Landscape 20-40+kp

edri · 05-22-2019, 11:43 PM - **2 Likes**

**Apet-Sure** · 06-02-2019, 12:53 PM - **1 Like**

This is quite a striking composition; I love it. The colors are just fabulous. I might have been tempted to clone out the graffiti, but some consider that to be cheating. In any case, great image!

edri · 06-11-2019, 04:25 AM

Thank you for your comment.

photolady95 · 06-13-2019, 09:53 AM

edn, did you place this here because you wanted critique or just comments on your photo? If you just wanted comments, you should have posted in the Post Your Photos forum, not here.

**MossyRocks** · 06-13-2019, 11:22 AM - **1 Like**

The composition is wonderful and very striking with the reflection of the sun off the water going to the horizon making the image. My only suggestions are really only technical in nature. I would have wanted to cut more of the haze out of the image either in post processing, with a polarizing filter, with a skylihgt filter, or some combination there of. At f/9 you may have been able to move the focus farther into the picture to enjoy more sharpness across the image but I don't know that lens so maybe you were already about at what you could do, but it does seem sharpest closest to the viewer even on the rocks. I would have shot this at ISO 100 since with a 20-40mm lens you would still have a shutter speed over 4x the focal length while keeping everything else the same so blurring wouldn't have been an issue. That would have given you more to play with in post before noise became an issue.

ZombieArmy · 06-16-2019, 05:15 PM - **1 Like**

I'd have love to have seen more of what was behind the rocks than the rocks themselves. What I can see of that beautiful landscape with the colors is stunning but the foreground rocks are actually quite boring. Did you try more angles than this?

aleonx3 · 06-27-2019, 06:07 PM - **2 Likes**

I keep looking at this photo many times and come up empty with words because it looks to me something is missing, but I just don't know what. Until finally after looking at some of my old travel photos taken at top of the mountain years ago I suddenly got it... it is missing the "middle" ground because I know when you were there taking the photo, you probably remember the breath-taking view from where you stand. Unfortunately, when looking at the photo, it does not give my that feeling. For me in this photo, I am not too obsessed with the horizon and the sunset (color etc); unless that is what you want, but I would rather capture the grand view of everything around me with a majestic view. This photo does not do it for me, I would look for something in the photo that can provide me with a sense of scale. That's just IMHO and I could be wrong.

**csa** · 07-07-2019, 08:50 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Apet-Sure

This is quite a striking composition; I love it. The colors are just fabulous. I might have been tempted to clone out the graffiti, but some consider that to be cheating. In any case, great image!

I agree with everything here. I would definitely clone out the graffiti, as that is where my eyes went first.

Without the graffiti, (cheating or not); your photo then becomes an absolute stunning image!!

edri · 10-02-2019, 06:07 PM

Thank you all for the relevant criticisms and comments.

**bwgv001** · 10-13-2019, 08:37 AM - **1 Like**

interesting colors

**henrikpedersen33** · 10-26-2019, 11:57 AM - **1 Like**

What a view !
The colours mix together very well.

**manishved** · 10-26-2019, 12:38 PM - **1 Like**

Stunning - great colors - seems a tad overexposed and PP should fix it.

TLiivo · 10-27-2019, 04:11 PM - **1 Like**

My only issue is the horizon, It looks like it's level, but looking at the rest of the image, it isn't. Probably because of the haze on the horizon, but somehow it ruins the image for me.

Kaladran · 10-28-2019, 02:44 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by TLiivo

My only issue is the horizon, It looks like it's level, but looking at the rest of the image, it isn't. Probably because of the haze on the horizon, but somehow it ruins the image for me.

I must admit the haze threw me off as well, for me it made it feel more synthetic as it throws a colour cast across the image.

edri · 11-03-2019, 03:54 AM

Thanks for the comments. I didn't think anyone was watching after all this time

05-22-2019, 11:43 PM - 2 Likes	#1
edri Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: walking in the air Posts: 1,315	20-40+kp Lens: HD Pentax-DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 Limited DC WR Camera: Pentax KP ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/350s Aperture: F9.5

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06-02-2019, 12:53 PM - 1 Like	#2
Apet-Sure Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Goldsboro North Carolina Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,861	This is quite a striking composition; I love it. The colors are just fabulous. I might have been tempted to clone out the graffiti, but some consider that to be cheating. In any case, great image!

06-11-2019, 04:25 AM	#3
edri Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: walking in the air Posts: 1,315 Original Poster	Thank you for your comment.

06-13-2019, 09:53 AM	#4
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	edn, did you place this here because you wanted critique or just comments on your photo? If you just wanted comments, you should have posted in the Post Your Photos forum, not here.

06-13-2019, 11:22 AM - 1 Like	#5
MossyRocks Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,982	The composition is wonderful and very striking with the reflection of the sun off the water going to the horizon making the image. My only suggestions are really only technical in nature. I would have wanted to cut more of the haze out of the image either in post processing, with a polarizing filter, with a skylihgt filter, or some combination there of. At f/9 you may have been able to move the focus farther into the picture to enjoy more sharpness across the image but I don't know that lens so maybe you were already about at what you could do, but it does seem sharpest closest to the viewer even on the rocks. I would have shot this at ISO 100 since with a 20-40mm lens you would still have a shutter speed over 4x the focal length while keeping everything else the same so blurring wouldn't have been an issue. That would have given you more to play with in post before noise became an issue.

06-16-2019, 05:15 PM - 1 Like	#6
ZombieArmy Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 3,210	I'd have love to have seen more of what was behind the rocks than the rocks themselves. What I can see of that beautiful landscape with the colors is stunning but the foreground rocks are actually quite boring. Did you try more angles than this?

06-27-2019, 06:07 PM - 2 Likes	#7
aleonx3 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brampton, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,996	I keep looking at this photo many times and come up empty with words because it looks to me something is missing, but I just don't know what. Until finally after looking at some of my old travel photos taken at top of the mountain years ago I suddenly got it... it is missing the "middle" ground because I know when you were there taking the photo, you probably remember the breath-taking view from where you stand. Unfortunately, when looking at the photo, it does not give my that feeling. For me in this photo, I am not too obsessed with the horizon and the sunset (color etc); unless that is what you want, but I would rather capture the grand view of everything around me with a majestic view. This photo does not do it for me, I would look for something in the photo that can provide me with a sense of scale. That's just IMHO and I could be wrong.

07-07-2019, 08:50 AM - 1 Like	#8
csa Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Montana mountains Posts: 10,133	Originally posted by Apet-Sure This is quite a striking composition; I love it. The colors are just fabulous. I might have been tempted to clone out the graffiti, but some consider that to be cheating. In any case, great image! I agree with everything here. I would definitely clone out the graffiti, as that is where my eyes went first. Without the graffiti, (cheating or not); your photo then becomes an absolute stunning image!!

10-02-2019, 06:07 PM	#9
edri Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: walking in the air Posts: 1,315 Original Poster	Thank you all for the relevant criticisms and comments.

10-13-2019, 08:37 AM - 1 Like	#10
bwgv001 Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Alabama Photos: Gallery Posts: 697	interesting colors

10-26-2019, 11:57 AM - 1 Like	#11
henrikpedersen33 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Roskilde, Denmark Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,624	What a view ! The colours mix together very well.

10-26-2019, 12:38 PM - 1 Like	#12
manishved Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: N. Calif Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,651	Stunning - great colors - seems a tad overexposed and PP should fix it.

10-27-2019, 04:11 PM - 1 Like	#13
TLiivo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 158	My only issue is the horizon, It looks like it's level, but looking at the rest of the image, it isn't. Probably because of the haze on the horizon, but somehow it ruins the image for me.

10-28-2019, 02:44 PM - 1 Like	#14
Kaladran Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 196	Originally posted by TLiivo My only issue is the horizon, It looks like it's level, but looking at the rest of the image, it isn't. Probably because of the haze on the horizon, but somehow it ruins the image for me. I must admit the haze threw me off as well, for me it made it feel more synthetic as it throws a colour cast across the image.

11-03-2019, 03:54 AM	#15
edri Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: walking in the air Posts: 1,315 Original Poster	Thanks for the comments. I didn't think anyone was watching after all this time