Photography Thailand Forum

[Renato]

These photos were taken at the Jiuzhaigou National Park. This is at the 3,500 meters height above sea level and going up here take hours by bus/van. I used a blue filter and PS to sharpen the edges as an experiment. The best time to come to this place is from October but then the place is really full of locals and foregners alike. C&C are welcome.

[antonie]

I guess if I had to walk past these two photos in an exhibition I would have looked at the top picture longer, the composition is more striking.  The fact that the valley is in the centre in the bottom picture is not that appealing to me. I also find the blue is to overwhelming, to the extent that I struggle to find the focus point, especially in the bottom picture. I am no expert, so take it for what it is worth  :)

[mahonyWeb]

Speaking personally, I think there is way too much blue.

[antonie]

Jingle, one more question, I see that the pictures are not the same horizontal width, is this a function of cropping for "publishing" on the web or is this how you store your "master" copies.  Since I am dependant on a small printshop here in Nonthaburi, I struggle with the concept of cropping for looks versus cropping for available print size.  Traditionally we have been told that 3 by 4 is what is easiest for the eye, yet in TV they are moving to 16 x 9 fast.  I once read that one should always think one fixed dimension, in  other words always 3 by 4 or what ever, since your eye gets used to compositions of similar proportions, any views on this would be appreciated.

[bjorn slis]

there's the reason to shoot in raw, then you can bring back more detail in the clouds

[Renato]

Hi guys, thanks for the various comments, Mahonyweb, I intended to make these shots more blue as an experiment,thus the title of the thread, actually I have some shots with the normal lens. Antonie, the reduction problem as usual make this different in sizes but they are the same in the master copy, so this is mostly for posting purposes. Bjorm, I started shooting  RAW but unfortunately not with these shots. Still learning the art of photography so please bear with me. Your comments really gave me ways to improve.

[antonie]

Jingle, does that mean you store all your master copies in the original size/format as from the camera, or do you crop them down to the size you like before you save them as a master copy?

[Renato]

Hi Antonie, I edit it first before putting them in the CDs for storage, so all the cropping and colour adjustments are done beforehand and also to delete unwanted shots. The trouble I always get is when posting as I have to reduce the size to below 350Kbs from 4-6Mbs and sometimes the sizes differ from the other, I will now try to make the postings to that of the same sizes if possible but I was hoping it doesn't matter so I did not really give it more of a thought. BTW I don't make prints of my photos at all. Thanks.

[antonie]

Jingle, thanks, I don't mind if they are different sizes, I was just wondering why, now I understand.
Thanks

[Renato]

You're welcome. I also forgot to mention that I still shoot photos using colour slides and films, I'd had them developed and then I scanned them to different file sizes, my Dimage Scan Dual III can scanned from 2Mbs up to 25Mbs. The latest model can scan up to 50Mbs++ I was told but I doubt if I will go for that at the moment. I am still having 2 Minolta SLR 800 series which I used before getting the KM DSLR. I just love taking photographs specially when travelling and it is not even my profession as I doubt if anyone will even buy it. Just like to share it in this forum.

[chunkeang]

rich of blue blue color!



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