Cradle Mountain

[nikki florie]

I love to take photographs of different landscapes. I'd like some feedback on this one.

Thanks

[windrider86]

Please take a peek at the guidelines and see what your missing in your post. By including what the rules ask for, you'll get more responses. thank you

[Krusty79]

Please post exif data. Nice image, but it looks noisy, like you shot it at a high ISO.

[MindRaider]

The location have nice lines but the photographs suffers:

the Sky is washed out
some harsh shadows
high noise

Maybe you need to shoot during golden hours, or use a polarizing filter for the sun.
Lower your ISO setting to 100 for such shots.

[nikki florie]

Thankyou very much for your thoughts. I am very new at this.

What do you mean by 'high noise' or ISO?

[Krusty79]

Originally Posted by nikki florie

Thankyou very much for your thoughts. I am very new at this.

What do you mean by 'high noise' or ISO?

Nikki,

The lower the ISO, the less "grain" or "noise" that you will find in your images. You will usually want to shoot at a low ISO like 100 to minimize the noise. That also means the camera sensor is less sensitive to light, so you will have to plan your exposures accordingly (using slower shutter speed with tripod or larger aperture). A high ISO like 800 means your sensor is more sensitive to light, so you can shoot in dimmer locations, but the tradeoff is that your images will have more "grain" or "noise," which you want to minimize. I have read that some of the higher end cameras can handle higher ISOs with less noise than an entry-level DSLR.

Hope that helps,
Greg

Greg

[Aleix]

Hello Nikki,

Please take a look at DPS introductory guide to ISO:
ISO Settings in Digital Photography

Greetings

[Michael_2010]

Beautiful scenery and nice composition. The sky does look slightly washed out.

[nikki florie]

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and comments. They are very helpful

It's great to learn something new in this process.

[Aleix]

Hello again nikki,

To reduce noise you can use specific software as well, when postprocessing:

* Noise Ninja: Noise Ninja: The gold standard for image noise reduction
* Noiseware: http://www.imagenomic.com/nwsa.aspx
* Topaz DeNoise: Topaz DeNoise - Remove Noise, Recover Detail

However, and as said, it is recommended you reduce noise as far as possible directly when shooting, by using the lowest ISO possible. In low light situations, when the ISO has to be higher, you can use such software to fix the image up to a certain point, with pretty good results.