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My first attampt at such things today with testing my sigma 10-20

not to bad for a first go in my eyes, what you all think?

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and a couple of panoramic pics, also a first attemp

this one was taken with 6 pics

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and this one with 4

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the rest can be found here

http://www.imagesbysw.com/gallery/v/Landscapes/

what do you think?
 
The clouds in the first are extremely blown out which detracts from the photo.
And the horizon in the second is w-e-l-l sloping. (water is always on a level) ;)

Third is my favourite.. the way the clouds sweep upwards and outward (y)
 
Janice said:
The clouds in the first are extremely blown out which detracts from the photo.
And the horizon in the second is w-e-l-l sloping. (water is always on a level) ;)

Third is my favourite.. the way the clouds sweep upwards and outward (y)
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:agree: 100%!
 
\you seem to still be having trouble with your exposure ie, the blown out clouds again.

Have you tried using a grad ND filter to hold back the light from the sky but without darkening the foreground?
 
nope, first go as i said with a sigma 10-20

and first go with land scapes in all honesty, as you will tell from my site i am more into Motorsports
 
I quite like the second one with the off kilter angle. I know it breaks the 'rules' but it kinda works for me for some reason. Clouds are a bit blown though agreed.

Did you shoot in raw? You might be able to get some details back.

Filters - either look at getting an ND grad filter, or a circular polarizer (hoya ones are good) can do the job sometimes, or just shoot in raw, make sure you expose for the clouds/sky and then bring back out the foreground in photoshop - Lots of guides around for doing this technique...
 
i do shoot in raw yeah. never tried the technique described

i liked the second one also. i was looking at more of the close ground in it but with the lens being so wide i took no notice of the water level
 
Hi,

A good start you've made - as mentioned the blown sky does spoil things a little.. ND grads are useful but for now just concentrate on getting the exposure for the sky, you may find the foreground a little dark but when shooting RAW is often possible to recover this.

Have you tried using the "exposure bracketing" feature on your camera too, comes in handy in such situations - try it at +/- 1 stop to start with

Main thing is to keep trying, practice makes perfect as they say !!

simon
 
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