Posted by Lance Burch on February 9, 2011 at 10:07 AM
This was from an 09 trip to Flat Tops Wilderness. I only had a little joby tripod with me so it was hard to get above the brush along the shoreline. I proper this one on a boulder. I would like to get some feedback. Winds were about 15mph and about an hour later it rained and then started snowing on us. Just another August day.
Posted by Lance Burch on February 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Ok, how do you optimize the size for uploading. I tried save for web and devices in photoshop and 700x300 makes the file to big (300kb limit). I'll put it on flickr and point to it when I get to work.
Posted by Lance Burch on February 9, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on February 9, 2011 at 5:39 PM
The large, centered boulder really domiates this composition. Did you really want to make it the main subject of this image?
When you are saving-for-the-web in photoshop, use the jpeg quality slider to reduce the file size.
Posted by Grant Collier on February 9, 2011 at 6:13 PM
I think that instead of the joby tripod, I would have just bumped up the ISO a little and handheld it to the composition you want. You can put it on continuous-shooting mode and take several exposures for each shot and then see which one is in best focus. As it is, it doesn't look like this is in perfect focus anyway. The light also seems a little blah, so I don't think this shot compares with the great shots of the spider web and b&w city shots you posted earlier.
Posted by John Mumaw on February 9, 2011 at 6:22 PM
The foreground hides the background, which is what I really want to see.
Posted by Lance Burch on February 9, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Thanks guys. Good feedback. I liked that area (Flat Tops) a lot. Didn't come away with much to speak of. Hadn't studied comp a whole lot when we did this trip. I'll keep learning.
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9 repliesWhen you are saving-for-the-web in photoshop, use the jpeg quality slider to reduce the file size.