Two of my favorite pics I've ever taken

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ThePresence

ThePresence

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Since bbzzdd is down, I have to host it myself. :(

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Was going through some pics I took a few months ago.

Comments? Critiques?

EDIT: These were taken with a POS P&S Fuji FinePix S3000.
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
I like the bottom one. The top one not so much although it looks like it would've been a great sight.
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Bottom one is my cellphone wallpaper. Works really well as that.
 
Fayd

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should have been closer to the road on the bottom one. i cant think of how to help the top one, other than say find another perspective.
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: Fayd
should have been closer to the road on the bottom one. i cant think of how to help the top one, other than say find another perspective.
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I was actually driving when I took the 2nd one.
What's wrong with the prespective on the 1st? I actually like it.
 
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aidanjm

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do you not take pictures of people? when you are old and dying, I doubt you will look fondly at pictures of landscapes. where are the pics of your loved ones?

edit: they are nice pics, tho. :)
 
Mo0o

Mo0o

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the palm tree dominates too muc hof teh view in the first one in my opinion
 
moshquerade

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Since bbzzdd is down, I have to host it myself. :(

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Was going through some pics I took a few months ago.

Comments? Critiques?

EDIT: These were taken with a POS P&S Fuji FinePix S3000.
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those are beautiful pics ThePresence, but i gotta say theblackbox trumped yours a bit.

Originally posted by: theblackbox
here are two of my favorites from our last trip. They have been shrunken as they are posted on a mustang forum regarding our trip down route 66.

U Drop Inn

JackRabbit
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you had me at classic mustang. gorgeous shots!
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: aidanjm
do you not take pictures of people? when you are old and dying, I doubt you will look fondly at pictures of landscapes. where are the pics of your loved ones?

edit: they are nice pics, tho. :)
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I have those as well, I just didn't post them here. :)

 
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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: aidanjm
do you not take pictures of people? when you are old and dying, I doubt you will look fondly at pictures of landscapes. where are the pics of your loved ones?

edit: they are nice pics, tho. :)
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I have those as well, I just didn't post them here. :)
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you need to mess around with them in photoshop the bottom one has a lot of haze in it..... levels and curves are your friend
 
ThePresence

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Originally posted by: archiloco
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: aidanjm
do you not take pictures of people? when you are old and dying, I doubt you will look fondly at pictures of landscapes. where are the pics of your loved ones?

edit: they are nice pics, tho. :)
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I have those as well, I just didn't post them here. :)
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you need to mess around with them in photoshop the bottom one has a lot of haze in it..... levels and curves are your friend
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I'm a graphic designer, Photoshop is like half my life, I know all about levels and curves.:)
I didn't touch these pics, I just resized them.
 
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lytalbayre

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The first one is not bad. Too much backlighting so the forground is way too dark. You composition is a little off too. Overall not bad.

I really like the second pic. Clean it up a little and blow it up it will make a nice framed pic.
 
blurredvision

blurredvision

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Nice pics OP. If you're looking for criticism, here's what I think could improve. The first picture does suffer from the tree taking up too much focus, plus the foreground could use more exposure. Feels too dark. On the second pic, I think some contrast would help things dramatically.

Because I'm bored and have nothing else better to do right now, I put a couple of minutes into the second pic to bring out the color and contrast. Hope you don't mind!

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/blurredvision/Untitled-2.jpg

Unfortunately, in my photography, I'm better at PP'ing than actually taking the photograph.
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: blurredvision
Nice pics OP. If you're looking for criticism, here's what I think could improve. The first picture does suffer from the tree taking up too much focus, plus the foreground could use more exposure. Feels too dark. On the second pic, I think some contrast would help things dramatically.

Because I'm bored and have nothing else better to do right now, I put a couple of minutes into the second pic to bring out the color and contrast. Hope you don't mind!

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/blurredvision/Untitled-2.jpg

Unfortunately, in my photography, I'm better at PP'ing than actually taking the photograph.
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Thanks, good work.
I think however, that the bottom part of the pic is too dark.
If I would work on it I would make a gradient layer mask on the image and darken the top part only. It would blend in perfectly. :)
 
blurredvision

blurredvision

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Thanks, good work.
I think however, that the bottom part of the pic is too dark.
If I would work on it I would make a gradient layer mask on the image and darken the top part only. It would blend in perfectly. :)
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The beauty of photography, to each his own! Good luck :thumbsup:.
 
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