Quality is up, up, UP!

[Daddee]

Is it just me or are the quality of the photos going noticably upward recently?

We're getting some seriously tallented photographers developed out there.

Some of the fall color images posted by Letty and Tracy are particularly good.

Well done everyone.
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[Davis2001R6]

I would have to agree myself, I think technology has helped us a bit too.

[BoyNhisDog]

Yes, it has gone up. There is a lot of talent here and it is exciting watching them harness and grow it. What I see is a lot of is determination. Let's look back just a short time. Many were initially into a nature trail length hikes and now they are world-class extreme hikers. Tim can be blamed for at least part of that with that early R-R-R stuff. At first everyone was just shocked but then they said, I can do more than I'm doing as well. I mean who would have thought of something like that. Heat was trekking 20 miles over extreme terrain without even thinking about it. Then everyone started getting cameras and once they learned the exposure and basics, they started getting into some composition. There are some high-end writers as well but not all of them publish here.

My guess is it will keep growing.
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[RedRoxx44]

I am still a point and shooter; just get out a lot and have good subject matter. This past weekend the colors and light was just incredible. I had to go home and rest; not cause the hike was so hard; I was on sensory overload.
I've processed the rest of my pics and some are a lot better than what I have posted.
I fiddle with the exposure and contrast, I don't have any fancy photo processing; I don't use photoshop.
In fact, I try to lower saturation of colors when I do the above.

Here is an unretouched shot, as I and the camera saw it. Just incredible time and place.


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[azhiker96]

Letty, your photos are awesome. What a special place to visit.
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[BoyNhisDog]

Letty altering the contrast can raise the saturation at times. I have a little trick to counter that but it is a Photoshop thing. Also when you downsize an image for the web you have to resharpen it as it has lost some in that change. Some oversharpen though. I like to selectively sharpen at times. Not everything in an image needs it anyway.

One in your recent album that I really like is This One. I also like the ones where you are looking up and the Path. Lots of good images in that album.
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[IGO]

I go to the Gallery about every third time I open the forum pages. I think it's the nature of the photographers more so than any equipment. There are a lot of people in here with the eye.
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[IGO]

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[IGO]

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