Outstanding Landscape Photography: The photos are gorgeous and the tips invaluable: http://digital-photography-school.com/composing-dynamic-landscape-images I thought I would post...

lesdmd Loc: Middleton Wi via N.Y.C. & Cleveland

The photos are gorgeous and the tips invaluable:

http://digital-photography-school.com/composing-dynamic-landscape-images

I thought I would post this after seeing questions about how one goes about getting and image to "pop". The answer starts with outstanding composition followed by good post processing.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

lesdmd wrote:

The photos are gorgeous and the tips invaluable:

http://digital-photography-school.com/composing-dynamic-landscape-images

I thought I would post this after seeing questions about how one goes about getting and image to "pop". The answer starts with outstanding composition followed by good post processing.

Wow! That guy must have spent a fortune on his camera. :D

I bet he's pretty handy with Photoshop, too. I'd like to spend a day with him, not so I could turn out the same images, just to see how he does it.

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

lesdmd wrote:

The photos are gorgeous and the tips invaluable:

http://digital-photography-school.com/composing-dynamic-landscape-images

I thought I would post this after seeing questions about how one goes about getting and image to "pop". The answer starts with outstanding composition followed by good post processing.

Great article!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

wlgoode wrote:

lesdmd wrote:

The photos are gorgeous and the tips invaluable:

http://digital-photography-school.com/composing-dynamic-landscape-images

I thought I would post this after seeing questions about how one goes about getting and image to "pop". The answer starts with outstanding composition followed by good post processing.

Great article!

DPS consistently hits home runs. I could spend all day at their site.

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

jerryc41 wrote:

... I'd like to spend a day with him, not so I could turn out the same images, just to see how he does it.

I'd settle for just being in the same country he lives in for a few weeks. What beautiful scenery. Visiting New Zealand is high on my bucket list!

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

Festina Lente wrote:

jerryc41 wrote:

... I'd like to spend a day with him, not so I could turn out the same images, just to see how he does it.

I'd settle for just being in the same country he lives in for a few weeks. What beautiful scenery. Visiting New Zealand is high on my bucket list!

Yeah, just added it to mine, but my state can fill my bucket list too.

francesca3 Loc: Sausalito, CA

Some wonderful photos there and much to learn.
Personally, I am not a big fan of layering many shots into one ---> they look fake to me.

Trippmeister Loc: Los Gatos, CA

Learned a lot, great shots and techniques

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

wlgoode wrote:

Festina Lente wrote:

jerryc41 wrote:

... I'd like to spend a day with him, not so I could turn out the same images, just to see how he does it.

I'd settle for just being in the same country he lives in for a few weeks. What beautiful scenery. Visiting New Zealand is high on my bucket list!

Yeah, just added it to mine, but my state can fill my bucket list too.

Ah yes, I have made many many trips to Arizona and barely scratched the surface of the thousands of photo ops.
My father used to live in Tuscon and I had several projects in Flagstaff (Sedona's Walnut Canyon and the Grand one) and in Casa Grande. Maybe it's time for a statewide tour!
Then there is Colorado, Maine, Alaska, Hawaii, ... like all of our 50 states, they are all briming with beauty. (And much cheaper to travel to!)

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

jerryc41 wrote:

quote=lesdmd The photos are gorgeous and the tips... (show quote)

Its not the camera that makes a good photograph, its the person using it that makes a good photograph.

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

Ahh yes this is a remarkable land we have. so let's stop them from "Razing Paradise and Putting Up a Parking Lot"

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

silver wrote:

Its not the camera that makes a good photograph, its the person using it that makes a good photograph.

So true!! But I'd like to think that a better camera will help compensate for my shortcomings in skill.
So far that has not been at all true as evidenced by my bride's P&S images. She does not know an f-stop from a four-way stop, but she has a marvelous eye for composition while her $300 P&S does the rest in auto mode. Frustrating at times. :roll:

Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE

[quote=lesdmd] Wonderful link lesdmd. Thanks

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

Festina Lente wrote:

silver wrote:

Its not the camera that makes a good photograph, its the person using it that makes a good photograph.

So true!! But I'd like to think that a better camera will help compensate for my shortcomings in skill.
So far that has not been at all true as evidenced by my bride's P&S images. She does not know an f-stop from a four-way stop, but she has a marvelous eye for composition while her $300 P&S does the rest in auto mode. Frustrating at times. :roll:

IMHO if you have an eye for composition and a reliable automatic camera you're 75% there.

patsibley Loc: West of Spokane, WA

Great article with some beautiful shots. However, all of the example photos are of water. I live near many lakes, but I'm almost 300 miles from the nearest ocean. Makes it tough to take those kinds of photos. And, as the wind never stops blowing here on the plains of eastern WA, it makes for choppy non-relective water scenes. Lucily, the concepts still remain the same, but I would like to see some other examples.