Backstage Pass
by Carlo21

Comment by Stagolee:
great perspective and great colours, nice work.

Backstage Pass
by Carlo21

Comment by Ja-9:
excellent colors and tones...great DOF

Backstage Pass
by Carlo21

Comment by boyd2000:
Very nice viewpoint. Very large DOF for being this close. Very sharp throughout, and good background, though we can see some lighting on the upper left. And no trace of camera reflected in the paint or chrome.

Vibrant Winter
by Carlo21

Comment by delin:
Sweet. I was one of your 7 9's. This is beautiful bokeh.

Hotel del Coronado, CA (1888) - Iconic Red Turret
by Carlo21

Comment by tmorninglory96:
Pretty hotel, just something about the colors in this could have been better. I also think the tree in the foreground isn't needed to make the picture.

Hotel del Coronado, CA (1888) - Iconic Red Turret
by Carlo21

Comment by Canonguy39:
Would be a lot better if the object on the left was not in the photo, plus the photo is not level.

Suburbia at Dusk
by Carlo21

Comment by Carlo21:
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I will definitely not give up trying the HDR thing. It makes me excited learning each day what works and what doesn't. I hope to be a 6+ scorer by end of year.

Originally posted by Melethia: Sometimes HDR works, sometimes not so much. When you first start playing with it, it's hard to tell. One thing to check is how it looks as a thumbnail. The overall grayish cast when you view the thumbnail is an indication (to me, anyway) that it may not work or is overdone. Designed to balance out the high highs and low lows, sometimes it can make everything too much in the middle if that makes sense. So don't give up on it! Keep playing with it, try different settings, etc, and find where it works, where it doesn't. I like the picture itself and would like to see it with more conventional editing - really a nice depiction of modern urban sprawl. And yes, just verified from your info that this is SoCal. Was about to write "looks like southern California..." :-)

Suburbia at Dusk
by Carlo21

Comment by Melethia:
Sometimes HDR works, sometimes not so much. When you first start playing with it, it's hard to tell. One thing to check is how it looks as a thumbnail. The overall grayish cast when you view the thumbnail is an indication (to me, anyway) that it may not work or is overdone. Designed to balance out the high highs and low lows, sometimes it can make everything too much in the middle if that makes sense. So don't give up on it! Keep playing with it, try different settings, etc, and find where it works, where it doesn't. I like the picture itself and would like to see it with more conventional editing - really a nice depiction of modern urban sprawl. And yes, just verified from your info that this is SoCal. Was about to write "looks like southern California..." :-)

Hotel del Coronado, CA (1888) - Iconic Red Turret
by Carlo21

Comment by boyd2000:
I love this view from near the beach. I didn't realize the Hotel Del was that old. I think some more saturation would be good here, bringing out the green in the grass and really emphasizing the red roof, and maybe bringing out some blue through the cloud layer..

60"
by Carlo21

Comment by Carlo21:
Thanks everyone for the good comments.