner, is like a highway to heaven, to the setting sun. (Although there may be a contradiction here, because it's really as hot as h e l l).
The general tone of the image is one of total stillness and tranquillity at the end of the day. A time for contemplation, reflection and meditation.
I think Vihta owes us all a drink, including those who didn't submit an image. What! You disagree! How dare you! :D
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Hu, i really cant decide, excuse me for showing three shots:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/13015973/ (http://www.deviantart.com/view/13015973/)
Rather funny, this one was taken by chance. My dog waked me, and i saw this inscredible scene. i normally dont like sunrise shots, but the composition with the venus and the moon made this one special for me.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/13133372/ (http://www.deviantart.com/view/13133372/)
I was really disappointed by the reaction of the poeple viewing this shot. It actually shows a branch inside an icicle, but hardly anyone seems to notice it, without being told what they see.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/12910356/ (http://www.deviantart.com/view/12910356/)
This one was taken on a rather misty day, i was fascinated by the feeling of it, also by the road...
thanks for looking : )
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Here are mine, one landscape, one not.
The first was taken on a back road in the Uncompahgre National Forest in Colorado in late September:
(http://www.mindspring.com/~psumi/LL1.jpg)
The second is at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, taken in April of this year:
(http://www.mindspring.com/~psumi/LL2.jpg)
Best,
Paul
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I like that picture ddolde. My two questions are where is that and did you intentionally place that boat there or was it by chance? (or does chance simply not exist in the photography world).
Point Dume in Malibu, California. The boat was there, but I did not see it until I had the 405 transparency drum scanned.
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uhhhhhhh ..... ohhhhhhhh!
I wanted to see the black teardrop shape as an island in the sea. My mind was just stuck there. Of course this made the rest of the components of the possible image impossible. It's like one of those 'where's Waldo' pictures. When you finally see it you can't believe you couldn't see it before.
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PaulS -
Congratulations on winning the LLVJ's assignment this issue! I just watched the DVD for the first time and saw your photo just a half hour ago.
Sheldon
PS. Credit goes to my wife for buying my best Christmas gift, a 1 year LLVJ subsciption!
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This image had a slow start for me. When I first made it, it just sat there as a castaway. I lost my father this year. There is an emptiness that I have not dealt with because I am dealing with the lawyers, doctors, and leaches. Recently, I converted this to monochrome and tinted it. I speaks to me. I call it "Vanishing Point". This image is about the year 2004. It helps me connect with my inner self.
(http://boku.smugmug.com/photos/12251669-L.jpg)
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That is to much work...So I lost where is the beer?
Thak You anyway....When I get my webside running you can pic one in do it for me,,,But go to url and then traying to find what do i can just drink the beer free,,,Anyway Jonathan Wienke going to win...So let see how we all get the beer from him...
I put some pic's and I have the webside...You can go to slovakia, USA, and China,,,Maybe Australia and look some photos.
at BMRWorldPhotos.com
BlasR
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I was in El Salvador earlier this work being a geologist and mapping roadcuts on the main highway (which was under construction). I spied this icecream seller walking down the road. I took this photo fromthe top of a roadcut looking down. It's my favorite photo for this year
Steve
[img]http://www.stevenralserphoto.com/elsal/0401 icecreamman.jpg\" border=\"0\"]
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Lisa, your first Alps picture makes me really champ at the bit to get out and try my high altitude Sierra winter backpacking thing. That's a wonderful pristine impossibly "pure" scene and the snow and clouds really work together.
Hi Didger -
The funny thing is, that photo is of a world-famous tourist attraction. The structures in & on the spire on the right are swarming with hundreds, probably thousands, of tourists. Not so pristine and "pure" in reality. :laugh: But when you go about a half-mile up the trail across the glacier, where the photo was taken from, there's almost noone else around. It's amazing where a little easy walking can get you. (But you know that...)
And a cautionary tale about winter camping: Just don't ever leave your backpack when snow-camping - I know someone who did that (to climb a hill to get her bearings) and couldn't find it again until the next day, and spent the night in a hollow tree covered in leaves to stay warm. Something to avoid if at all possible.
Drew - Gorgeous Taj Mahal photo. I'm envious. :)
Lisa
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Here's one of my favorites from the year. Nothing spectacular, taken the first month I had my 10D. It's a view of Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake near Government Camp, OR from earlier this fall.
Sheldon
(http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2968557-lg.jpg)
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My vote is for Bob Kulon's "Vanishing Point".
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Probably not worthy, but it's part of my personal development in subject and technique in the post processing. Have actually sold a triptych of these . . . ???
(http://www.fredmiranda.com/hosting/data//501/7236BW-HL2C9756-med.jpg)
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This is not a landscape, nor is the subject a relative, but I think this shot is overall one of my best for 2004:
(http://visual-vacations.com/ProfessionalServices/Portraits/2004-12-11-0005.jpg)
The expression on her face is what does it for me. It's sort of enigmatic, and takes the image beyond just another cute kid photo.
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http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?00Z7fc#2 (http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?00Z7fc#2)
I took this in august when I was on a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains with my scout group. The picture is of someone I met at the camp. I do not have any image editing tool so this isnt finished, tho it has too many faults that can't be corrected. It was taken with my Canon A80 atop Mt Eiffle, which is 3500m tall and overlooks lake moraine. All my pictures of the lake are ruined because it started to rain and water got on my lens and I didn't notice it at the time, which is a shame, because it looked much better then this, except for the water spots.
As you can see i have a lot to learn when it comes to photography, the only excuse that I will give for my shooting problems on the trip (i'll show you some other pictures later) was that I was constantly in a hurry. Funny that I have to wait for my slow group to catch up on the trails, but they can't wait 2 minutes for me to take a photo.
For some reason it is not letting me post the picture, it is telling me: You are not allowed to use that image extension on this board. A valid format is: http://www.domain.com/picture.gif (http://www.domain.com/picture.gif), an invalid format is: http://www.domain.com/picture.one.gif (http://www.domain.com/picture.one.gif)
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Well, I just couldn't pick one. I have three I keep vacillating between, so I'll just have to inflict all of them on you.
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Lisa
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Lisa, your first Alps picture makes me really champ at the bit to get out and try my high altitude Sierra winter backpacking thing. That's a wonderful pristine impossibly "pure" scene and the snow and clouds really work together. I'm getting very close to done with my big home-made camper project, so soon I'll be out to test if I can really handle snow camping and and high altitude snow backpacking. At times it seems a little crazy, but, well, crazy is what I do.
Drew, the instant I saw just the top part of your picture I had a stab of India homesickness. I don't know how I'll manage so many loves in my life!!
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This one was not taken this year but did win second place in a 2004 calendar photo competion. $250 award.
(http://www.painted-with-light.com/assets/images/H_1.jpg)
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This is one of my favorite photos from 2004, mainly because of the rare chance (for me) of partaking in an aerial shoot.
(http://www.NicholsonPrints.com/photosbig/SE143.jpg)
"Harvesting in Connecticut Fields"
--Chris
Chris Nicholson
NicholsonPrints.com (http://www.NicholsonPrints.com), NicholsonSports.com (http://www.NicholsonSports.com)
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Pom - simply beautiful images. I really like the subtle colour and almost 'oriental' composition. Nice.
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Here's my favourite for the year. Shot with 1D and 300mm 2.8 (rented!) plus 1.4 plus 2x tx.
(http://www.timgrayphotography.com/galleries/2004%2005%20zoos%20etc/slides/FB5E5598.jpg)
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I thought this day was going to be a wash out. It was raining, getting dark fast and my six year old was son had had enough.
(http://www.rickowens.net/gallery/Things%20Old/slides/Reflections-at-Mabry-Mill.jpg)
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(http://raymond.smugmug.com/photos/12426911-L.jpg)
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My favourite picture is usually the last one that I have spent time working on. 2004 has not been a bad year photographically for me, but having just returned from India, I thought I would share this one with you. A visit to the Taj Mahal was included in the trip and I was expecting this to be a visit to a tourist trap and photographically, you can hardly say that it has not been snapped before. However, this was one of those occasions when reality definitely exceeded expectations. Highly recommended and should probably be added to one of those lists of things you should do before you die.
This was an underexposed grab shot from the deck of a boat that I was kneeling on to cross the Yamuna river to get a different angle on the Taj. I had seen lots of different birds crossing, but this flight just happened to appear and this is probably the best timed. No photoshop trickery here, apart from straightening out the verticals. There is not much you can do with tone and colour on this without bands appearing in the sky. 1DS and 24-70 lens at about 35mm.(http://www.pbase.com/image/37544059/original.jpg)
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Hey! There are some really great photos here ranging from the deeply personal to the specatular chocolate box. I would have been proud to have taken any one of them.
One that stands out for me, is Rickster's wooden huts by the river. The range of light and shade from jet black to orange glow, the symmetry and texture of the reflections, the hint of a water wheel barely discernible in the shadows create a sense of mystery and fascination.
Perfectly cropped as well :) .
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I like that picture ddolde. My two questions are where is that and did you intentionally place that boat there or was it by chance? (or does chance simply not exist in the photography world).
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(http://www.bphotography.co.uk/pics/Ullswater_Dawn2.jpg)
for a dawn shot,
(http://www.bphotography.co.uk/pics/Sconser_Sunset.jpg)
for a sunset
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i do believe it was sunset. i was pleasantly surprised how clean the photo turned out, since the window in the plane was quite scratched and dirty.