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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Cartagenaphoto on March 22, 2015, 02:43:24 pm

Title: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 22, 2015, 02:43:24 pm: Hi all.

First post here on Luminous-Landscape.
Through the years his site has become a favorite of mine due to the great articles.

Thought the first post had to feature a photo of mine so here you go:

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2855/12465607643_1b8379698c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jZxuRH)
Cumulonimbus towering above a Farm (https://flic.kr/p/jZxuRH)
by David Cartagena (https://www.flickr.com/people/71183143@N05/), on Flickr

P.S I am not native English speaking ( I am from Denmark)

Greetings to you all

David
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 22, 2015, 02:53:07 pm: Welcome!

Great shot. Would probably look great in b&w too.
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 22, 2015, 02:55:42 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 22, 2015, 02:53:07 pm
Welcome!

Great shot. Would probably look great in b&w too.

Hi Slobodan.

Thank you.
I think you are right about the B&W. I have to try that!

And here it is:

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8709/16709376470_e3fb527019_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rsxVtL)

Cumulonimbus (https://flic.kr/p/rsxVtL) by David Cartagena (https://www.flickr.com/people/71183143@N05/), on Flickr

David
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: francois on March 22, 2015, 03:30:17 pm: Welcome and bravo for this superb shot, either B&W or color is fantastic.
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 22, 2015, 04:02:59 pm: Quote from: francois on March 22, 2015, 03:30:17 pm
Welcome and bravo for this superb shot, either B&W or color is fantastic.

Thank you so much Francois ;-)

David
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 22, 2015, 07:56:18 pm: I like them both, too.
Let me add my welcome as well.

-Eric
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: luxborealis on March 22, 2015, 08:17:21 pm: Welcome David,

Great shot in colour (love that canola/rapeseed field) & B&W (those clouds!). You will have much to "live up to" now! ;)

Terry
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on March 23, 2015, 04:34:07 am: Great photo. To me, the colour version is much better.
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Chairman Bill on March 23, 2015, 04:59:21 am: Welcome to the forum, and I agree with everyone else, very nice photos
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 23, 2015, 06:12:21 am: Thank you so much all.
I appreciate the warm welcome ;-)

Greetings from David
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: thierrylegros396 on March 23, 2015, 10:03:21 am: Nicely done and well processed !

Thierry
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Post by: Bob_B on March 23, 2015, 10:43:48 am: Welcome. Those clouds are magnificent, and work well in either the color or bw.
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: David Eckels on March 23, 2015, 11:10:24 am: Lovely. And welcome!
PS Don't let anyone ;) give you a bad time about Dutch landscapes. I love this genre and with the intensity of the color in the field and the drama in the clouds, it's a winner IMHO.
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Post by: Hans Kruse on March 23, 2015, 11:12:15 am: Nice picture and welcome from a fellow Dane :)
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 23, 2015, 04:06:56 pm: Thank you so much Hans. Tusind tak ;-)

Hilsen David
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 23, 2015, 04:08:16 pm: Thank you all. It´s a truly overwhelming welcome.

Greetings

David
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 23, 2015, 04:09:54 pm: Quote from: Hans Kruse on March 23, 2015, 11:12:15 am
... a fellow Dane :)

Oh, no! Now we are going to have two exemplars from the happiest nation on earth, which, by default, is going to make the rest of us twice as miserable. ;)
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: mseawell on March 23, 2015, 05:52:55 pm: Dutch landscapes! What a pity I never made it out to photograph. My daughter lives in Amsterdam (love it) but never made it out. Anyway, I do love this capture and especially the black and white.

Keep shooting!

Mark
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Hans Kruse on March 23, 2015, 06:41:48 pm: Quote from: mseawell on March 23, 2015, 05:52:55 pm
Dutch landscapes! What a pity I never made it out to photograph. My daughter lives in Amsterdam (love it) but never made it out. Anyway, I do love this capture and especially the black and white.

Keep shooting!

Mark

I'm sorry, but where do you see Dutch?
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 23, 2015, 06:45:14 pm: Quote from: Hans Kruse on March 23, 2015, 06:41:48 pm
I'm sorry, but where do you see Dutch?

I do not know about Mark, but my first thought was "Dutch landscape" when I saw the OP image. Not because of geographic location (I am aware of the difference between Dane and Dutch), but because of the horizon placement. Long time ago, probably in my high-school days, I learned about Dutch landscape as a compositional tool, i.e., where the horizon is placed in the lower 1/5 of the image instead of the more conventional ⅓.
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Hans Kruse on March 23, 2015, 06:47:55 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 23, 2015, 06:45:14 pm
I do not know about Mark, but my first thought was "Dutch landscape" when I saw the OP image. Not because of geographic location (I am aware of the difference between Dane and Dutch), but because of the horizon placement. Long time ago, probably in my high-school days, I learned about Dutch landscape as a compositional tool, i.e., where the horizon is placed in the lower 1/5 of the image instead of the more conventional ⅓.

Well, we do share flat landscapes :)
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 24, 2015, 11:18:36 am: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 23, 2015, 04:09:54 pm
Oh, no! Now we are going to have two exemplars from the happiest nation on earth, which, by default, is going to make the rest of us twice as miserable. ;)

Ha. ha Slobodan. Don't worry we will try to make you all happy ;-)
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 24, 2015, 11:21:24 am: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 23, 2015, 06:45:14 pm
I do not know about Mark, but my first thought was "Dutch landscape" when I saw the OP image. Not because of geographic location (I am aware of the difference between Dane and Dutch), but because of the horizon placement. Long time ago, probably in my high-school days, I learned about Dutch landscape as a compositional tool, i.e., where the horizon is placed in the lower 1/5 of the image instead of the more conventional ⅓.

Never knew that. Anyway the Danish landscape can look a bit like the Dutch and we also understand some of the Dutch words.
Title: Re: First post ;-) Hi all.
Post by: mbaginy on March 24, 2015, 03:18:51 pm: Beautiful image, David! I prefer the color version.

Welcome to the forum and I look forward to more images from you.
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 24, 2015, 05:08:27 pm: I'll add my welcome to the others'. As to the shot, I very much prefer the colour version (which is unusual, for me).

Jeremy
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Post by: Cartagenaphoto on April 03, 2015, 07:30:00 am: Thank you so much Mike and Jeremy for the warm welcome. I really enjoy this forum.

See you all.

David