Newbie's landscape collection [jeffchanjj]

[raydio]

Really nice series of photos, jeffchanjj. I enjoyed them very much.

Just a few suggestions:

Photo #4: As someone mentioned earlier the blue cast is off-setting. The boat's roof should be white and a little white balance correction in LR would have fixed this.

Photos 22+23: The purplish coloured clouds are distracting. I would have cloned these out to make a much cleaner photo of each.

Very good use of composition! Keep up the good work!

 

[jeffchanjj]

Really nice series of photos, jeffchanjj. I enjoyed them very much.

Just a few suggestions:

Photo #4: As someone mentioned earlier the blue cast is off-setting. The boat's roof should be white and a little white balance correction in LR would have fixed this.

Photos 22+23: The purplish coloured clouds are distracting. I would have cloned these out to make a much cleaner photo of each.

Very good use of composition! Keep up the good work!

Hey raydio, thanks so much for the feedback!

I will bear that in mind! I found the colours of those clouds really weird and unflattering too...:bsmilie:

apparently i forgot to clone in out in 22 and in 23...kind of missed it :sweat:

 

[wish4me]

Hey guys!

I'm setting up a landscape thread where I'll post my humble collection of landscape/city-scapes shots (from singapore and other parts of the world) to gather feedback and critique from everyone out there.

All pros and newbies alike are welcome to comment
Any comment or critique for me to improve is better than none at all (my previous landscape thread didn't receive any so i'll definitely appreciate them :sweat

Hope to learn from you all!

Thanks in advance!
Cheers,

Jeffrey (Chan)

Some photos from my recent trip to europe to start the ball rolling...

#1
(Switzerland - Zurich)

i like this shot very much, if u dun mind me sharing what i learn from mc ( framing ),( i image a bit base on your picture ), u can actually set your camera on the tripod at a downward angle,can frame to picture where there is less sky somewhere the the tip of the highest building,but will show more of water,set appeture to smallest, iso 80 ( depend camera ) long exposure maybe 1 min ( depend on camera ), you should have a calmer water and lot of light reflection on the canal,it will add drama to your picture, below is some example of mine, not the best but i think u will get the picture, shot at 11 pm iso 80 f8 15sec

 

[jeffchanjj]

i like this shot very much, if u dun mind me sharing what i learn from mc ( framing ),( i image a bit base on your picture ), u can actually set your camera on the tripod at a downward angle,can frame to picture where there is less sky somewhere the the tip of the highest building,but will show more of water,set appeture to smallest, iso 80 ( depend camera ) long exposure maybe 1 min ( depend on camera ), you should have a calmer water and lot of light reflection on the canal,it will add drama to your picture, below is some example of mine, not the best but i think u will get the picture, shot at 11 pm iso 80 f8 15sec

Hi clarence! Thanks for the suggestion!

I also wish i had more of the reflections at the bottom...(must have got too caught up with the blue blue sky :bsmilie

actually the mistake i made was that i should have shot vertically instead of horizontally so i could capture both the lovely blue skies and reflections (the sides are kind of redundant don't you think?)

thanks so much for the illustration too!

 

[wish4me]

Hi clarence! Thanks for the suggestion!

I also wish i had more of the reflections at the bottom...(must have got too caught up with the blue blue sky :bsmilie

actually the mistake i made was that i should have shot vertically instead of horizontally so i could capture both the lovely blue skies and reflections (the sides are kind of redundant don't you think?)

thanks so much for the illustration too!

dun thank me thank michael chick he taught me ( abstract n still life newbie on g12 ) u can see some of his picture

if vertically i think it would be shot at the two tower,and frame it downward till u see the tower tip reflection on water,u should have best of both world, u think so ?

horizontally, i newbie so far it look good to me, i guess to improve on this shot,image u r standing toward the left side of the picture ( where the car light is ) , with my illustration of framing and shot it wide angle diagonally towards the right,it may give other an impression on what on the other side of the bridge ( s your eye when c the picture will move frm left of the bridge to right ) he he he i image like this s if i were there,but u must give me error ,

by the way how u know my name

 

[jeffchanjj]

dun thank me thank michael chick he taught me ( abstract n still life newbie on g12 ) u can see some of his picture

if vertically i think it would be shot at the two tower,and frame it downward till u see the tower tip reflection on water,u should have best of both world, u think so ?

horizontally, i newbie so far it look good to me, i guess to improve on this shot,image u r standing toward the left side of the picture ( where the car light is ) , with my illustration of framing and shot it wide angle diagonally towards the right,it may give other an impression on what on the other side of the bridge ( s your eye when c the picture will move frm left of the bridge to right ) he he he i image like this s if i were there,but u must give me error ,

by the way how u know my name

haha there's something called 'view public profile' when you click someone's username you know :bsmilie:

 

[jeffchanjj]

#24
Majestic Walkway

 

[wish4me]

haha there's something called 'view public profile' when you click someone's username you know :bsmilie:

ha ha blur me

 

[jeffchanjj]

#25
kind of regretted not doing a pano...but my tripod ballhead was the most basic type and didn't have pan function bleh :sweat:

 

[jeffchanjj]

#26
Forgot to post this...this was taken from lucerne's chapel bridge
it's a common sight of birds and swans chionging for food from the local people

 

[jeffchanjj]

#27
a close-up view on the architecture of #25

 

[jeffchanjj]

#28
Previously missed uploading these photos to flickr

 

[jeffchanjj]

#29
Well...i still did a pano with a ballhead that cant pan...:bsmilie:

 

[jeffchanjj]

#30
I probably overdone the pp for this :sweat:

receiving very little feedback these days too :sweatsm:

 

[gwimhh]

Nice pic. I like your composition.

 

[jeffchanjj]

Nice pic. I like your composition.

hi gwimhh! thanks for your kind comments!

 

[leowyien]

Hey Jeffery nice series of photos!!! D60 quality with 24-70?

 

[jeffchanjj]

Hey Jeffery nice series of photos!!! D60 quality with 24-70?

lmao yien...its with 18-55 :bsmilie:

 

[night86mare]

#8

this is my favourite in this stream.

#20
Paris - The Louvre
(Not sure if you guys like blowing out dull skys for architectural shots in post processing:sweat:...any feedback is appreciated)
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it can work, but i can't say it works here. when you do so, you want to emphasize form, lines, structure... usually (since there is no 100% correct statement all the time in photography). have you done so here?

#25
kind of regretted not doing a pano...but my tripod ballhead was the most basic type and didn't have pan function bleh :sweat:
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you can do it reasonably fine with a good stitching program... of course it is best doing it right, but you can always take the chance, make sure every shot is level and you shouldn't have too much trouble getting something usable out of many many tries, that's what i do sometimes with handheld panos, just do 3, and overlap a lot.

some general comments, since too many have been posted already -

(1) always include keystone effect in your picture (best to avoid it) only if there is a reason for doing so, e.g. emphasis of size of that building

(2) take note of the colors

(3) the best time to take photo is when there is good lighting. if the sky is black, not everything works, e.g. eiffel tower against black sky just looks like a bunch of floating lights organised together.

(4) if you don't really find the scene compelling, don't shoot for the sake of doing so

(5) photography is all about including what you want people to see, and excluding what you want people not to. i can't say i like #22, for example, but cropping out those ghostly people on the left side might help it a little bit, at the very least.

 

[jeffchanjj]

this is my favourite in this stream.

it can work, but i can't say it works here. when you do so, you want to emphasize form, lines, structure... usually (since there is no 100% correct statement all the time in photography). have you done so here?


you can do it reasonably fine with a good stitching program... of course it is best doing it right, but you can always take the chance, make sure every shot is level and you shouldn't have too much trouble getting something usable out of many many tries, that's what i do sometimes with handheld panos, just do 3, and overlap a lot.

some general comments, since too many have been posted already -

(1) always include keystone effect in your picture (best to avoid it) only if there is a reason for doing so, e.g. emphasis of size of that building

(2) take note of the colors

(3) the best time to take photo is when there is good lighting. if the sky is black, not everything works, e.g. eiffel tower against black sky just looks like a bunch of floating lights organised together.

(4) if you don't really find the scene compelling, don't shoot for the sake of doing so

(5) photography is all about including what you want people to see, and excluding what you want people not to. i can't say i like #22, for example, but cropping out those ghostly people on the left side might help it a little bit, at the very least.

thanks so much for your tips nm :thumbsup:
really appreciate your advice (and effort in typing them out :bsmilie
now i need to absorb them and keep them in mind when shooting