Photographs Front Moving In

[Barbarian]

 

[farouk]

Great photo. 'The heavens and the earth declare the glory of God' (Psalm 19.1).

 

[evenifigoalone]

Okay. Wow. I love your photography!

 

[Claudya]

Those clouds look intense. Like some 19th century romanticism landscape painting.

 

[farouk]

Those clouds look intense. Like some 19th century romanticism landscape painting.

Claudya:

Kind of a big sky, big Continent feeling...

 

[Claudya]

LoL yeah, and I like the contrast between the epic out-of-the-world-sky, and the mundane everyday life all American neighbourhood earth (streets, cars, carefully mowed lawn, people on bikes). So it's like: The earth declares the dullness of human life, but the heavens declare the glory of God.
It's a deeply metaphorical photograph.

 

[farouk]

LoL yeah, and I like the contrast between the epic out-of-the-world-sky, and the mundane everyday life all American neighbourhood earth (streets, cars, carefully mowed lawn, people on bikes). So it's like: The earth declares the dullness of human life, but the heavens declare the glory of God.
It's a deeply metaphorical photograph.

Claudya:

Thoughtful description! I think therefore you would just love the paintings of Edward Hopper, in whose work many of the themes you well describe are present.

 

[Barbarian]

LoL yeah, and I like the contrast between the epic out-of-the-world-sky, and the mundane everyday life all American neighbourhood earth (streets, cars, carefully mowed lawn, people on bikes). So it's like: The earth declares the dullness of human life, but the heavens declare the glory of God.
It's a deeply metaphorical photograph.

This is what I felt when I saw the finished image. But not so eloquently as you have expressed it. It would lose much of its strength without the mommy van and the bicyclists.

 

[Nick]

Nice, once again, Barb!

Reminds me of a photo I recently took looking out to sea, and a very low pressure system was moving in from the ocean. Doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours though.

View attachment 3247

 

[Barbarian]

Does a bit of tonemapping help?

Pretty crude, because of the low-res image, but the composition is good, and a more dramatic sky helps. I like the bit of foreground in the lower left; it helps anchor the image.

 

[Nick]

Does a bit of tonemapping help?

Pretty crude, because of the low-res image, but the composition is good, and a more dramatic sky helps. I like the bit of foreground in the lower left; it helps anchor the image.

Thanks. I do have a higher res image if you would like.

Sent from my HTC One SV using Tapatalk 2

 

[Barbarian]

If you send it to me, I'd be pleased to tonemap several versions and send them back to see if they work for you. Or, for a simpler system, you could download AutoHDR, and try it yourself.
http://www.autohdr.co.uk/

It's free, but if you like what it does, Martin does accept donations. I use a slightly more complicated software myself, but often AutoHDR does everything one needs.

Either way, let me know.

 

[farouk]

Nice, once again, Barb!

Reminds me of a photo I recently took looking out to sea, and a very low pressure system was moving in from the ocean. Doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours though.

View attachment 4284

Nick:

This is the Tasman Sea, right?

(Seeing as you're in New South Wales...)

Blessings.

 

[farouk]

Okay. Wow. I love your photography!

[MENTION=89910]questdriven[/MENTION]:

Yes, drawing and photography are very distinct skills, right?

Blessings.

 

[Barbarian]

Yep. I can't draw at all. But I can see good composition.

 

[evenifigoalone]

Okay, so I had to try that program you recommended to Nick. And holy crap--!
Here's what it did to some of my pictures:
View attachment 3256
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/old-church-346723869

View attachment 3257
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/It-s-a-cat-255818414

View attachment 3258
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/flowers-346723323

 

[evenifigoalone]

Okay, so I had to try that program you recommended to Nick. And holy crap--!
Here's what it did to some of my pictures:
View attachment 4295
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/old-church-346723869

View attachment 4296
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/It-s-a-cat-255818414

View attachment 4297
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/flowers-346723323

View attachment 3259
original: http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/turn-around-267666212

 

[farouk]

[MENTION=89910]questdriven[/MENTION]:

Wow, is that airplane at an air show, or someplace? good photo.

Blessings.

 

[Nick]

[MENTION=30546]Barbarian[/MENTION] I've attached a 4200x3200 image. (if you wouldn't mind!)

EDIT: Sorry, the site scaled my image down. I'll email it shortly.

[MENTION=41474]farouk[/MENTION] You're partly right. Yes, it is the Tasman sea, but it's not off the New South Wales coast. NSW is on the Pacific Ocean. I took this in the island of Tasmania, which is in the Tasman Sea.

 

[farouk]

[MENTION=30546]Barbarian[/MENTION] I've attached a 4200x3200 image. (if you wouldn't mind!)

EDIT: Sorry, the site scaled my image down. I'll email it shortly.

[MENTION=41474]farouk[/MENTION] You're partly right. Yes, it is the Tasman sea, but it's not off the New South Wales coast. NSW is on the Pacific Ocean. I took this in the island of Tasmania, which is in the Tasman Sea.

Nick:

Oh okay, ty .

You guys talk about Trans-Tasman, when referring to Aus-NZ trips, I think.

Blessings.