First post a bit scary. A new found respect to the veterans of this sort of thing. So this is a test but wanted to share an Alpine view. Any suggestions as to how you think I could have made this better, fire away. I need the help testing the waters.[COLOR="Silver"]

---------- Post added 06-28-15 at 05:08 PM ----------

[plantej]

Practicing the uploading process once more.

---------- Post added 06-28-15 at 05:17 PM ----------

Hmmmm. This time no down sizing and it remained as the original. Sharper upload.

---------- Post added 06-28-15 at 05:27 PM ----------

I think I got the uploading to retain original sharpness. So now it's down to my shooting. I know there is another critiquing page but please comment/suggest at will. The learning curve is long and winding.

[CreationBear]

Nice shots of beautiful country! The last is my favorite by far, though--you might want to explore how different crops affect the picture: a "square" or 4/3 ratio might provide an interesting composition.

[plantej]

Nice shots of beautiful country! The last is my favorite by far, though--you might want to explore how different crops affect the picture: a "square" or 4/3 ratio might provide an interesting composition.

Thanks. I have sooo much to learn. I've yet to play with a program like photo shop. But baby steps.

[CreationBear]

But baby steps

Ha, you and me both! One thing to remember is that you're operating in a pretty challenging environment when it comes to photography--be patient as your processing skills come on-line...you'll probably have more "keepers" than you realize.

[Rondec]

Quite beautiful shots. Thanks for sharing.

[ZoeB]

Gorgeous! Dunno what you've done as far as post-processing, but the first shot seems to be to be a bit heavy-handed on saturation, i'd bring that back a bit, and maybe cool down the image slightly. Otherwise, fantastic shots, great composition!

[plantej]

Ha, you and me both! One thing to remember is that you're operating in a pretty challenging environment when it comes to photography--be patient as your processing skills come on-line...you'll probably have more "keepers" than you realize.

Encouraging remarks thanks.

---------- Post added 06-29-15 at 07:37 AM ----------

Quite beautiful shots. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks.

---------- Post added 06-29-15 at 07:48 AM ----------

I usually saturate a bit with my K5ll but with this camera only AWB and set to landscape mode in menu. Same setting with other two. I have very limited post editing skills other than Photo Gallery's tweaking. In this case no changes made but I agree it could use some cooling. Thanks so much for your time and comment.

[Carpon]

Very nice shots and once you get the hang off post processing they will move towards stunning still learning myself and for that this is a great place to be. Last shot is well balanced imo, The other two as said little tweaking the darks and saturation.

[plantej]

Very nice shots and once you get the hang off post processing they will move towards stunning still learning myself and for that this is a great place to be. Last shot is well balanced imo, The other two as said little tweaking the darks and saturation.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[plantej]

Gorgeous! Dunno what you've done as far as post-processing, but the first shot seems to be to be a bit heavy-handed on saturation, i'd bring that back a bit, and maybe cool down the image slightly. Otherwise, fantastic shots, great composition!

Thank you ZoeB for your reply it was helpful and will file it away for future use. I accidently posted this somewhere else. lol "I usually saturate a bit with my K5ll but with this camera only AWB and set to landscape mode in menu. Same setting with other two. I have very limited post editing skills other than Photo Gallery's tweaking. In this case no changes made but I agree it could use some cooling. Thanks so much for your time and comment."

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[plantej]

As suggested in thread.