Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: graeme on May 05, 2017, 11:40:42 am
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I don't take many outdoor photos which are particularly interesting though I keep trying. ( I'm more of a shadowy interior guy ).
Would welcome comments on this one.
Graeme
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Very nice. You should go out more.
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I agree.
This would be quite lovely with just the upper two thirds, but the house and tractor remnant really make the image.
This makes a good case for Russ's argument that a good landscape needs the "hand of man" in it.
-Eric
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i keep falling into this image.
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This image begs to be printed and displayed.
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Thanks for the comments.
Don't worry , I get out quite a bit. I didn't learn to drive until I was 38 & I've never gotten to enjoy it so I mostly walk everywhere. I even have the camera with me a lot more these days. I've just haven't quite connected with taking outdoor / landscape photographs - I've never 'seen' well outdoors. I've been walking past the this view fairly regularly since 2003 but I only 'saw' it as an image last week.
Bob, I've made a test print on A4 ( about 8" x 11.5" ) & am quite pleased with it. The image is quite heavily cropped ( I had a 40mm lens on my crop frame Canon ) but I think I've got enough pixels to go up to A3 ( 11.5 x 16.5" ). Might have to wait though - my BW converted printer has just bitten me on the ass with a "Cartridge not recognised" message.
Graeme
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Hope you get past the printer problem, Graeme. As bob says, it deserves some wall space.
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Hope you get past the printer problem, Graeme. As bob says, it deserves some wall space.
Thanks Russ
You must have sent me some good vibes with that post: Just after reading it I managed to get the printer to recognise the cartridges. After a day & a half of messing around I was ready to give up.
I've just printed out a larger version on 330 x 430mm ( 13" x 17" ) matt paper & it looks pretty good
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Really a beautiful and serene view.
Any thought to cloning out the poles along the top? I know they are "part of the scene" but perhaps not "part of the art" of the scene.
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Really a beautiful and serene view.
Any thought to cloning out the poles along the top? I know they are "part of the scene" but perhaps not "part of the art" of the scene.
Thanks Terry. I'm quite happy with the poles, it's a working landscape & they're just part of it.
I guess it depends on your personal aesthetic. As I said in another thread I grew up in a coastal town at the mouth of a river which had shipyards, coal terminals & a fishing fleet. I'm probably imprinted to be comfortable with the sight of industrial / utilitarian structures in the landscape.
I've never encountered true wilderness - I'm not sure what I'd make of it. ( I suspect that there isn't any wilderness in Great Britain until you get quite far up into Scotland ).
And I like wind turbines.