Great Smoky Mountains

Hello,

I'm new to the board, but interested in improving my photography. I'm completely self taught, and I know what looks good to me, but I'm not sure I know what to look for in taking that next step. I live in the SE US, and here are some of my pictures from the Great Smoky Mountains:

Please feel free to drop by the website I just managed to develop and see more. The link is www.ksbphotography.net.

I welcome critque and find this board to be a source of inspiration!

Welcome to the boards. I'm pretty new myself, but I think you will like it around here. I know I've learned quite a bit.
Those shots are gorgeous. The 1st especially, since it is well composed and set up and you captured the deer looking at you.
You will be teaching me a thing or two I can see.

Very nice, Kevin, and welcome. I especially like the last one. Post processed, but with a light hand. - Terry

Thanks for the kind words! That last one is an HDR photo (which is why it's smaller, I had to reduce the size to meet the file size requirement), and I think I overdid the saturation somewhat, but it's one of those I just couldn't help myself. Photomatix can provide too much of a good thing sometimes.

Thanks again!
Kevin
www.ksbphotography.net

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Originally Posted by CivEPhotographer

I think I overdid the saturation somewhat, but it's one of those I just couldn't help myself. Photomatix can provide too much of a good thing sometimes.

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Welcome to the site!

I agree about the oversaturation - especially in the water. It's got a very unnatural blue/cyan color that jumped right out at me. You're ahead of the game, though. There are a lot of people out there that don't realize you can overdo it with the HDR :)

I like the first one of these the most. I love the soft misty trees in the background with the perfectly focused deer. That really *looks* smoky to me. And it's so different-looking from the mountains and forest in the West that I find it exotic and enticing.

Have you looked at the Photo Critique forum yet? That's the place for serious feedback. In fact, I think it's one of the best places on the Web for real photo critique.

You've obviously got a good eye for a scene and composition. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work!