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So I have posted the above images at a couple of places mainly due to wanting a bit of feedback so I thought why not post here Anyway these were taken yesterday in 15 mins out of Hobart and it was just beautiful! I used a hdr effect and stacked 4-5 images per shot.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

I saw these on OCAU and thought they were fantastic. For me the first is a touch oversharpened. Otherwise, great.

At first glance, the colours look a bit un-natural, but then again, I wasn't there... Maybe the dynamic range compression has distorted the tonal range a bit?

Cheers

digitor wrote:At first glance, the colours look a bit un-natural.

Kind of what I like about it.

The power of HDR shown to perfection - great pics BTW

Wisie - welcome to the forum.
Beautiful pics!
We toured Tassie in a campervan for two weeks about 3 years ago, one of the best holidays I've ever had!! Pity I didnt have a digi SLR back then.
These are really beautiful - well done Keep posting at this quality..please

macka wrote:

digitor wrote:At first glance, the colours look a bit un-natural.

Kind of what I like about it.

I see what you mean - airbrushed on the side of a Sandman panel van, this would be just perfect!

Cheers

great composition and wonderful captuyre of a magic moment
although the 2nd one looks more real, the first one seems to have an embossing effect

Hey! Welcome to the forums
As the others said the first one has the halo around the wooden poles looks like its over sharpened. I love the colours and composition. Well done

Adam

nice colours. would prefer to see the horizon running somewhere either side of centre also.

good use of hdr.

Steve

Beautiful colours , great shots,

suzanne

The second one looks a little more natural, but I like the unreal-ness of the first. Stunning!

I like them both and while the first appears a touch over sharpened on my screen it's certainly the stronger of the two and I prefer it.

Looks like I need to do a search on this HDR technique!

They are nice shots Wisie and welcome to the forum. Are you Hobart based?
I'd be interested to know where you took these shots. Looks like Mt Wellington taken from down south somewhere. Was it from North West Bay or somewhere similar?
Cheers
John

Thankyou very much for the comments guys and it really means the world.

johnd: Another Tassie user with a very beautiful gallery! I took these photographs down at Lauderdale and was quite lucky.

these look increadible - so clear i was almost mistaken in thinking that it was an example of top end 3d modelling (brice, perhaps)

anyway great shots.

Wisie, I just checked out your gallery. There's some real nice shots there. In the waterfall series, I recognise Strickland Falls and Snug Falls, but not the other ones. I'm always looking for new falls to shoot, can you please let me know where these are?
Cheers
John

Hi John

Thanks for your kind comments! To be honest the majority of the shots were taken at strictland falls and are just the mini falls you see on the way! The biggish fall which is unfamiliar is a sister fall of Russel Falls and is about a 10 minute walk after Russel.

I'm always looking for new falls myself! Good to get in before it starts getting a bit more dry too!

P.s

Where abouts is Myrtle Gully Falls? Great shots

Ah yes, now I know which one you mean, Horsehoe Falls, just above Russell. The angle tricked me.

Myrtle Gully Falls is just over the ridge from Strickland Falls. You go up Cascade Rd, turn right just past the brewery up Old Farm Rd. Go for about 1Km until you come to a barrier. Then you walk up the Myrtle Gully Track for about 5-10 mins. The track splits a few times, but it's the main walking track, not the large fire trail. When you come to a little wooden bridge, the falls are just upstream from the bridge, 20m or so. You need a bit of rain for them to work though. Not much good at the moment.

There's another one that I call Owen's Pool, it hasn't got a name and a guy named Owen showed it to me. It's very difficult to find but it's near Myrtle Gully Falls. If you like, wait til there's been some rain and drop me a line, I can show you where it is.

Cheers
John

wisie
You are getting some great feedback so I am going to be a bit on the negative side.....and I mean this in the most constructive way. These are nice sunsets....but I see far too many nice sunsets. The subject is done to death and is cliched beyond belief. A sunset is a sunset and mother nature puts on the show...the photographer presses the button. You need to take your images to a higher plane. Use this wonderful sunset as a backdrop or background for something more creative! A beautiful model or a classic motorbike or pushbike with a little fill flash. Then you have shown us the beautiful sunset with an extra element....and that element is your own creative ability....not mother natures. Does this make sense to you? I don't know how experienced you are and I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm....but think about what I have said and see if there is some value in it for your photography.
Regards...And it is a nice sunset.

While I like Wisie's sunsets, I think Matt makes a good point, partially. When I first started photographing last year, I would capture a nice sunset or sunrise (although not necessarilly as nice as Wisie's) and think that's as good as it gets. Now, I find myself not getting the camera out for just another sunrise/sunset unless I could find some particular foreground point of interest. I find that once I've bagged my share of shots of a particular type, then I start to look for something extra in the shots to stop them looking too cliched to me.

Mind you, it's all to do with the photographer. I'm sure that 90% of the members on this forum think my Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House shots were just a ho hum cliche, but as I've only taken photos in Sydney for one day and one night, it was quite a buzz for me to get my shots of these landmarks and be happy with the results.

So while I agree with Matt about moving to a higher plane and while I like to challenge myself, I think it's worth adding that I believe you should challenge yourself at whatever pace you choose. Remembering that this is your hobby and so you determine what you want to do with it and if you like taking images of beautiful sunsets, then just keep bloody well doing it and enjoying the results.

Cheers
John

I love the first one, vibrant colours, crystal clear.

Very well done.

Cheers