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Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Interrupting Moss posted:

If you're really into digital B&W, Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro is excellent.

Seconding this.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2009 12:16

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# ¿ May 22, 2013 18:07

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Taken about an hour before landing in Beijing.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2009 03:53

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

# ¿ Dec 29, 2009 23:03

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

# ¿ Jan 8, 2010 11:15

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Chinese haze: ruining contrast since the dawn of photography.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2010 13:19

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Disgustipated posted:

I think you did something right here. It isn't a particularly compelling subject, but you had good timing and placement of the sun. The whole thing looks rather hazy though, and I don't think that adds anything to the photo.

northward posted:

I actually really like this one as-is.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2010 10:38

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Col. Mustard posted:

I feel really lucky to have such great landscapes virtually in my backyard.

Where do you live?

# ¿ Apr 26, 2010 01:17

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

# ¿ Jun 5, 2010 01:06

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

scottch posted:

spf3million was using one in China for the shots above my post. I don't believe he uses it regularly for this thread, but I was impressed with those shots.

Aww thanks!

It's small enough to always have in my backback and on that particular trip, I only had an ultrawide zoom for the dslr so the little extra reach came in handy.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2010 22:22

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Both wide and long lenses can be used successfully for landscapes. I'd say the majority of people prefer wider angles.

Using the smallest aperture (highest f/#) will give you the greatest depth of field, so both the foreground and background will be in focus, generally a desired characteristic of a landscape photo. The problem is that most lenses are sharpest around f/8 or f/11. Most lenses are significantly less sharp at their narrowest aperture so I wouldn't recommend always going to f/22+.
This is another reason why people like wide angle lenses: due to the nature of the wide field of view, the depth of field (the distance in front of you that is in focus) is much bigger on wider angle lenses than on telephotos. This allows you to use an aperture closer to the lens' sweet spot (f/11 for example) and still have the foreground and background be in focus.

I'm not sure what you mean by not being able to zoom to infinity. Do you mean can't focus to infinity? If so, are you focusing manually or using autofocus? If focusing manually, usually turning the focus ring all the way in one direction will actually allow you to focus just past infinity meaning nothing will be in focus. Usually infinity focus is just a smidge short of the farthest the ring will go. I don't remember exactly why they do this but someone here knows.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2010 06:34

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

thefreshmaker posted:

Dumb question directed at the community in general: In a lot of your guys' photos, the sky and atmosphere look incredibly clear. Are you reducing haze in post? Or is that just from the conditions when you took the shot? If you're doing it in post, how? If it's the conditions at the time, any advice on how to predict haze-free atmosphere? Is it just humidity?

I live in China so my shits hazy as a mother fucker and as far as I know, there isn't a great way to get a clear sky if it was shot through haze. I'm guessing you shoot in a hazier environment than say someone living in New Mexico or Mongolia.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2010 13:55

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Dread Head posted:

This is one of my favorites you've posted in a while. Nice job.

e:

Glad I lugged my slr up the mountain

Saint Fu fucked around with this message at Oct 16, 2010 around 10:40

# ¿ Oct 16, 2010 10:00

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

octane2 posted:

Click image(s) to view on black background, avoid burning your retinas, and appreciate shadow detail.

An Inner Sanctum
Nature invites you to her inner sanctuary; a place of grace and majesty.

Great Otway National Park, Victoria.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
2s f/16.0 at 33.0mm iso250

Rocky Pathways
Boulders and a rock shelf protrude out from under streaking waves as they crash and recede in front of me.

Captured moments after sunset at a gorgeous location north of Sydney.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
4s f/16.0 at 17.0mm iso400

The Drapery Falls
After experiencing the heaviest rain in ten years, this past April, the waterways of the South Island of New Zealand were abundant; creeks and streams overflowing, and waterfalls pouring freely; you'd think there was a neverending water supply.

Presented here is the base of the magnificent Matai Falls in the lush dense temperate rainforest of the The Catlins on the south coast of the South Island.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
2.5s f/11.0 at 33.0mm iso200

H

You get the award for inducing in me the biggest eye rolls out of anyone here for your commentary and captions but I'll be damned if you don't always consistently post awesome photos.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2010 19:55

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Hotwax Residue posted:

Ok I went for the square crop

Awesome.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2011 20:19

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Dread Head posted:

WB looks off on these, your water is waay blue. I like the eddy in the second one though.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2011 20:20

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

TheAngryDrunk posted:

Death Valley RV by xxyzz road, on Flickr

Woah.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2011 12:07

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

RazalasSol posted:

Smokey Hills by razalas_solrac, on Flickr

That's awesome. Was it after a fire?

# ¿ Mar 28, 2011 06:56

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Hotwax Residue posted:

Nice reflection. I love that the water isn't still.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2011 11:50

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Falco posted:

Col. Mustard
Awesome Yosemite photos. I live 4ish hours from there and I have yet to visit. I think it needs to be in the cards this fall.

A couple phtoos from my Utah/Arizona road trip.

IMG_0641 by Shane Duff, on Flickr

Ever seen 127 Hours? :shudder:

# ¿ May 3, 2011 01:56

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

slothmeister posted:

2.

B&W Long Exposure by Adam Bolwell, on Flickr

53 groups on flickr? good lord

# ¿ May 25, 2011 12:06

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

brandino posted:

Sup doggy dogs, here's a Hasselblad shot from Yosemite this last weekend:

Half Dome from Glacier Point by bjsmith1984, on Flickr

I love Yosemite

# ¿ Oct 1, 2011 16:35

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

_MG_1707 by spf3million, on Flickr

# ¿ Apr 22, 2012 18:39

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Revolucion posted:

Mt Direction, ANZAC Day

I recognized this as a Revolucion photo before I saw who posted. Very cool.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2012 09:08

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

MMD3 posted:

What would you guys say is the single most useful lens in your camera bag for landscapes?

135mm is my most used landscape focal length, but I'm weird.

# ¿ May 9, 2012 04:01

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

InternetJunky posted:

The farmers ploughing their fields make for some scenic pictures:

This is awesome

# ¿ May 13, 2012 16:02

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Startrails-166 by spf3million, on Flickr

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 16:03

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Kujaroth posted:

Turimetta by Aztatlan, on Flickr

This is my favorite of the 4. The sky is awesome.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2012 09:27

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Work great as triptychs.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2012 18:05

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

MrBlandAverage posted:

Dettifoss by RHITMrB, on Flickr

# ¿ Jun 25, 2012 17:32

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

MrBlandAverage posted:

N�mafjall by RHITMrB, on Flickr

Untitled by RHITMrB, on Flickr

double

neckbeard posted:

Saint Fu - thanks for the Mount Hua recommendation, I really liked Xi'an, that city is going to be insane in 5-10 years at the rate it/the area is going

Oh hey, glad it worked out for you. I hope it wasn't too terribly crowded. Did you get wild and walk along the crazy death cliff?

_MG_3635 by spf3million, on Flickr

Saint Fu fucked around with this message at Jun 26, 2012 around 16:36

# ¿ Jun 26, 2012 16:31

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

Holistic Detective posted:

Bonsai Valley by Tim Breeze, on Flickr

Wow, I love this. A lot.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2012 12:41

Saint Fu: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm make 'em feelin alright now

xzzy posted:

Anyone got advice or links to a crash course on ND/graduated filters? I just got my first set in yesterday and I leave on a road trip in two weeks so that gives me some time to get used to how they function.

What type/brand did you get? I'm thinking about getting some for an upcoming road trip as well.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2012 14:56