[stone0046]

August 9, 2011 at 8:43 pm

Hi,
Thanks to everybody who took time to view the photos and also thanks very much for all the comments. I agreed with everybody’s point that the HDR effects are overly done. Normally, I would be holding back a lot more with HDR effect, but this time, I was actually trying to mixed the “high key photography” element into landscape photos, (not sure if this makes any sense). Basically, I was trying to achieve the effect of pictures for desktop background for PCs. I tried to process them in a more conserved way, but it looks very dull and not as “hyper energetic”… Sorry I should have explained these in my original post. Anyway, really appreciate all the comments, cheers!

[stone0046]

August 14, 2010 at 8:46 pm

sirvad wrote:

really like the image without the guy. i just think that it such a lovely place that it should just be shot as it is and doesnt need a man sitting in the bottom corner on a lap top. Thats what i meant by me not getting the idea of the person in the shot. but the new one is just gorgeous, love the reflection. bet it was hard to leave as id say ya could spend all day there shooting away. well done

He was sitting there right in the foreground of a photo. The photo probably would have come out better from exactly the same point of view, if he wasn’t there. I was waiting for him to move for about half an hour, but he seemed to be enjoying the view and didn’t seem to be going shortly, so I had to take the photo from a different view point.

[stone0046]

August 14, 2010 at 8:41 pm

tommykelso wrote:

I think a person in a typically “Landscape” shot can work when executed well. In certain shots a person can add value to the shot by adding a sense of scale.

However, this “Landscape” shot… I don’t see it as a “Landscape” as such… rather a portrait of a person taking in the landscape.

I like it… tho maybe the laptop doesn’t quite fit in :)

I think he was writing to his friends and telling them where he was and how beautiful the scenary was, : )

[stone0046]

August 14, 2010 at 8:40 pm

RASMITH32 wrote:

I can see both points of view on this. The purist would argue the person is a distracting and takes away from the shot whereas the risktakers introduce the non standard in a bid to create an alternative twist.

Both have their merits. My own thoughts on the shot are that it is a little soft. The landscape is beautiful but the alternative twist with the hiker doesnt really work for me. I like the fact that he is there but I think the fact that he is on a laptop doesnt work. If he was standing overlooking the view with a walking stick or sitting there painting on a canvas as he surveyed the landscape then absolutely yes it would work……..It is a nice shot though but as someone alluded to, had potential to be a great shot.

Hi Ras,

Great analysis, I think your theory is spot on. I was trying to break all the rules by bringing in the person in the photo, but as you said, the problem is not about the person being there, but the person himself. I always felt there is something not quite right about him being there, but couldn’t quite figuer out why ntil I saw your comment! You are absolutely right, it would have been completely difference if it was a painter sitting there, or a couple leaning on each other, etc. Many thanks!

[stone0046]

August 13, 2010 at 5:17 pm

tommykelso wrote:

Hi..

Looks like a great place for photography!

I like the last shot but perhaps a little less fore ground??

2nd shot I think would have been helped with slightly better composition. My own taste would be to have the camera slightly lower and closer to the boat with the boat being a bit more into the bottom right corner… if I have explained that right :)

Hi Tommy,

You mean like this following one?

[stone0046]

August 13, 2010 at 5:16 pm

Emmet.L wrote:

nice shots, are they HDR?

Hi Emmet,

No, none of them is HDR. I did do some post editing in in PS though.

[stone0046]

August 13, 2010 at 5:15 pm

markclehane wrote:

#1. Not sure whether the focal point is supposed to be the reflected landscape or the tourist. Regardless, I find it a tad flat anyway.
#2. My favourite also. Nice shot but I’d clone out those loose bits of blue rope along with that rock creeping into the centre foreground. And what’s going on with the mountain on the far left side? Is it erupting or what :lol:
#3. Great sky but way too much empty foreground for my liking.
Hope you take these comments as constructive. They’re just my opinions – but then I’m not exactly making a million out of photgraphy either :wink:

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the comments and the advice. Just added another photo from the same view for the 1st one, but without the person being there; great advice about the rope int he second photo, I’ll try to get rid of it, about the mountain, bad PS work, : ) ; totally agree with your opinion on #3, I was trying to get some sort of foreground but couldn’t find anyting interesting. i was hoping for the colours to make it up, lol.. Cheers!

[stone0046]

August 13, 2010 at 5:08 pm

robmgra wrote:

what do you mean you dont get the idea of him being there? hes sitting there after a hike enjoying the view it seems.

it doesnt take away from the shot at all actually, if anything its refreshing to see something different to the usual perfect landscape scene. the subject brings a new dynamic to whats an otherwise standard run of the mill landscape shot taken a million times before.

Hi Robmgra,

Thank you very much for the comment. I was actually doing exactly what you said, trying to bring some sort of life into the photo. I delibrately included him in the photo hoping to get this view from a different perspective. I just added the version with NO tourist in the picture, I think this one is what most people are looking for, : ) Cheers!

[stone0046]

August 13, 2010 at 5:04 pm

sirvad wrote:

dont get the idea of the person in the first, really ruins it 4 me. with the reflections you could have had a class shot so please tell me you took one closer to the water :)

Hi Sirvad,

Thanks very much for the comment. I just added the photo taken from the “class” point of view. : )

[stone0046]

July 18, 2010 at 5:57 pm

HI Loustolo,

Thanks a mil for the comment. I have to admit that it wasn’t very easy to bring the details back from the shadows (if you see the original, you’ll understand what I mean). So, I am quite happy with the currently version.

[stone0046]

July 1, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Simply beautiful! Love the coloured version.

[stone0046]

July 1, 2010 at 10:04 am

steveb wrote:

Nice shots, unusual. Where was this by the way? If I had known about this I would have been there.

It was on 26th June, only last week. People met in Stephen’s Green and we marched through the city centre. It was organised by people on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=245742538272&ref=ts” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;). It was great craic! Keep an eye on their website, I can bet there is definitely gonna be another one next year.

[stone0046]

June 30, 2010 at 12:12 pm

[stone0046]

June 29, 2010 at 9:47 pm

Hi Doug,

Thanks very much again for the advice. I do have Photoshop in the house, which is what I normally use to edit photos. But as I said I was working at the time, it was the only software we have at work place.

[stone0046]

June 29, 2010 at 9:29 pm

I finally figuered out how to embed images here, YEAHHHH!!