Score my Photos! With great fear and trepidation, I hereby submit three pictures taken at Stowe,Vt. for comments and critiques. I asked for advice here at UHH, and follwed the...

BobInNJ Loc: In NJ, near Phila. Pa

With great fear and trepidation, I hereby submit three pictures taken at Stowe,Vt. for comments and critiques. I asked for advice here at UHH, and follwed the directions. I added a polarizer, shot mainly in manual, etc. I couls use some Post Processing to adjust, but let me know what you think. Thanks,folks!

From Cliff House, top of Mt. Mansfield

From Condo, Smuggler's

Lift Line- Stowe

Mt Mansfied- look for climbers(how to rotate?)

photosarah Loc: East Sussex, UK

BobInNJ wrote:

With great fear and trepidation, I hereby submit three pictures taken at Stowe,Vt. for comments and critiques. I asked for advice here at UHH, and follwed the directions. I added a polarizer, shot mainly in manual, etc. I couls use some Post Processing to adjust, but let me know what you think. Thanks,folks!

Love your images: the colour is great and composition too. It looks to me as if your sensor might need cleaning, if you look at your second pic there are a couple of "blodges". They can easily be cloned out with the Spot Healing Brush. What lovely scenery, well recorded.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

photosarah wrote:

Love your images: the colour is great and composition too. It looks to me as if your sensor might need cleaning, if you look at your second pic there are a couple of "blodges". They can easily be cloned out with the Spot Healing Brush. What lovely scenery, well recorded.

One of the ways to check for spots is to set your camera to aperture priority and select F/22. Now find an all blue sky and take a photo. You can use the zoom tool in live view or download to check for spots. Cleaning the sensor can either be done with a kit (swabs are specific to camera) or take it in for cleaning. The "blodges" look larger than can be dislodged with a gentle puff of air (not your breath-- it has moisture in it!) Best and good luck

RegisG Loc: Mid-Tennessee

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

One of the ways to check for spots is to set your camera to aperture priority and select F/22. Now find an all blue sky and take a photo. You can use the zoom tool in live view or download to check for spots. Cleaning the sensor can either be done with a kit (swabs are specific to camera) or take it in for cleaning. The "blodges" look larger than can be dislodged with a gentle puff of air (not your breath-- it has moisture in it!) Best and good luck

PhotoSarah and LoneRangeFinder,

I "now" know what to look for as far as sensor needing cleaning.

Very helpfull for us new folk.

Thank you very much,
Regis

Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont

photosarah wrote:

It looks to me as if your sensor might need cleaning, if you look at your second pic there are a couple of "blodges". They can easily be cloned out with the Spot Healing Brush.

They seem round, which says "Water spot on lens" to me, also , they are only in one photo, which says lens, too.

Ok - #1 - good foreground, lines leading up to the golf course, interesting subject, with misty sky. Subjective scale of 1-10, a 7. (The red trees are almost all ruaty like this any more - not sure why).

#2 - VERY nice color and composition - as mentioned, clone out those two spots - they're noticeable! Oh, and the post in the foreground, too. (It's a tough room - what did you expect when talking to photographers?!?! Oh, I suspect your viewer automatically switches them - if you have a PC, right-click on the image, and you will see a menu, choose the "rotate clockwise" for both of these.

#3 - Again, good composition and color, lose the cars in the foreground. *Says the Luddite that hates PP ** 6.5

#4 - Usually I say "Get closer", but this one might have been better with more sky; maybe it's hard to pick out the climbers (For scale) with it tipped. 6.5

BobInNJ Loc: In NJ, near Phila. Pa

Thank all of you for replies. I came through the comments better than I thought. Have cleNed lens, Ty again. Will go edit out cars on lift line shot,
Felt same way. You guys rock !

windshoppe Loc: Arizona

Just returned from a trip to Stowe and have some shots from the same spots. Color was pretty much at peak, but the weather was very disappointing - overcast and rain most of the time. Have spent some time in pp trying to bring out the colors given the poor weather conditions and have had considerable success. Don't know what pp program you use, but for shots like 1,2 & 3 you can get the colors to really pop by increasing exposure and adding contrast. If your program allows it, individual color rendition (saturation and luminance) can also really help.

Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE

[quote=BobInNJ]Please Bob, when you post. Click on "Store original". This allows the camera data to be viewed. Two of the pictures are on the side? Great compositions. HDR can help to brighten the dark shadow areas. David Mt Mansfield is the best!

BobInNJ Loc: In NJ, near Phila. Pa

Thanks, David. I am still learnng nuances here in UHH, so I will be sure to alllow camera data.
Dunno why 2 showed up on their side; I could swear I rorated before sending. Thanks so much for favorable comments; the reviews of this post better than anticipated.
Bob

kenrog

I love Mt Mansfield, beautiful colors ;)

BobInNJ Loc: In NJ, near Phila. Pa

Hi Again!
As suggested, I edited out cars on the liftline shot. I failed in my attempt to remove the spots- to be truthful, I can't see them. Last comment: Of all my shots at Stowe, the biggest disappointment were my gondola shots. the one I am sending a good example- poor composition, sun glare, and more. I envisioned the gondole floating in air with glorious mountain in b/g. This one isn't it!
Comments and suggestions always welcome
Bob D
PS- these are store original pictures

BobInNJ Loc: In NJ, near Phila. Pa

dunno why some pictures show up turned on their sides. I deleted one where that happened; resending. it looks great on my monitor; if it arrives sideways, probably early gremlins messing with me before Halloween

Dang it! grrrr sideways again

Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE

[quote=BobInNJ]Wonderful collection Bob. The spots are likely sensor dirt. Sometimes you can blow it off with a squeeze bulb. Or buy a kit and clean it, or have a photo store do it for about $25. I turned it and zoomed it to spots. DAvid

BobInNJ Loc: In NJ, near Phila. Pa

You da man, David! Finally saw the spots. Off to the shop go I. I've enjoyed all your comments, and learned a lot. Ty ,UHH