Official Photography Thread

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Any opinions on taking the time to remove the footprints in the sand? Can't decide if the add or detract.

Are there two sets or just one?!


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[Dwight Schr-ute]

That is lovely.

Thanks. One of these years I'll take a real camera.


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[swampfrog]

Are there two sets or just one?!


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there's 3 obvious lines of prints, plus some others not quite so obvious

[creekster]

there's 3 obvious lines of prints, plus some others not quite so obvious

Dwight was joking.

I think you should keep them.

[swampfrog]

Dwight was joking.

I think you should keep them.

Oh my, that was embarrassing...

[tooblue]

Last night of my annual Lake Powell trip with the in-laws.




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wow

[tooblue]

Any opinions on taking the time to remove the footprints in the sand? Can't decide if the add or detract.

I am narrative focused—definitely leave them in. They tell a story.

[swampfrog]

Later morning after all of the landscape shots. Attached the big lens again and went after the birds.

First up, Seagull with nesting material.


Making a mess.


Common Murre in blue (I think).

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Later morning after all of the landscape shots. Attached the big lens again and went after the birds.

First up, Seagull with nesting material.


Making a mess.


Common Murre in blue (I think).

Nice shot. But there's no such thing as a seagull.


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[swampfrog]

Nice shot. But there's no such thing as a seagull.


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California Gull?

[swampfrog]

A few more birds from the morning

Pigeon Guillemot wingflap


Gull with chicks


Puffin/Gull synchronicities




Puffin giving the gulls and eye-roll

[swampfrog]

Evening

Long exposures: sunset, clouds, and water




Colorized images






Artistic? photoshop blur


Black and White conversion

[Pelado]

Colorized images

I think this is my favorite from this batch. I like the border between sky, earth, and sea.

[swampfrog]

I think this is my favorite from this batch. I like the border between sky, earth, and sea.

Thanks. I quite like it too. When I took the initial image, it was about the getting the big sky and color reflected in the water. When I started playing with it in Lightroom I was originally thinking, meh, and then I got the tread marks to really pop out which got a whole lot of lines pointing at the furthest intersection and it changed what I was after. Highlighting slightly the curved tracks heading out of the frame was the final touch. I might pull this into the before/after thread, in addition to the lighting, contrast, and color changes, there's quite a bit of beach cleanup.

[Katy Lied]

I have the same taste as Pelado- I like all the ones that he likes.

In the first series, absolutely the penultimate one.

In the bird series, I don't know why but if there is a lot of bird poop in the picture, I start feeling pukey.

And your black and white conversion is fantastic. It feels very Frank Lloyd Wrightish. If you are familiar with the Prairie School Design for Architecture, your picture portrays several elements, including:

Horizontal Lines
Integration of House with Surrounding Landscape
Restraint in decoration
Horizontal bands of windows
Low hanging porches and doors, which force the visitor to stoop upon entry, as if giving a brief blessing prior to coming in
Grass evocative of prarie

Back when I used to live in Montecito, our neighbor had a FLW designed home with those low, sweeping horizontal lines.