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Ski photography Alistair
Just got back from a ski trip earlier today, unfortunately spent most of the first days skiing, and the weather turned to shit the days I took my camera out intending to get great pics of peaks/tricks etc. Here's one of the few landscape pics I got before things went tits-up though, what do you think? Too tired to post any moar now though. /hr/ available on request.

Also, if you have any of your own snowy/ski/snowboarding photography, feel free to post. I love this stuff.
>> Anonymous
needs more DOF
>> Alistair
Also, I'm a total photography n00b, so feel free to hit me up with any criticism. God knows I need it.
>> Anonymous
pic would of looked cooler with the people from the foreground missing and left the one kid on skis looking at the mountains as is.

But with what you had it looks okay.
>> Anonymous
Nice, i also love snowy mountain pics.
Try to focus on capturing the distant mountains exclusivly, no foreground is preferable, unless you specifically want pics of your friends.
>> Anonymous
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this is from the base of Niseko JP. looks black and white except for the sign
>> Alistair
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More pictures of the mountain, this is the only other decent one taken on nice days. Cheers for the critical feedback btw! Will take it into account when touching up my pictures on my pc/next season when I'm out skiing.

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>> Alistair
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Some of the cloudy ones weren't too terrible (IMHO anyway), but you guys know a lot more than me so feel free to tear into.

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>> Alistair
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Im thinking maybe I should crop out the foreground/skiier on this but not entirely sure. Also, kinda a shame the clouds blot out a lot of the mountainside. But oh well.

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>> Alistair
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Last picture here. I kinda like the way the lift fades off into nothing, but I'm not sure how to brighten it up to make it lighter without washing out the lift/chair in front. Maybe I just like this picture because I remember how cool it looked IRL. Also, there's a lot of empty space on the left that I'm unsure about.

Again, all criticism is very much appreciated.

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>> Anonymous
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Val Thorens in France is my favorite ski area ever

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>> Anonymous
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More Val Thorens

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>> Anonymous
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More Val Thorens

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>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
Normally I Would flood threads like these with my pics. However not really feeling it today

Nice mountain ranges in your shots though. Looks pretty treacherous!