Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.

[Lost Canadian]

Just remember that the eye goes to the lightest area of a photograph. And can tend to stay there.

I strongly believe in "negative" space in a print, but the "negative" space needs to have balance in itself, as well as in the whole image.

I like the sky in the seventh image.

My intention, at least with the process, was to push the nonlinear perspective of these a bit to create some depth. By brightening up the sky/clouds/fog, it brought the darker elements forward, which I felt was a good thing as they are the focus. Another thing was that even with the clouds toned down they were still the brightest part of the picture by a fair margin, and one problem I was having with them in their toned down state was their form and texture seemed to crowd the space and was confusing a number of the scenes by imparting a mis-matched perspective of their own. Basically they were working in contrast to my intents.

Now, in all honesty I wish I could just go back to when I shot these because I've learned quite a bit since then, but I won't be going back any time soon so I'm making due with what I have. That said, I still like them for memory sake, and it has been a bit of a battle to figure out what works best with these shots, thankfully I think I'm finally content.

I really appreciate all the comments, it's refreshing when talk about the decision process that goes into making our pictures.

 

[ETAV8R]

Trona Pinnacles

Panamint Range

Saline Valley

 

[MatthewThompson]

Correct the horizon to level and this is a winner.

 

[nwoods]

Canyonlands, this summer.

I think that mirror shot is really cool!

 

[Skylinerider]

Cedar Canyon

 

[RHINO]

racetrack

i took this pic 5 times with a little tweak on each and this is the best but still not quite exposed right, and that flare on top,, ewww. i like it anyway

 

[HB 4X4]

racetrack

i took this pic 5 times with a little tweak on each and this is the best but still not quite exposed right, and that flare on top,, ewww. i like it anyway

What settings did you use? How did you meter the exposure?

If you shot in RAW you may be able to recover some of the shadow details.

 

[smslavin]

Grand Canyon, South Rim

Southwestern Colorado on the way to Durango

 

[Sexy6Chick]

^Those are stunning.

 

[Mr. Leary]

Southwestern Colorado on the way to Durango

Beautiful pictures, as always.

Amazing how much that looks like 385 on the way to Big Bend!

 

[Mr. Leary]

Big Bend Ranch State Park

 

[photoman]

Trying out a new lens-

 

[photoman]

First shots of the New Year and testing out a new zoom lens.

 

[nwoods]

Little easier to see it this way

 

[nwoods]

I like the blade pattern in this one: