Landscape photography

[louise f]

Thanks friend, that is nice to know

 

[advan]

Sabino Canyon shots from the ATS Conference picnic.

Monsoons make interesting picnics.

 

[advan]

Sandstone Cliffs - Solana Beach, California

Oceanside, California Sunset

One with the girlfriend

Oceanside Pier long exposure

 

[viper69]

You picked, aside from Hawaii and La Jolla/SD area, the best place to get sunset photos. Sunsets are terrible in LA compared to that region of the USA.

 

[The Snark]

Just eye candy.
Some years ago I met up with my sister at her stomping grounds. We were both pretty desperate to get the heck away from it all so we shouldered back packs and headed for the high country. We made it up to one of her favorite places by a lake where we camped for a week.

A few months back I came across this photograph. Not mine, done by a professional photographer I suspect. It was taken at the exact place where we camped at the exact same time of year.

 

[advan]

From our trip to Joshua Tree National Park last week.

Our campsite.

Sunset

 

[The Snark]

Looks like Bell Rocks or that area.

 

[advan]

Split Rock Light House - Lake Superior, Minnesota

 

[The Snark]

@advan Straight out of the textbook. 1/3-2/3 rule, horizon parallel to the edge of the picture, foreground so the viewer isn't floating in the air, centered distant objects of interest, object in the foreground to break the monotony, all objects in focus. I got confused in the book about hue and contrast and how to draw the viewer into the picture. Am I missing anything?
Cynically speaking, an expose of proper composition the average selfie screws up.
(I'm a hopelessly bad photographer still going by the book)

 

[advan]

Stayed up near the Sax Zim Bog hoping to locate some Great Grey Owls last weekend. No luck finding any owls but did get some Aurora Friday night.

 

[The Snark]

No luck finding any owls but did get some Aurora Friday night.

Did that get colorized in some way? I've seen near purple, sort of violet, a couple of times. It's pretty rare. Mostly I've seen green.

 

[advan]

Did that get colorized in some way? I've seen near purple, sort of violet, a couple of times. It's pretty rare. Mostly I've seen green.

Nope, these are close to Raw files, just some minor tweaks in post. The first time I saw them 20 years ago along the North shore of Lake Superior they were dancing reds above me. It was a incredible experience. One I have not seen with the naked eye since. These you could make out the hue and some of the pillars but nothing like what the camera can see with a long exposure. -Chad

 

[PoisonFangs]

 

[PoisonFangs]

In the desert you can remember your name.... and see some tarantulas living their best life.

 

[The Snark]

@PoisonFangs Where was that shot taken? Looks a lot like east of Trona.

 

[PoisonFangs]

@PoisonFangs Where was that shot taken? Looks a lot like east of Trona.

Anza Borrego.

 

[The Snark]

Anza Borrego.

I'll guess looking NE in the direction of Ocotillo Wells.

 

[PoisonFangs]

I'll guess looking NE in the direction of Ocotillo Wells.

To tell you the truth. I was lost in the desert at that time. I really don't know where my north is from where I stood during the shot, I do know that the Pumpkin Patch were behind me. There is more to the story but I got an interesting photo out of it.

 

[The Snark]

Pumpkin Patch

Yup. That's west of where I was thinking. I've never got lost in the wilderness. Turned around a few times in mazes, but I just handed the guidance operations off to my horse. My cardinal directions are automatic and intrinsic. Never realized my spacial awareness night or day until I spent a month in Singapore. Equatorial, my internal compass completely on the fritz, I got lost just about every time I went for a stroll. Once asked somebody for directions to my hotel and he looked at me like I had flowers growing out of my ears. He pointed at the building beside us. The back of my hotel. Lost without leaving that city block.

 

[PoisonFangs]

Morning walk.