Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

I realize that, and am not using it for anti-theft. Frankly, if someone wants to steal a 1920x1080 jpeg of any of my photographs, they are welcome! I 'borrow' photographs from many places on the net to use as windows wallpaper myself. They are stored on a different partition to my own work, so there is no mix-up possible. I use the signature just to help create a 'brand', if you like. I distribute quite a few photos to friends at church and work, and I like them to have my mark on them. I just need to turn off the yellow peril when exporting B&W, I guess.

As far as the image... I now live about 25 miles from Gettysburg, and the place draws me very strongly. As a bit of background, for those who don't know me, I am a transplanted Brit. Most Americans are obsessed with castles and 'ancient history'. There is a castle about 2 miles from my family home, and while I have taken many photos there over the years, that level of history doesn't affect me in the same way. What gets me is history which is *major*, but is so recent that you can almost hear the echoes!! I spent some months working in San Antonio, and the Alamo had the same effect on me.

I visit Gettysburg many times during the year, and probably almost weekly during the good weather. It is just so *evocative*... Of course, it helps that the whole town basically exists to commemorate the battle! There are thousands of cannon scattered everywhere, and monuments galore - I have one or two shots of those, too!

I have recently been able to make some fairly substantial equipment upgrades, and can't wait to get back there to put the new stuff through its paces...

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Really nice how you used the shadows and reflections in this snapshot, which takes it a bit beyond snap IMHO. Fun image.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Yikes Nan! That is sure BLUE!

I believe you'll like it better if you desaturate the blues and go with some cyanotype toning, lightly applied. What software are you using?

I do love sycamores, they are the most photogenic of trees. I thought that had to be a canal. They are hard to work with for me because they are so "orderly", like train tracks.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

You are right, the download is much better. Noticed it was RGB color space, that could be the problem with the thumbnail which seems to do much better with sRBG and is allergic to everything else.

Lots of nice detail and tonalities, though it would be more interesting if something other than sky peeped back at us through that opening... Would be a nice opening page for a photo book or slide show, or a "frame" for a composite.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Good to see all the film images in this thread, they have such a timeless look.

This is a very nicely composed and captured image, classic slow shutter capture of a waterfall (which must be a LOT trickier with a traditional camera, with digital we can keep checking and monkeying with settings till it looks just like we wanted).

And it's good to see you on FYC, there aren't many of us from Mississippi on UHH, and in fact not many of us from here that seem interested in landscape photography anyway. I have been keeping count for 8 years now, out and about several times a week, and have only encountered 9 other photographers in total, most of whom were chasing birds.

Thanks for sharing, come back around and visit with us some more!

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Nice battlefield image, well captured from a well chosen angle to look out as one might see it from "behind the big gun". Conversion is good. Sepia would work too, maybe with a wet plate type look. If you've go NIK, be sure to explore the Analog section as well for images like this, it is often overlooked as there is some myth out there that it is for cell phone pictures, but anyone who has the NIK suite would be well rewarded by learning what this plugin can do.

I was at Gettysburg in the fall, my first visit there, and it is an amazing park, reminded me of our nearby Vicksburg park. Those two battles were simultaneous so their parks seem somehow connected across all that space.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

I have many photos that I want to go back and re-shoot. I'm sure that we all have the same collections of "Someday".
This is one of mine taken about 5 years ago with a Nikon P100. Not a bad camera but it doesn't provide raw files and the original of this needed help. I intend to be in the area this summer and I will try this again. (With better equipment)

Along the Animas river in SW Colorado

(Download)

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Looks like an awesome place to re-visit!

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Also a bit of fun getting there. The only access to that spot requires paying Mr. Al Harper to ride his Durango & Silverton R.R. (A steam train). :)

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

mam, if you don't mind

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

elements 13
that is why I didn't like it too blue

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

With Nan's permission, I tried one. Realized I only had the sepia thumbnail (127 kb, lol), but here is:

PSE 13, layer of color (chose from the color swatches), change blend mode to "color." Tweaks to opacity, brightness, tiny straighten.

Then I also added a layer of something in the artistic filters to do with edges (should have written it down).

Thank you, Nan!

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

Only have access to iphone now but will send you orig color of you want and promise to write down your edits😀

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

LOL, sure thing :)

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Nan, I gave your image a quick run in Photoshop'
I used an "Adjustment layer" then; Photo filter/80B and then adjusted the slider to get the effect I was looking for.
Using this process tends to preserve the original balances.

Nan's photo w/PS tinting