Hiking...

Some photos i took on a hike in Boulder, Colorado.

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The top one has very nice use of DOF. I wish there was a bee or something on that flower though, just to say "Hey, I was blurring the background to emphasize this ___" The dark trees back there may distract a bit. The mid picture light colors are nice and prevent the photo from being too much of a standard graduation.

The bottom shot is nice but more of a "I was there" shot, as there is really no strong subject area. The lake acts as the center of focus but it doesn't really have anything that's grabbing. I like the curvature of the photo, but wish it was even more curved :) I guess you'd need a strong fisheye for that.

GB

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Originally Posted by GB1

The top one has very nice use of DOF. I wish there was a bee or something on that flower though, just to say "Hey, I was blurring the background to emphasize this ___" The dark trees back there may distract a bit. The mid picture light colors are nice and prevent the photo from being too much of a standard graduation.

The bottom shot is nice but more of a "I was there" shot, as there is really no strong subject area. The lake acts as the center of focus but it doesn't really have anything that's grabbing. I like the curvature of the photo, but wish it was even more curved :) I guess you'd need a strong fisheye for that.

GB

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Thanks GB1

I wish there was a bee. "Hey, I was blurring the background to emphasize this 'wheat'." lol.

The fisheye i used was meant for a 35mm SLR and not a digital SLR. its 15mm and works well on my Nikon N65. too bad film isnt free or id actually use it lol.

-parker

I suspected that it was a fisheye, and that the reduction/zoom effect did that. This really hurts landscape photographers who rely on their wide angles to capture the big picture. Argggg..

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Originally Posted by GB1

I suspected that it was a fisheye, and that the reduction/zoom effect did that. This really hurts landscape photographers who rely on their wide angles to capture the big picture. Argggg..

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yeah... im feeling it too. its kinda cool though. if i want to drop $500+ on a new fisheye, they make a 10.5mm for digital. lol.

On the first the dark trees I find very distracting along with the blown out area at the top of the wheat. Where the cloud is there is a funny shape like the curvature of a woman on one side which is really really distracting. Was this a poor attempt at cloning something out?

Personally I think a bit more DOF is required to make the wheat stand out.

I wish you would put these below each other to make it easier to view.

The second, you need something strong in the foreground to make this shot more than a snap shot, looks like one of the shots when I'm scouting a location for a revisit.

Roger

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Originally Posted by readingr

On the first the dark trees I find very distracting along with the blown out area at the top of the wheat. Where the cloud is there is a funny shape like the curvature of a woman on one side which is really really distracting. Was this a poor attempt at cloning something out?

Personally I think a bit more DOF is required to make the wheat stand out.

I wish you would put these below each other to make it easier to view.

The second, you need something strong in the foreground to make this shot more than a snap shot, looks like one of the shots when I'm scouting a location for a revisit.

Roger

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no, there was no cloning done. i didnt see it in the unedited raw shot, but after some level bends its a little more prevalent. if i have any use for this shot ill clone it out.
the second one i just took to show someone what it looked like up there. so it totally is just a snapshot that i liked enough to edit and post.
thanks for the critique.