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doncarlito May 29th 2008
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doncarlito May 29th 2008heres the site http://www.silverglimth.com/portfolio_nature.html
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Pseudonym May 30th 2008Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) there is no fixed work flow that will get you a stunning photo every time. A lot of it has to do with being in the right place at the right time, and the rest is being covered in great detail in Fredrik's amazing guides.
Thanks to digital cameras, you can do a lot of trial and error with instant feedback, which lets you learn very quickly what will work in what situation. Beyond that, its just a matter of experience. -
Fredrik
May 30th 2008
Thanks for your compliments doncarlito!
The three photographs you're mentioning are three very different photographs, so there's no easy guide to follow or any tips that can really help you achieve this quickly.
The skies are coming down - this photograph was shot right after sunset which creates that special light. The only post-process done on this photograph is trying to bring out some of the shadows, it's not so noticeable in the small version on my site though. So this photograph is more or less straight out of the camera, the situation created the light - I just found a composition I liked and shot.
The last house on the road - this is shot in Infrared (IR) which is what created the unnatural colors. I have a tutorial written on IR that isn't published yet, so you'll have to wait until that one is out since it's way to difficult to explain quickly in this post.
The dark cathedral - there was great light which really made the individual stones in the cathedral stand out, but there's also a bit of post-process done in this photograph. I changed the white balance to counter the cold blue light the stones originally shown and I also changed the levels (histogram) so that the darkest point is truly black and the lightest point truly white.
As Pseudonym said, there's no easy way to get great photographs. It takes a lot of skill, both learning your own gear and understanding how to achieve the effect you want as well as having the ability to see the world and compose it through a camera. I personally don't consider myself being a skilled photographer, I'm still learning something new every time I'm out shooting.
If everything goes as planned I will be writing some more in-depth tutorials in the future on how I did to achieved special styles or such. But right now there's a whole lot of more basic tutorials that will need to be written first. I hope that helped at least a little bit, if there are specific things you want more detail into just let me know and I'll try and see if I think it's something that should be covered in a tutorial. -
doncarlito May 30th 2008thanks fredrik,im in no hurry,there are some more basics that i half to learn first,im just stund by those photos from your website,ill wait for your upcoming articles and thanks for making it easy to understand,i learn alot. thank you.
charlie chan -
Neo
May 30th 2008
photos are harder than most ppl think. but experience and practice is the best teacher
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sorry about my writing ,my english is not that good.