Watermarked Landscape

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By: Paul de Beukelaar
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Photographer	Paul de Beukelaar {Karma:26449}
Project	#52 Patterns in Nature	Camera Model	Nikon D90
Categories	Landscape Nature Alternative Process	Film Format	Digital JPEG
Portfolio		Lens	AF-S DX VR Nikkor 18-200
Uploaded	3/1/2009	Film / Memory Type	JPEG
		ISO / Film Speed	200
Views	520	Shutter	1/125
Favorites	1	Aperture	f/11
Critiques	21	Rating	6.70 / 10 Ratings
Location	City - Gramstad State - ROGALAND Country - Norway
About	Enjoying a splendid mountain view, who doesn’t feel the need to make a picture? Also what more to accomplish in reaching the summit? : Thinking about higher and better :-) Fortunately on top of Dalsnuten, a gentle granite rock at 323 meters above sea level my subject or model, or other refreshing heart, would not walk away or unpredictably change before capturing. I also enjoyed the absence of stress, plenty of oxygen and Vitamin D at this location and finally taking my time for exploring my latest Nikon D90 camera. I should now find out the secret how making better pictures using a better camera. At least I already discovered that a twice more expensive camera would never make me a twice better picture. Some other factors as weather, inspiration and luck apparently are three times more important. So on average of all pictures made so far a quality increase would be something between 1.2 and 1.5 That would be a much better estimate. What further would it make a difference in any change of options to manual settings deviating from simply “auto” –or “switched off” ? Among hundred ways of technical (or just consumers sales-pitch ?) options like white balance, active D-lighting, color space and many more of these buz-things on my high-tech and sorry also top-heavy camera. On the summit I went into the experimental mode and tried all these options in gradual steps. Curiosity and maybe discovering to get from 1.5 to 1.55 or 1.57 better than previous. You never know. Never challenged too much my memory card either by taking all in jpeg fine large size (about 6 MB) instead of RAW (about 12 MB) Conclusion and a new view from the summit: All what I found most satisfactory after viewing and comparing with Picasa3 just the basic .NEF or RAW picture was superior to all those others with varied processing options reduced to equivalent and compressed jpeg output. So ..no processing and compression by the camera at all ? This image had to be reduced by compression from 12 MB to 400KB (severely chosen as the approximate UF limit). I used Picasa3 for this, not my camera, with a 80% quality reduction factor, 1600x1065 pixels as keeping it large and applied some extra brightening to please the eye. Essentially some real good things of my camera remained: 1/125, f11 with a 18-200 AF-VR Nikkor lens and ISO 200 with a CMOS sensor chip. That one in the new D90 is that of the D300. Pfff U felt asleep … Too Technical Story? … Not enough visualizing the heart ? In actually making and viewing this picture my own heart was also needed Enjoy my view and its background and if you got yourself through my thousand words, it was slightly more than only a picture could tell :-) Paul

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Teresa Ferraris {K:16126} 3/10/2009

Semplicemente meravigliosa!!!
baci ed abbracci
teresa

Paul de Beukelaar {K:26449} 3/10/2009

Good Evening Stan, I hope you enjoyed the day in this Andes like landscape,
all the best my friend,
Paul

Paul de Beukelaar {K:26449} 3/10/2009

Hi John, I'm most grateful to you in getting just your valued opinion. You observe as an eagle and describe it so very well, always further inspiring me. Thanks a lot once more.
cheers,
Paul

Paul de Beukelaar {K:26449} 3/10/2009

Thank you for watching and your appreciation Lugal,
all the best,
Paul

Paul de Beukelaar {K:26449} 3/10/2009

It WAS a nice place Erland, the picture was only a copy of it. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards, Paul

Stan Ciszek

{K:56854} 3/8/2009

Good morning Paul.
It remind me Peruvian Andine,loveli shot wit great camera.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing,
Have a great Sunday.
Stan.

John Hatz {K:156973} 3/7/2009

Excellent quality and clarity, especially in landscapes that have far far away areas into the frame I ask for the quality, the details of the trees are excellent, especially on that small resolution, sharpness at its best.

Lugal Sar {K:4838} 3/6/2009

Great work....