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Wildflower Forests
lately I have studying the work of *MarcAdamus who is one of the best landscape shooters there is, period. (don't bother watching him, he hasn't been on DA in over a year and was here briefly, he is on sites like fredmiranda.com and naturephotographers.net however) [link] His work often appearing in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer and Popular Photography, I have learned a lot from watching his images and watching how he describes his workflow in detail on other sites. Ya, influence I suppose you can say. One thing that has caught my eye is the amount of detail he brings out in these shots and his lighting that he is able to capture. Some of the detail, naturally, is from using some of the best & sharpest lenses there is, almost all primes, along with knowing how to exactly sharpen an image which he describes here [link] While I do not use his sharpening technique per say, (I use the FredMiranda Ultra Sharpen Toookit for that), I have started applying some techniques to my images that I feel I have learned from him. And this is the very first shot I have dabbled with in regards to that. I actually shot this handheld using my Minolta 18-200DT lens for this shot. I also bracketed about 10 times for this one shot, playing with the WB, EV, and iso levels along with the Fstops. This shot I feel is the best out of all of them. Naturally shot in RAW and output through Lightroom and PS. I was really going for atmosphere here, I simply love this area of Rocky Mountain National Park which is called The Alluvial Fan. It is nature as it is supposed to be....seen, witnessed, and untouched. And when I saw these massive fields of wildflowers, I almost fell over. It is hard to describe the kind of beauty I was witnessing. Well I hope you all enjoy it, let me know what ya think!  Thanks everyone for your feedback & comments. It is impossible for me to say thank you to everyone who leaves comments, as it takes away from me seeing YOUR work, but if you do I will swing by your page and check your work out.Thanks! ---John ------------------------ See more on my website jdebordphoto.comAll artwork is © John De Bord, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent Comments
 really pretty. great capture and nice colors.
-- Hey! If u add me I'll add U! -I'm proud to say that I LOVE JESUS CHRIST!!! And not afraid to admit it! Here's my page [link]  Beautiful shot John... Could you have shot it wider, to really pull out that foreground?
 -- Falafel Thanks and yes I could have BUT that shot already exists, is in landscape format, and is soon to come!
 -- John, your deviantART Gallery Moderator of Photography>Animals, Plants & Nature jdebordphoto.com my website -- Falafel  Brilliant work John. The composition, color, lighting and atmosphere captured is outstanding...however I'm quite the Marc Adamus nut and I know he's not a big fan of Prime Lenses...
Copy Pasting from Marcadamus.com MY CAMERA GEAR # These images were captured on a variety of professional film and digital formats. Below is the list of gear I presently use. # Canon 1Ds Mark III Camera # Canon 16-35 f/2.8L Lens # Canon 24-105 f/4 L Lens # Canon 70-200 f/4 L Lens I also think that in the resolutions we display on the internet the difference between a prime and zoom lens's sharpness is irrelevant because of the sharpening filter we apply to our photos. In Full size print you're gonna see the difference but it's also not that much. Something that I have found to help a lot is Live View on my 40D. Switch it on, zoom in 10 times and get the focus dead on with MF. -- Capturing the Southern African landscape [link] yep, I always shoot a lotta teh same scene in different styles, gotta be done!
-- John, your deviantART Gallery Moderator of Photography>Animals, Plants & Nature jdebordphoto.com my website  I love it... duh... I hadn't thought of playing with anything other than f-stops when bracketing. I'm glad to see that *MarcAdamus is still around... you are right he is the best!!!-- "I give everything I see... all the meaning it has for me." A Course in Miracles, Lesson 2 Please check out the gallery of my far better half... *ariseandrejoice Odd, I was reading an article that said otherwise, where he was talking about how he uses a lotta primes in the lower ranges, 28mm, and the like. Maybe he updated his gear? Hell he probable gets most of it for free anyhow! lol Can you even imagine!?!?! 2 other guys I have been watching closely just as much are
Jesse Spear [link] and Guy Tal [link] Again MASSIVE influences on my work. I know you already know Nate-- *Nzeman but do you know Michael? *yenom Check him out if you don't. Ehhh I am not so sure about that though with the resolution, maybe, maybe not, I think when you have a shot which is dead on sharp, then it is just dead on sharp! When you resize and sharpen it, it still will be, but a dull shot will always be just that. Dull. Like a soap opera! lol -- John, your deviantART Gallery Moderator of Photography>Animals, Plants & Nature jdebordphoto.com my website Thanks! Oh he is still around, just not on here any longer
-- John, your deviantART Gallery Moderator of Photography>Animals, Plants & Nature jdebordphoto.com my website  Awesome lighting, composition with some great colors !! Great capture !
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