On 12/17/2010 11:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
MD? Maryland?
Yes, MD USA it is /grin/.
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/12/peso-2010-62-around-bend.html
Is this one slightly crooked?
Could be. I did not play with the horizontals and verticals... But
(tall) cars are known to lean on a side when they are turning... /wink/.
Those are stark reminders that Israel really is, largely, a desert.
They also do a good job of showing the natural beauty of the desert.
Thanks.
They also show how hard it is to photograph in desert light. The
bright sections look as if they could use bringing up the blacks, but
that would plunge the shadows into utter darkness. However, I realize
that you are not at liberty to wait until the perfect light for each
of those shots, and I've got no idea how to do a conventional photo
to handle those conditions, though I wonder if a polarizer would
knock down a touch of the reflected glare, and have less effect on
the landscape that's in the shade.
I don't have 77 mm polarizer for my Sigma 24-60/2.8. Though looking in
viewfinder I did not saw any need for it. Might be I was wrong.
I also took a dozen film shots with MX and FA 20/2.8. But for these I
will have to wait until the film is done with, developed and scanned.
At the risk of being hounded from the list as a blasphemer, it seems
that that landscape would be great material for HDR techniques. I'm
not normally a fan of HDR and tone mapping, and it is often
inappropriately used, but those views could be great raw material for
the technique.
Well, though I don't condone such evil practices, you could surely come
here for a visit and have it your way. The desert won't mind /wink/.
I don't think that the problem is in the contrast range between dark
shadows and bright mountains or hills or ridges. In my view the problem
is in the direction of light or rather lack thereof. So, the textures
and forms are not emphasized enough...
But I hope to be able to return there some day.
Boris
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