Steve Walker

Add to the landscape guidelines and recommendations: always watch your back.

Thanks all. Best of all, perhaps, is that the view is right outside our room’s window at the Inn.

I went to an Anselm Adams exhibit once and was shocked at how dark the photos were. I really like the dark mood in the clouds. The land is a trifle dark but just a trifle.

And they often give a sense of depth to the scene. Still, wall space is at a premium in most homes and this would almost certainly claim a place if it were mine.

Oh, yeah…

I lay in bed, thinking the day would be a bust. When I awoke… 

The next hour or more, the mists swirled in and out, changing the light every few minutes. A wonderful morning.

I use Photographer’s Ephemeris to do those same things. Desktop app is free and a small fee for mobile versions. The only thing I haven’t figured out (and I’m pretty sure it does have the information) is the height of the moon/sun. I’m forever getting to places at moonrise and finding it behind a line of trees and having to wait a loong time…[Read more]

Who wouldn’t want to be there! Well done.

Of course, sometimes, cloudy and drizzly conditions make for some very very fine b&w work, especially if there is textures in the sky that matches the grains of sand and stone.

This has been very helpful to me. Graham, I normally like yellow light. On my monitor, esp my ipad, this has a greenish tint, and I think that is what made me think the yellow overcooked.

Anyway, this pushes me to study the pieces and parts more than I have become accustomed to— which is, after all, why I need to be here.

Interesting. On my monitor and to my taste, the yellow is a bit too much. It also appears to have reduced the contrast a bit. Your landscape appears 10 x 8 which is almost square but not quite. You have preserved the movement which I really do like. I see it as left to right rather than right to left,  as though she was sitting back then came to…[Read more]

For my taste, it is too tight, especially on the left where the “ghost” is removed from the frame.  In trying to get rid of the bright doorway, I didn’t consider the dark on the right.

I did that yesterday too but noticed right away and was able to edit my comment before it was noticed.

I will try that. I have intended to retain the bench arm over there. Cropping the doorway completely might make that a bit tight, but might not make any difference.

Impressive detail, exposure and color. I suspect it might make an equally effective b&w for Ansel Adams fans. Well done.

Thanks. The right hand side does have the glass doorway and its brightness is part of the reason I cropped to square. Still, a bit bright, though.

Since there is no detail to be retrieved, I suggest a crop to just above the track and down from the mostly empty sky, giving a 1 x 2 or 3 aspect ratio.

I do think Lenny’s exposure work is good and needed. For me, including the faces via reflection would distract from the intrigue I feel looking at the lap sitting by what appears to be a large teenager on the somewhat older woman (mom?). Having a face and seeing what they might (or might not) have in their hands would reduce part of the mystery.…[Read more]