Experiment!!! Bosque del Apache NOT FOR PIXEL PEEKING. These would be rejects normally. Very late evening. Very low light. A lot of "fixing", for me, anyway. They look good to me from...

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Bosque del Apache NOT FOR PIXEL PEEKING. These would be rejects normally. Very late evening. Very low light. A lot of "fixing", for me, anyway. They look good to me from about three feet to the view screen. Viewed FULL SCREEN. I provided downloads out of habit but downloading these is probably a waste of time. I KNOW THEY AREN'T SHARP. I do have some sharp ones that I will be posting after I get a reaction on these.

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dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

In my opinion I think numbers 2 and 3 are not very sharp but number 1 is quite sharp to me. I like number 1 and would SUGGEST you crop out the sky entirely and use from the top of the hill down. I think it would make quite an attractive photo especially for a sporting game bird calendar perhaps. If you have sharper then all the better.

Dennis

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Experimentation is one of the best ways to learn stuff, Chief, and learning stuff is something each of us is likely to benefit by doing.

The second and third images are.... well......... The first image, on the other hand, has one small area of concern that, if 'fixed', would improve the image overall. Frankly, I rather doubt that few will even notice it, and fewer still will even consider it an area of concern, but I do, so here goes:

Look at the horizon line, everywhere the land and the sky meet. I don't know whether what I'm seeing --the thin line of slightly darker, slightly more saturated space along that land/sky junction-- was a result of chromatic aberration or a result of processing, but it IS something that could be addressed fairly easily, and through either of several means in processing. I recognize that processing is not normally 'your thing', and that's as it may be, but sometimes, learning a new trick or two --i.e., experimenting-- can count for a lot.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

dennis2146 wrote:

In my opinion I think numbers 2 and 3 are not very sharp but number 1 is quite sharp to me. I like number 1 and would SUGGEST you crop out the sky entirely and use from the top of the hill down. I think it would make quite an attractive photo especially for a sporting game bird calendar perhaps. If you have sharper then all the better.

Dennis

Thanks Dennis. I knew #1 was the best of the three. I'll take another look at the original and see what I can do with it. I appreciate it.

AJFRED Loc: Alabama

Well, to me at least, all three are interesting. The first appears nice and sharp, and I do agree it could be improved by eliminating the featureless sky. The second two impress me as being more “painterly” in appearance, and are pleasant to view as such. At one time in the history of photography, people worked to achieve this look. I like ‘em all.
-AJ FRED ( old Navy Dad)

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Cany143 wrote:

Experimentation is one of the best ways to learn s... (show quote)

Thank you Cany. I see what you are talking about when I enlarge and look closer. Isn't that kind of thing due to over sharpening? I don't normally do that but I may have gone overboard trying to make sauce out of shite.
I'm not even sure I know what chromatic aberration is or what I could do about it though I have read a bit about it on various threads here on the HOG.
I'll dump the last two and do a little figgerin' on the first one. I would sure like to be able to keep it.
I appreciate your thoughts and I do understand that conveying concepts from on high down to mere mortals can seem like drudge work so I appreciate that too.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

AJFRED wrote:

Well, to me at least, all three are interesting. The first appears nice and sharp, and I do agree it could be improved by eliminating the featureless sky. The second two impress me as being more “painterly” in appearance, and are pleasant to view as such. At one time in the history of photography, people worked to achieve this look. I like ‘em all.
-AJ FRED ( old Navy Dad)

Thanks very much AJ. That's exactly what I was trying to get across, especially with 2 and 3. Painterly...I'll have to remember that term.

Maybe I won't dump them right away after all.
Good people here on the HOG!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

When viewed more as paintings than as photos all three are very good work, Chief.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

Retired CPO wrote:

Bosque del Apache NOT FOR PIXEL PEEKING. These would be rejects normally. Very late evening. Very low light. A lot of "fixing", for me, anyway. They look good to me from about three feet to the view screen. Viewed FULL SCREEN. I provided downloads out of habit but downloading these is probably a waste of time. I KNOW THEY AREN'T SHARP. I do have some sharp ones that I will be posting after I get a reaction on these.

Never argue with someone who knows he's right.