Getting to know all of you.

[iceman17]

Im Mike and have recently posted in the nature forum.Landscape photography is also my passion so I thought I would post some shots in here as well.I live in the country and these were all taken within a 20 mile radius of my home.Thanks for your time.In some cases the sky was a wash out so I had to fix it.Thanks...Mike

http://iceman17.smugmug.com/photos/32308386-M.jpg

http://iceman17.smugmug.com/photos/32306928-M.jpg

http://iceman17.smugmug.com/photos/32292589-M.jpg

http://iceman17.smugmug.com/photos/32308396-M.jpg


http://iceman17.smugmug.com/photos/32306930-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Mike, all those are absolutely fantastic! I can only imagine having them printed 20x30 on the canvas or lustre and framed ...:thumb

What gear and what pp techniques did you use (if you don't mind my asking)?

Cheers!:1drink

[Richard]

Im Mike and have recently posted in the nature forum.Landscape photography is also my passion so I thought I would post some shots in here as well.I live in the country and these were all taken within a 20 mile radius of my home.Thanks for your time.In some cases the sky was a wash out so I had to fix it.Thanks...Mike
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Welcome to Dgrin, Mike. Those are all so good it's hard to pick a favorite, but #1 and #4 really blow me away. Looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers.

[iceman17]

Thanks Nikoli.I shoot with a Nikon D70 and Sigma lens.For these I was using the 28-300mm,yes very slow and not that sharp.I just bought the 50-500mm and am enjoying it.Photoshop was used and in some cases a slight blurr was added and then sharpened.Levels and hue&sat adjusted.Some shots had the sky replaced due to blow out in the clouds.Can you tell which ones...:dunno ..Mike

[gluwater]

They are all very good Mike. I especially like 1 and 3. I tried but I can't figure out which ones had the sky replaced, congratulations, you have successfully fooled at least one personhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/clap.gif. Hope to keep seeing more shots like these.

Nick

[iceman17]

Thanks for the kind words everyone.I replaced the sky in photo's 1,2 and 5.It just needed to be done.Thanks for taking the time to look...Mike

[Khaos]

Welcome to dgrin Mike. Great set.:thumb

[grimace]

I just stumbled across your post while doing a search on digital grin and was very impressed with your pics!! You're so lucky to have this many many photo ops so close to you. I look forward to seeing some of your other work in the future!!

-Adam
www.adamstravelphotography.com (http://www.adamstravelphotography.com/)

[Ted Szukalski]

Great shots. I would say there is something really special about the second one. I like its character - it's like an oil painting.

[tmlphoto]

A very nice set of images. Thanks for sharing. One nit pik, the right side of the tree line on image #2 has some layer mask issues I believe. Easy enough to fix. Again, great shots.

[erich6]

Mike,

These are all awesome shots. I like #3 and #4 the best. Nice rich colors and contrast. Thanks for sharing! :thumb

Erich