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Land of Enchantment

© Pamela K

Land of Enchantment

Uploaded: January 24, 2005

Description

Sandhill cranes browsing in a flooded field in front of the rolling foothills of the Chupadera Mountains, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (The Land of Enchantment); This shot is from my first outing with my new 20D; Canon 70-300 DO IS USM @ 120 mm; F 10.0 1/500s ISO 200; Feedback greatly appreciated!!!

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Pamela K January 24, 2005

I'm trying to start taking more landscape shots. Any critiques/comments would be welcome!

Pam #208610

January 24, 2005

I like the detail on the bottom part. It would be neat to have a close up of all the bird flying at the same level as the water ... just a thought.

V/R #1061312

Pamela K January 24, 2005

Thank you, Rhina! I have some close up shots taken from a slightly different vantage point, but I was trying to get the mountains into the shot. I think I might need to try to find a shot with a more dynamic foreground... The only problem is that this shot was taken at a wildlife refuge and a lot of areas (like where the cranes are in this shot) are out of bounds. I'll see if I can find anything similar to what you're suggesting next time I go out shooting.

Pam #1061335

Pamela K January 24, 2005

Here's another shot that I had taken with my old camera... Is this what you were thinking of, Rhina?
Fall Flying

Pam #1061337

Larry Lawhead level-deluxe January 25, 2005

Nice shot, Pam!! Love the sweep of the mountains... you get a real sense of space and depth!

      LarryL http://lsqrd.blogspot.com/

#1062095

Pamela K January 25, 2005

Thank you, Larry! That's what I was going for... I wanted to showcase the mountains and use the birds to anchor them to a place outside of the mountains... Not sure if it worked quite the way I was hoping, though...

Pam #1062467

Nick Boren February 02, 2005

Pam,

I like your Land of Enchantment image. The lightning is good, nice and soft. Great composition, the only thing that would have made it better in my humble opinion is if you would have been closer to the wildlife.

Great shot, I love landscape photography!!

Nick
nboren@centurytel.net #1080669

Pamela K February 02, 2005

Thank you, Nick!! I do have some closer wildlife shots, but I was trying to focus a little more on the landscape. I'll keep watching for that perfect shot, though, that allows me to showcase both... :-)

Pam #1080705

Robert Bridges February 06, 2005

Composition is fine, sharpness is fine whats lacking is dramatic light. Try early morning or dusk. #1087846

Pamela K February 07, 2005

Thank you, Robert. I took this in the evening, but I guess I needed to wait for the sun to be down a little further. I go back there occasionally, so I'll try to catch it right next time. Thanks for the insight!

Pam #1088331

Amy M. Parish February 08, 2005

Good job! I love that scene, we took quite a few of those mountains when we were in the bosque a while back. The shape are just incredible, and so different than Abq. I think if you had gotten any closer to the wildlife you wouldn't have been able to see the mountains in quite the same way. Getting shots at Dusk at this time of year can be tricky, sunset happens so quickly. These are probably facing the wrong direction, so they won't turn red like the Sandias, right? This is probably the best you can get for lighting with this set of mountains, unless maybe you were able to go out when there was some cloud cover, that can sometimes help the drama. What I had to do with my pics was actually deepen and saturate the colors. Perhaps the answer would be to use a filter? Something gradated, perhaps a warm filter or something to deepen the blue. Still, you did a wonderful job, and I like it! #1090966

Pamela K February 08, 2005

Thank you for such a detailed evaluation, Amy! It's good to hear from someone who's seen the place. I like the idea of a graduated filter, but don't own one. Is there a photoshop equivalent? I'll keep my eye out for a good sunset to use as well.

Pam #1092249

Amy M. Parish February 09, 2005

You can use the lasso tool to select most of the sky--maybe the top 2/3'rds of the sky. Then, if you feather by about 150 pixels to get a nice soft gradation, you can play with color and darkness and saturation and all that fun stuff and see what you get. #1093090

Pamela K February 09, 2005

Thank you again, Amy. I'll play with it and see what I come up with!

Pam #1093252


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