Posted by Barry Dickieson on Wed, 01/23/19 12:14
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Comments by Barry Dickieson on Wed, 01/23/19 12:15 Comments by Barry Dickieson on Wed, 01/23/19 12:16 Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 01/23/19 13:13 Always like these views of the foothills and the Rockies themselves. I noticed a solitary house in the opening image... imagine the solitude especially at this time of the year. The striped banding of trees in the first image in the comment section catches one\s eyes and one wonders if this is natural or the result of man's actions. Comments by Barry Dickieson on Wed, 01/23/19 14:07 Thanks for the comment Jan. This area is prone to quite strong westerly winds which sweep over the foothills. The consequence for some trees are these bands where they have hard time taking root. Comments by Bruce Hunter on Thu, 01/24/19 00:23 Beautiful ....and these deserve the the panorama format you've posted. Comments by Dale Chadwick on Thu, 01/24/19 08:44 Great work. What mountains are these? Have you attempted HDR--three different exposures merged to give more dynamic range? It helps bring out the clouds. I use Photomatix. Even if you only have one image, you can use it to increase the range as per your image. (Incidentally, how did you get Photocritique to load a 1500 pixel-wide image?) Comments by Barry Dickieson on Thu, 01/24/19 10:04 Thanks for the comments Bruce and Dale - I have tried HDR from three images, but my camera is old by today's standards and I prefer not to drag a tripod along with me. Maybe my next camera will let me do hand-held HDR. The images are stored on my own webspace not on the Photocritique site. There is an option when you post, to insert a URL address instead of uploading to Photocritique. Comments by Jeff Dye on Sat, 01/26/19 15:31 If I was standing in your spot I’d skip the foreground and telephoto concentrate on the more distant landscape of trees and mountains. Just a matter of personal preference but scrubby and snowless bushes and trees are simply unattractive. If no tele lens in the bag I’d be looking for smaller details of texture and patterns. Small and less obvious scenes sometimes at one’s feet instead of out in front. Comments by Barry Dickieson on Sat, 01/26/19 21:27 Thanks Jeff for your input - quite useful as always. Comments by Sandi MacDonald on Sun, 01/27/19 14:49 There's no place like the Rockies. Nice shots.;-) Comments by Barry Dickieson on Mon, 01/28/19 19:22 Tanks Sandi - we're pretty impressed with scenes of the Maritimes and have really enjoyed a couple of visits there. Many of your posts remind us of those trips.