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On Figueroa Mountain Rd

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THE BARRON	2011-04-17 12:13 PM
Great shot, Jamie.
COMMENT 164623P	2011-04-17 12:19 PM
The photo is stunning--on all levels--color, composition, and cropping. Question for photographer, or others: Is HDR another tool in a long history of ever-improving technology to get the best possible picture, or is it going to far in manipulation of what is really in front of a camera? I've read extreme opinions on both sides in photography magazines. Of course, photography itself was not considered "real" art when it debuted a hundred+ years ago.
COMMENT 164624	2011-04-17 12:19 PM
Was that in-camera HDR or was it done later?
COMMENT 164626P	2011-04-17 12:21 PM
Wow, that's just beautiful! I was up there Wednesday, but the poppies looked old and damaged and weren't fully opened, even though the sun was out. Probably still a bit chilly. The clouds really make this shot special.
COMMENT 164633	2011-04-17 12:42 PM
beautiful shot!
CHERIDIANE	2011-04-17 01:00 PM
Fantastic shot.... whatever kind of camera you used.
COMMENT 164643	2011-04-17 01:53 PM
HDR makes my eyes bleed.
COMMENT 164685	2011-04-17 06:03 PM
Really beautiful. Colors are perfect. Is there a location? I would love to see this in person.
COMMENT 164688P	2011-04-17 06:11 PM
The sky looks as though a polaroid filter was used. I think HDR can work if you're not pretending to show what was actually seen, but what would have been seen if you were wearing photo-tint/polaroid glasses. My opinion, fwiw, most photography is not art any more than news articles are literature. Doesn't make them bad, just not art. Or, hopefully, "arty."
SHAKEY	2011-04-17 07:11 PM
Very nice , when I look at it , it looks like the clouds are moving, or it's just the funny smelling incents at Rogers Ha Ha
COMMENT 164703	2011-04-17 07:31 PM
Hi, I am the photographer, Thanks for the nice remarks. The camera is a Canon 7D with a 24-105mm f/4 L lens with a Uv haze filter I personally enjoy the surreal effect of HDR photography, however i agree it is not natural/realistic a majority of the time. It was quite windy at time, i took a series of HDRs at the location and each time the clouds were compleatly different.
COMMENT 164733	2011-04-18 01:04 AM
Wow What A shot!!! Beautiful!!!!
MARK-SB	2011-04-18 07:32 AM
Some info on HDR photos from Wikipedia: "High-dynamic-range imaging (HDR) "In image processing and computer graphics, HDR is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of an image. This wide dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the range of intensity levels found in real scenes. "Tone-mapping techniques, which reduce overall contrast to facilitate display of HDR images on devices with lower dynamic range, can be applied to produce images with exaggerated local contrast for artistic effect." I think HDR uses the higher dynamic range to create a picture that shows the "feeling" of the scene at the time. As for art-vs-craft: the debate continues whether photography, or writing, is an art or craft. Both are often considered art-and-craft. In my opinion, "artistic expression" is used in both disciplines and is expressed in how the final effect is displayed.
AQUAHOLIC	2011-04-18 07:41 AM
Gorgeous shot. I definitely view photography as art. How could you look at Ansel Adams work and not see art?
SEEDLADY	2011-04-18 07:54 AM
thanks, Mark for the illumination re: HDR. Not all of us are tech-no geeks... I was still using my Minolta SRT101 till a few years ago and took a few good photos. Now it's a Sony point and shoot...
COMMENT 164771	2011-04-18 08:18 AM
Aquaholic, I agree with a little hesitancy about Ansel Adams photos although I'd tend towards craft rather than art (and I have one of them on my wall and enjoy looking at it). It probably comes down to what is art. I don't find a replication of nature or the actuality, reality as art, nor a digital enhancement of it as art. Art, for me, is the human intervention, the human alteration of reality, creating a new reality rather than a capture, from snapshot to HDR, of what was seen. Another way of thinking about it would be how long does one spend looking at a picture, a photo or a piece of art, before catching what it is about, what it is saying? Most photos are but glanced at, rather more than the speed of the shutter, but not much. Neither better nor worse - I like photos and photography, the seeing that is part of the picture-taking, and I send some here to edhat. I just don't see them as "art".
COMMENT 164786	2011-04-18 08:38 AM
Stairway to heaven....
COMMENT 164805	2011-04-18 09:07 AM
Fabulous image you've captured! The clouds appear to move, the colors and the textures are so painterly. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
COMMENT 164852	2011-04-18 11:05 AM
HDR is very trendy in camera clubs, even though it tends to look rather harsh in some images.
DOUGBUCK	2011-04-18 11:06 AM
It's on Figueroa Mountain Road out of LosOlivos. You drive past the late Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch and continue up the road and then up the mountain. There are no turnoffs to lose your way.
COMMENT 165014	2011-04-18 08:15 PM
Wonderful work. I have a Canon D60 and the Rebel xsi and many lens, I love to shoot , though I need much more teaching. I love photography. You did a nice job here, thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!!!
COMMENT 165028	2011-04-19 06:29 AM
My feeling is that photography is a medium and what is created can be art or not. You can use paint to paint a wall or do a paint-by-numbers painting, you can use ink or pencil to doodle on the edges of a notepad, and you can use a camera to take a snapshot. Or you can create art. My dad has been able to create some interesting abstracts using photography as a medium and they are definitely not just recording reality with little thought or the aid of technology. I would argue they are art.

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