Touches by Jay Daley

Early in my photographic life I was told that, in the end, landscape photography comes down to two things and two things only – composition and light. If you can get those two right you will capture a good image. With so many tools at our disposal today it’s easy to forget the fundamentals and I am the first one to admit my guilt. If it’s not up to standard I can usually wrestle it back. The last image I posted (Hurry up and dream) was shot with some of the best light I had ever witnessed and together with a carefully measured composition it was as close to S.O.C as I have probably ever produced. After we had finished with our amazing find at the lake Jake and I quickly packed our bags and set off to make our way back to the Cascades (our original plan) but we were once again bought to a stop along the way when we saw the light above these dead trees. With the 15mm still on I hurried around some compositions I had tested a few days earlier. A few quick exposure tests to help with optimizing my DOF and I was underway. The light was still there and the results looked spectacular on the back of the camera. A month later and in the comfort of home I opened the files. Things were looking good but my natural inclination was to wrestle with the image. Why? I don’t know. It’s taken me the better part of 3 days to realise my problem. The image didn’t need wrestling. After all my trial and error, I have undone most of what I did. Some WB, some contrast curves, some dodging on the branches, extra saturation and a vignette. It’s not as close to S.O.C as Hurry up and dream but it’s closer than I thought it needed to be 3 days ago. So. I’m not saying the composition and light here are perfect but they’re good enough to carry the image through on it’s own merits. Lesson to oneself – in the end, landscape photography comes down to two things, composition and light.

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The Drama Sky by Greg Boratyn

The drama in the sky. I was about to add Godzilla to this scene to make it more dramatic 🙂

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Incantation by Timothy Poulton

The snowy peaks of the Andes spawn thousands of gushing streams and waterfalls in Patagonia. From majestic mountains to trembling volcanoes, Patagonia remains the unspoiled frontier of South America. The air of adventure in El Chaltén, Argentina, is palpable. How could one not feel it, when the town itself is cradled in the midst of some of the most impressive mountain scenery this side of the Equator? And in the distance looms a whole line of magnificent, unrelenting peaks, including the pinnacle of them all, Cerro Fitz Roy, a 6,000-foot tall mammoth. Check out my website oneofakind.photography for next years Patagonia adventures and other epic locations.

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An eye in the Sky by Greg Boratyn

This is a spot many goes to, and shoot from, while in Patagonia, Argentina. It’s no wonder I run into some interesting people at this particular location, like my Russian friend and awesome photographer Daniel Kordan, or Marc Adamus who doesn’t need any introduction. I also hang out with my good friend/photographer from UK Andrew Waddington who built a “rocky” fortress there to protect us from high winds 🙂
I like this place and I always take my clients there for one or two shots. This place is really a sunrise location but it can also look great at the sunset time. With the intense light from the sunsetting sun that illuminated the hills around the river, (normally green/blue in color) I liked the setting and drama in the sky. I used my NG grad to captured it. I wanted to record some clouds movement and limit the intensity of light piercing through the openings in the clouds that changed within the time of exposure.

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you can make it better by iD’s

what i hv to do for a better work : 1. make a vision
2. know the subject very well 3. Make a plan
4. Take the shoot 5. back home to process 6, show your unique style
7. don’t forget to put your soul inside

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Glorious daybreak at Mesa by Lara Koo

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*** by Magda Bognar

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