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08/12/2007 10:31:00 AM · #1 |
So I've taken a few shots for the rural landscape challenge and they are just BORING. They have pastoral land and some interesting clouds but absolutely no WOW factor.
Anyone have any good tips to share? I need to find an interesting subject or lighting situation or colors.
Also, if say, a barn fills the frame, is that really landscape? I imagine one needs a good amount of scenery or background.
Please post thumbs of WOW rural landscapes to get the creativity flowing. |
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08/12/2007 10:44:09 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by CVette:
Please post thumbs of WOW rural landscapes to get the
creativity flowing. |
Give it a couple of days and you'll see PLENTY of them. :D
...or you could take a peek here in a prior thread on Rural Landscapes |
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08/12/2007 11:48:24 AM · #3 |
i guess these are seascapes, but they are rural - so to speak.
 Bear_Music
more land than sea
Falc
Message edited by author 2007-08-12 11:52:59.
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08/12/2007 01:56:15 PM · #4 |
 terje has some amazing shots. its amazing how he can create so many stunning shots with the exact same composition. |
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08/12/2007 03:28:53 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Fetor:
terje has some amazing shots. its amazing how he can create so many stunning shots with the exact same composition. |
He has some amazing photos, but he has left and his photos too. Darn! The stuff on his website is gorgeous. Helps to have beauty around to photograph! - Some of us are trying to make "purses from sows ears". |
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08/12/2007 05:46:54 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by CVette:
Anyone have any good tips to share? I need to find an interesting subject or lighting situation or colors. |
Get up earlier ?
Another couple of thoughts. Don't shoot the sunrise, shoot what the sunrise is illuminating.
Try shooting at 90 degrees to the light source - the colours will be better, the contrast more interesting, the exposure more even. Side light can often be the best light, particularly at sunrise/ set when the dynamic range is lower.
If the light/ sunrise is really amazing and you want to shoot it, do, then turn around.
Message edited by author 2007-08-12 18:11:42. |
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08/12/2007 05:57:37 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bergiekat:
Originally posted by Fetor:
terje has some amazing shots. its amazing how he can create so many stunning shots with the exact same composition. |
He has some amazing photos, but he has left and his photos too. Darn! The stuff on his website is gorgeous. Helps to have beauty around to photograph! - Some of us are trying to make "purses from sows ears". |
But sows ears can look halfway decent if tonemapped. :P
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08/12/2007 06:08:07 PM · #8 |
Landscapes are 40% the scenery you are shooting and 60% the light that is falling on it...
Take Gordon's advice. |
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08/13/2007 10:47:33 AM · #9 |
| Thanks. I do plan on getting up earlier to snag a sunrise. Great tip about shooting 90 degrees from the sun for maximum contrast and interest. |
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08/13/2007 10:55:55 AM · #10 |
The best tips I ever had (and don't always follow, lol), is that there should be a point of interest - a subject. Not just "what a nice view."
The subject might be a person, animal, tree, rock formation, whatever.
Here's a good example - lovely high desert at dawn (boring)-
But put my friend Terese in a very similar scene, and even though it's midday, she draws you in -
These are along the lines of what you were asking about "if a barn fills the frame...?" - and I'm not sure if they would get DNMCed or not. I would say the first could be a landscape (barely), but the second (even w/ the mountains over the door) is outside the challenge.
 
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