Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Hans Kruse on September 27, 2015, 07:54:00 am
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Some pictures shot during the last few days after arriving on the Dolomites.
The first two are shot with the Canon 5Ds R and the last two with the Nikon D810.
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Awesome set, number 2 for me. it is amazing.
Dwayne Oakes
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Very good set.
As usual.
Thierry
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Really nice. Is number two from Mordor?
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Wonderful set.
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Wow. I have got to come on one of your trips, Hans. Maybe next year.
Jeremy
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Great set, I like #2 the best but great light and composition in all.
A question on #4, was there something in the frame preventing a "broader" view, now it seems a bit truncated by the crop from the side(s).
A question on #1, is that a PP induced local contrast halo around the mountains in the back (especially on the left) or is it some back illuminated fog rising over the ridge.
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All four are very nice but #2 is the best for me.
Thanks again Hans for sharing your photos, it's always a pleasure!
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Great set, I like #2 the best but great light and composition in all.
A question on #4, was there something in the frame preventing a "broader" view, now it seems a bit truncated by the crop from the side(s).
A question on #1, is that a PP induced local contrast halo around the mountains in the back (especially on the left) or is it some back illuminated fog rising over the ridge.
Thanks very much. #4 was shot horizontally but I decided to crop to a square in this case to focus on the mountain and the little church. There were a lot more to the right which I felt was less interesting relative to the main subjects. To the left there ware a village with disturbing houses so the left was given although I could have cloned a few houses out. #1 looks like a halo but really isn't. The light is coming from behind the mountains. It is shot as the first light comes in as part of the twilight and the church is still lit with artificial light. It's all clouds behind and close to the ridge and this is backlit.
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Thanks everyone for the comments.
We were up shooting the moon eclipse and although the moon looks amazing there are so many shots of the event. After this I shot the attached photo from a viewpoint near Tre Cime at 2500 meters altitude where one of the Via Ferrata starts above the refugios (Drei Zinnen hütte). The moon was descending near the Croda Rossa mountain. When we walked back we met a hiker who told us that a couple of climbers were climbing to the top of one of the Tre Cime towers and would jump out in wing suits from about 2900 meters. We did not see this but were ready to shoot :)
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Hans, the first moon shot is stunning! Perfect scenery for such a red moon
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That first shot of the moon rising over the mountains, is incredible. A superb photo
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There are a lot of cool images in this thread.
Congratulations Hans!
I hope we will be privileged to see a few more too!
Tony Jay
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There are a lot of cool images in this thread.
Congratulations Hans!
I hope we will be privileged to see a few more too!
Tony Jay
+1...all I can add is "wow"
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Thanks very much :)
This morning we were shooting at a location I love very much. The church at Colle Santa Lucia. The first one was shot with the Canon 5Ds R on the Canon 24-70 f/2.8L II and the second also 5Ds R and the Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens.
The last was shot at Tre Cime di Lavaredo a couple of days ago using the Nikon D810 and the Nikon 70-200 f/4 VR lens.
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Thanks very much. #4 was shot horizontally but I decided to crop to a square ...
Great images, and I especially appreciate this kind of insight into your work.
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Awesome images Hans!
Mark
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It seems hard to get a bad shot in this place! :D
Only kidding!
Congratulations to all for these wonderful images.
Tony Jay
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Thanks for the comments and here are some more pictures from the Eastern Dolomites.
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Some are quite spectacular, Hans... Maybe a bit heavily processed, some of them —unless of course they are "SOOC", as is only legitimate. 8)
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Some are quite spectacular, Hans... Maybe a bit heavily processed, some of them —unless of course they are "SOOC", as is only legitimate. 8)
Thanks and they are all "SOOL" :D
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Hans,
SOOL
Please can you expand the acronym?
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Hans,
Please can you expand the acronym?
Straight out of Lightroom :)
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Straight out of Lightroom :)
… but with some interesting settings Hans,
which suggest that you targeted a specific look ;)
I think I like it.
Peter
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… but with some interesting settings Hans,
which suggest that you targeted a specific look ;)
I think I like it.
Peter
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Peter, I edit to a specific look and essentially I don't care if somebody thinks it is overprocessed. In fact how could someone who have not been the know if it is. Some of the situations were extraordinary and yes, one could make a flat unedited RAW file look, but this is uninteresting for me and does not reflect how it was to be there. I think most of my pictures actually reflect how it was being there. I do not always edit like that, but that is generally my style. I will also edit to the potential of the image whether it reflects the scene or not. I'm not into documentary photography. Part of why I post these pictures is that I find that many people are not aware of the Dolomites and have never seen such scenes even if they have been in the Dolomites. Lots of people just go around during the day time and never experienced the magic of the early mornings e.g. during twilight. The picture with the red sky was actually underprocessed compared to what it looked like. Some may think it is overprocessed since they have never seen anything like this.