Kananaskis Country
by ursula

Comment:

Originally posted by senor_kasper: Incredibly beautiful landscape, congratulations Ursula !! One question, was this picture really taken with a 150mm lens or is that a mistake? if it was the 150mm what aperture and distance did you use to achieve such incredible DOF and sense of perspective? this is even more striking considering you used a 1.5 crop sensor.

Thank you. No, it was made with my all-purpose walk-around lens, the really light Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR. I forgot to change the notes from the default lens (the 150mm macro, which I usually use for most of everything). Details are changed now. You might need to refresh for it to show correctly. :)

It's a handheld bracketed shot, base/+2/-2, merged in Photomatix, saved as TIFF, edited in PSCS5: crop from top, 3 curve layers light/dark/midtones for colour/contrast adjustment, skylight filter, dodge/burn). Nothing fancy in PS.

The 1.5 crop sensor is a bit of a problem for landscapes. I usually do not do landscapes, so it isn't that much of a problem for me. The 1.5 actually works to my advantage for shooting my style, close up and shallow DOF. I bought the D7000 over the D700 because I wanted to stick with a 1.5 crop sensor (and because it was much more affordable, hehe). What is so good about the 1.5 at closeup/shallow DOF is that you get the best part of the lens working for you, no edge fallout to speak of at all. I love that for my usual work. For landscape, well, like I said, I usually don't do landscape so I don't worry much about that.

Just An Old Road II
by Tiberius

Comment:
It's just a lovely shot! I voted 2 pictures "10" in the challenge, this was one of them. I like it very much. Congratulations on your high placement.

Standing Tall
by AllenP

Comment:
Congratulations on your blue ribbon. Well deserved!

Flight
by vawendy

Comment:
Congratulations, Wendy. It's an honour to be next to you on the front page. You have grown immensely as a photographer and as an artist. It's a joy to see your pictures.

Vertozontal
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
Great catch! On the technical side, it is quite oversharpened. I like the composition, and the colours.

untitled
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Beautiful!

Murder on Montrose Way
by LevT

Comment:
Congratulations, Lev, well deserved!

Murder on Montrose Way
by LevT

Comment:
Hmmmm, I just saw this one "elsewhere" (minus the border thingies). You look quite good as a noir character. My "gripe", the pictures in back on the shelf look too modern.

dawn
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Very beautiful. I like it just the way it is. Doesn't seem to be a great fit for the challenge topic, but most images in the challenge are not that strong on topic. ~10

Claustrophobia
by ecmguy

Comment:
It does give the feeling of claustrophobia a bit, and it is a nice play on the topic for this challenge. I find the clouds a bit strange ... they are blueish at left and at far right, but grey in the middle right. The bright colours combined with the grey overall works well in this case. ~8