My photo of the week 72

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Escribano

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My photo of the week 72

Been a while since I posted a photo. Here's one from December taken on an iPhone (hence the sky being blown out) but hey, it caught my eye when walking the dog in my local park.

Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

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SephardRick

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

Beautiful! Peaceful and green.

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Paul Magnussen

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

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Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

Is this a new feature? I hope so, it will save a fair amount of work.

Beautiful photo, BTW: I’m amazed at the image quality.

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gbv1158

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

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Been a while since I posted a photo

.....and I hope you don't stop to provide us with other special photos of yours .. :-)

ciao
giambattista

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BarkellWH

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

Beautiful photo, Simon. Not to get too dramatic, but the way you captured the light playing off the clouds on the left and off the trees and vegetation reminds me of the 19th century Hudson River School of painting in America. Of course, the subject matter was very different--exploration and panoramic wilderness landscapes in America, but the way you captured the light could have been painted by Albert Bierstadt or Thomas Cole.

Bill

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El Kiko

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

your i phone seems to have captured the colours fairly well
Like a William Turner painting if it was in oils

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 26 2016 20:54:54

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

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Is this a new feature? I hope so, it will save a fair amount of work.

Yes, I have been remiss in not fixing this before. I am always editing and resizing my own photos, but it saves others some work. Anders pointed out a massive image recently, so I hacked the code to limit display sizes.

Thanks for your kind comments.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2016 8:37:23

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to gbv1158)

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....and I hope you don't stop to provide us with other special photos of yours .. :-)

I won't :-)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2016 8:37:42

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to BarkellWH)

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the way you captured the light could have been painted by Albert Bierstadt or Thomas Cole.

Thanks Bill. I looked them up and see what you mean. I am a sucker for light, photography is painting with light, after all, but a lot of people completely forget that core truth. A decent image pops up in front of me every few weeks, but not when I go looking for them.

One doesn't need an expensive camera, but I have collected quite a few :-)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2016 8:41:10

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to El Kiko)

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your i phone seems to have captured the colours fairly well
Like a William Turner painting if it was in oils

Thanks. Post-processing in Lightroom usually does the trick.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2016 8:42:05

estebanana

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

I agree with Bill there is Hudson River school vibe, but the light is mysterious too.

I was thinking about this photo yesterday and it also brought to mind Jacob van Ruysdael Albrecht Altdorfer and Caspar David Friedrich because the light is kind of other worldly.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2016 23:12:21

Anders Eliasson

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RE: My photo of the week 72 (in reply to Escribano)

I like the blown out sky.
It give the image a painting like picture quality. Who want perfect realism. Your own eyes see something different every split second.

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