On the water

[armand]

Locally, around my new location

[sdwilsonsct]

Hey Armand -- I like No 1, especially the two greens and the pink punctuation mark. Not sure why the leaves are so blue ... interesting. I would be tempted to focus on these elements by cropping out the top of the picture. Scott

[armand]

I thought a lot if I should crop the top but I liked more the current version.
Here is a crop version of it. Btw, it's shot with a Canon S90.

PS. the blue might come from the cooler WB that I used

[armand]

two more from the neighborhood

[Justan]

Re the first series, take a look at the following link  http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=41374.0

Tim does *really* great work and seeing it might help (and others) you get where you're going with these nice captures.

[armand]

Re the first series, take a look at the following link  http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=41374.0

Tim does *really* great work and seeing it might help (and others) you get where you're going with these nice captures.

Nice shots. I have some good potential in these ponds, and the light in the evening when I get there tends to be quite good.
I just need to wait for the fall colors now and hopefully I will have enough time to set my better camera properly (first 2 shots were taken with a Canon S90 while walking with my kids). I already know the area so it should help, I'll post the shots if I get something worthwhile.

[armand]

Re the first series, take a look at the following link  http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=41374.0

Tim does *really* great work and seeing it might help (and others) you get where you're going with these nice captures.

Here is an example of the potential that looks somehow like the shots that you mentioned. Not great, but given the right camera/lens (which I didn't have) and light I should be able to get something more pleasing.

[Justan]

^^ I like this one, but suggest trying a gradient to darken the foreground a bit. The brilliance of the foreground reflections captures my attention and refuses to let me spend much time elsewhere.

For some of my favorite captures, I've gone back to the same location up do dozen times and taken hundreds of captures to get what I'm after. If you can see it in your mind's eye, wait until the conditions match your goal and go back until you get what you're after.