Astaroth

Wow! I love the composition in these ones, and the place is stunning. I made some attempts this weekend, but the place where I was working was too sunny during the day to avoid using an ND filter…

I just took two pictures last night that might fit here. Sunset from the hills of Alcalá. Alcalá’s hills are a large natural area close to the city, and from its tallest hill (Ecce Homo), you can see how nature gives way to the urban landscape.

Oh! What a nice little friend :)! I love how it’s looking at the camera! And the color contrast between the human and the natural.

Thank you! For me, it was shocking to come across something like this on an arid path I had traveled so many times…

I’m afraid I don’t have much to contribute to this conversation: I see both as very similar… but I’m colorblind xD…

Thanks a lot for the tips :)!

Really :(? I was referring to transportability, not safety.

Here (in Spain, specifically in Madrid), public transport is quite safe and not bad… but it often requires making several connections, long travel times, a lot of planning, and walking for a while with heavy gear if you want to get to beautiful locations… I’m getting too old for this…[Read more]

My new lens is a Nikkor 16-35mm (77mm diameter). I’m using it on a full-frame camera (Nikon D810). One of the things that made me buy it (while I still have my 14mm) is the possibility of using threaded filters.

Going to locations with this and without a car is crazy:

Thanks :)! I took the picture for the cloud, but afterwards I saw that everything was more interesting flipped :)…

Thanks a lot, @loki !

All of these are awesome pictures. I thought ND filters were much more necessary for all these shots during daylight, but now I see some of them are possible without any filters.

I like to emphasize the silk effect with longer exposures, but I’ve heard from several photographers about finding a middle point to not lose…[Read more]

Thanks :)!

Oh! I thought longer exposures were mandatory for pictures like that… It’s a great shot!

An unexpected photo of a waterfall in the middle of an arid path I’ve walked many times without ever seeing anything like it. It must have emerged at this precise moment due to the rains, right at the end of spring, almost summer.

Wow! It looks like a fairytale place! I love the silk effect on the water. I need to add a neutral density filter to my gear… and find places like this!

Wow! Your image, Rob, works really well in B/W. Very dramatic processing. Half is texture, half is calm, with the sea and a spectacular sky in the background. With a bit of OCD, I would put the wall right in the middle, at right angles. There is symmetry with the girl on the right and the dark form on the left.

I want to share with you this…[Read more]

Wow! Very powerful image! Framing, composition… I love it!

Great composition! Very accurate for this thread with all these triangles!

Thanks :)! The last one is one of my preferred pictures but it’s a very typical image. In fact, I copied the idea and even the exact point of view of much others before me.

I like the b/w choice and the contrast!

Some old attempts of night architecture…