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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: philipkenney on September 09, 2011, 03:26:57 pm

Title: Morning in the Midsouth
Post by: philipkenney on September 09, 2011, 03:26:57 pm

Woke up the other day and saw some great skies so I went out to take some images. Let me know what you think!

Title: Re: Morning in the Midsouth
Post by: Jon Meddings on September 11, 2011, 04:24:02 pm

Hi Phillip!  Looks like it was a nice day alright. I like the composition of the second shot with the tree identified by the light, converging lines and being nicely off-center.  I`m a little less fond of the processing - it seems too HDR`ish for my taste with the halos around the tree. Perhaps it is my monitor but I`d prefer it a bit more subtle.  However, great job and thanks for posting these.

Title: Re: Morning in the Midsouth
Post by: louoates on September 12, 2011, 10:51:21 am

I also shoot neat skies when they occur, mainly to use in other shots with blah skies. Other than the sky 100% of what was under the sky is irrelevant and, in my case, never used. So I shoot only the sky in those cases and forget about the other parts. It's amazing to me how many of these "banked" skies I use later.

Title: Re: Morning in the Midsouth
Post by: Steve Weldon on September 12, 2011, 04:39:52 pm

The Midsouth?

Where is this?

Nice work!

Title: Re: Morning in the Midsouth
Post by: philipkenney on September 16, 2011, 06:56:59 pm

Jon, thanks for the tip. Sometimes after looking at a screen long enough you don't see halos as easily as the naked eye!

These were taken in Shelby Farms in Memphis, TN. It is a very large municipal park that is pretty much old farm land. I live right next to it and it has some good, southern landscapes!