Skyline Shots - - Theme of the Week May 16 - 22, 2010

[Diamond Lil]

Thanks for voting in the poll and picking our winner for the coming week. Our theme for the week May 16 - 22, 2010 is

Skyline Shots

This is a thread that could go on forever!



Remember, at any time you can submit an idea and it will be added to the Theme of The Week Brainstorm List (http://www.moviephotoforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=448).

[Heavens Thunder]

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/beachl_103.jpg Beach and Skyline that Goes on For Ever !

[Kodatech]

I want to do a panorama of the city lights, but I am not sure I will be getting to it this week, so here is an archive shot.



http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/SunriseShadows.JPG

[Bluesbird]

Sorry I have not had any time to take new shots so here are some old ones of mine.

Sunrise from the top of Haleakala, Maui (10,000 ft).
http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/757/medium/MG_7845.jpg

Reflection of the sunset in the clouds across the street from my house. I really wanted a shot without power lines but sometimes you have to take what you get!
http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/757/medium/MG_2821.jpg

[echo3]

Great start everyone!! Vanessa, your 2nd picture is incredible!

[Diamond Lil]

I have to get out to see some skyline! You are all doing good work.

Vanessa, Sunrise from the top of Haleakala, Maui is wonderful!

[LunaTique]

Great start everyone :thumbsup


http://lunatique.smugmug.com/photos/777394034_bnLQA-O.jpg



http://lunatique.smugmug.com/photos/777395477_RzGTW-XL.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

Great scenes to wake up to LT!

[echo3]

Nice LT, the 1st one makes me want to get out and ride!:ride:

[LunaTique]

Thanks Ladies :D

[EZE RIDER]

Great shots everyone.

I plan to submit some more but heres my contribution for now. You can see some anomoly in the sky portion of the pic, I reduced the quality too far for posting (15%) I'm going back to my normal 25%


http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/731/medium/DSC_4382.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

The anomaly sort of works with it Ed. I like it.

[Kodatech]

That anomoly is gradient banding. It is a tough one to combat, but it is more common with 8-bit images as opposed to 16 bit images. The shots I post on the web here are 8-bit, but the ones I store in my archives and the ones I print are 16 bit images.

Here is something that might interest anyone having a problem with gradient banding.

http://fringefocus.com/2010/tutorial/less-janky-%E2%80%94-how-to-stop-banding-in-your-images

[Heavens Thunder]

Very Nice Everyone.

[Diamond Lil]

On our way home last night after seeing the white whitetail we were struck with how pretty the view appeared. So I pulled
over to make a photo so you could see it too. The light that looks like lens flare is actually the reflection of a road sign illuminated by the car ahead.

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/530/The_Northern_Sky_sm.jpg
The Northern Sky

[LunaTique]

Thanks for sharing Lil The sunset is beautiful :thumbsup

What is the story on the White Tail Lil ? I hope it was not a white knuckle moment.

[Diamond Lil]

Thanks for sharing Lil The sunset is beautiful :thumbsup

What is the story on the White Tail Lil ? I hope it was not a white knuckle moment.

Thanks LT. Fortunately the only thing white was the creature. Here is the thread (http://www.moviephotoforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1680).

[AtillasGirl]

I gotta catch up.... took a little western hiatus.... Snowing in Salt Lake City YESTERDAY....

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/SLC_snow_in_may.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

Still a beauty of a backdrop!

[AtillasGirl]

Took this with my phone coming home.... Sunrise Mountain outside of Vegas.

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/LV_skyline_a.jpg

[Kodatech]

Not really sure if this is considered a skyline shot, but here it is.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4641258040_b7c50af0ec_b.jpg

[Heavens Thunder]

Very cool shots from everywhere and beautiful you All !

[LunaTique]

I gotta catch up.... took a little western hiatus.... Snowing in Salt Lake City YESTERDAY....

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/SLC_snow_in_may.jpg

Great mountain skyline Looks like an advertisement for the airport

[LunaTique]

http://lunatique.smugmug.com/photos/877237103_vuoi6-O.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

The thing that is interesting is that we do not see the typical city building skyline in this thread. We see the skylines many of us live around. Good posts everyone.

[AtillasGirl]

The Salt Lake City and Las Vegas ones I posted always reminds me to take the time to look around. Even though the airplanes and all that "stuff" are in the foreground, it still reminds me to look at the majesty of the mountains. Same way with the view over the house in Vegas. I have problems with getting caught up in the world and not taking the time to appreciate it all.

[AtillasGirl]

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/vegas_view.jpg

[Kodatech]

Here is another view, a little less foreground and a little more sky.

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/More_Clouds_In_Salem.jpg

C&C welcome. :-)

[Diamond Lil]

Much more dramatic Mike. The dof is nice to as it brings me right into the hills and could almost leave me there. The colors are interesting. Did you boost blacks or something?

[Kodatech]

I ALMOST always boost the black point in my landscape shots. I just think most of them look a bit better with a little bit of pure black in the shadows. :)

[Diamond Lil]

I like it.

[Bluesbird]

Here is a panoramic skyline shot of Hamilton, Ontario taken from the escarpment (the original shoreline of the great lakes) with the downtown to the left and the steel plants to the right. You can see Lake Ontario in the distance. This was a composite of eight shots joined using the program Calico. I know there has to be a way that I could do this so you can enlarge the image but I don't know how to do that.

[url=http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=17336]http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/757/medium/Pano_MG_9986.jpghttp://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/757/Pano_MG_99861.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

Super pano of a beautiful city Vanessa!

[Bluesbird]

Thanks, Lil!

[Bluesbird]

:dance Thanks Lil!!! Pasted in the hyperlink and it works. You can even see Toronto way in the distance. Hamilton is not the prettiest of cities but its got lots of character.

[LunaTique]

Very nice Vanessa

[Heavens Thunder]

Very Nice indeed !

[Diamond Lil]

:dance Thanks Lil!!! Pasted in the hyperlink and it works. You can even see Toronto way in the distance. Hamilton is not the prettiest of cities but its got lots of character.

You are very welcome.

[Bluesbird]

Thanks, LT and Heaven's Thunder! I appreciate it.

[polizzio]

Impressive image. One day I will have to learn how to do.

[EZE RIDER]

Love it!

[echo3]

http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/607/medium/NYC_from_NJ-B.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

I :heart NY

Black and white brings out NYC's old style charm. Good one Erin!

[echo3]

Thanks Lil, here is another….
http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/607/medium/NYC_b_w.jpg

[Diamond Lil]

Wonderful!

[echo3]

Thank you Lil.:)

[Diamond Lil]

More! More!

[echo3]

in black and white http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/607/medium/NYC_b_w_skyline.jpg

in color
http://www.moviephotoforums.com/photopost/data/607/medium/NYC_in_color.jpg
I think I like the
color version of this one.

[Heavens Thunder]

Breathe taking Pictures Erin and very Book Worthy !

[echo3]

Thank you so much Jeff! :blush

[LunaTique]

Nice work Erin

[echo3]

Nice work Erin

Thank you LT!