Rural landscape Photo

Photographer’s Note

I am disappointed because I got very few good photos of the scenic Dominican countryside, but even so I want to show the best I have.

This one was shot in the hilly region on the foothills of the highest mountain range of the Caribbean near the town of Jarabacoa, on the way to the water fall of one of the Saltos of Jimenoa.

I posted two complementary views as WS's (1, 2), both shot near the road from Jarabacoa to Manabao, to the West of this photo.

Location (latitude, longitude): 19.118649,-70.597518 (I am not sure about the accuracy, but my guess is that the error isn't higher than a pair of Kms / 1 mile)

Update 13-Nov-2007: Following Henk Floydian's suggestion, I posted a 3rd WS with a cropped version of the photo seen here.

xuaxo, Floydian, danos, Docarmo, pboehringer, siolaw, AiresSantos, Silvio1953, cunejo200, edytungkal, jhm, lucasgalodoido, Tort, adores, jusninasirun, Emile has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

jackart (5614) 2007-11-11 10:01

Hello Jose!

Dont't worry - I was 2 weeks in Italy and I haven't good landscape too. As I can see on this and Your previous photos from Dominicana weather was not good, so take a smile from me and take it easy.

Regards
Jacek

xuaxo (5835) 2007-11-11 10:04

Olá José,
Não concordo com a primeira parte da nota. Por exemplo "Yaque del Norte river".
Esta o mínimo que posso dizer é que está uma vista aprazível. Já que os cavalos e as palmeiras estão longe, fizeste bem em incluir a cerca e plantas em primeiro plano.
Um abraço,
F

[2] +

Floydian (30970) 2007-11-11 10:11

Hi Jose,
Ha, you complain about a landscape while you have a great landscape in front of you? ;-) One of the most common things is that people think that landscape must be wider and wider...why?
Look at this one. Two horses, two palmtrees and a hill were the second palmtree stands. So, put you telezoom on and just focus on that part, looks like a very interesting composition.
Now it is a bit green and blue, not really interesting, but those palmtrees and horses can make something nice out of it.
Regards, Henk

[2] +

danos (33192) 2007-11-11 11:58

Ola Jose,
nice this landscape view of this country side of the Dominican Republic.The green field contrasted perfect with the blue of the sky.The colours and the light are perfect.Informative your note too.Well done Jose.

Regards,Danos

paura (39170) 2007-11-11 14:44

José,
A paisagem é bonita e a foto foi tomada com esmero técnico. Apresente fotometria muito bem cuidada. As cores estão igualmente bem dosadas. Uma bela fotografia.

Paulo

[2]

Docarmo (8844) 2007-11-11 20:52

Oi José,
Nitidez impecável e os elementos da composição são muito interessantes.
Gosto muito dos WSs, fazem lembrar a minha terra :-)
Um abraço,
MC

pboehringer (770) 2007-11-11 21:03

Jose,
I'm not quite sure what you're complaining of. This is a very fine landscape shot and the scarce elements (palmtree and horses) provides enough interesting attention. You might have even zoomed into this elements. The light and the clouds provides a huge imapct on this shot.
You have my huge respect for taking shots from the DR countryside and not falling to the temptation of the classic beach shots.
Regards, Peter

[2]

darrasin (2860) 2007-11-11 21:10

Hello Jose! You portray the lushness of the countryside very well with this composition. The lone palm trees are very interesting to me, perhaps those would have been worth a telephoto shot. Color and sharpness are right on!

Well done!
Doug

siolaw (25830) 2007-11-11 21:46

Ola Jose,
A nice view of the hilly and grassy lanscape of the DR....Colors and sharpness are fine, but i think would be better without the barbed wire! But no problem... I also think WS 2 isa fine landscape one with nice light and shadow play...
Um abraco
Ooops... j ai oublié que tu parles Français!

UnTrained (0) 2007-11-11 23:01

Olá José,
a very lovely view with a strong summer impression. The DOF and contrasts from the grass and fence in the foreground to the distant forest and up to the sky are well done. Also the colours assist this. Two horses for some life and the nice impression of looking through something with the small tree left and the pile at the right. The curve of the cloud is an eyecatcher.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

fanch (0) 2007-11-12 4:16

De quoi te plains-tu , elle n'est pas si mal cette photo ... ! en plus c'est du bon TE car on apprend quelque chose sur un pays lointain .

Moi , je l'aime bien ...

Amitiés ,

batalay (21185) 2007-11-12 8:03

Hello José,
The pattern made by the clouds, sort of a semicircle opening to the left, is very inviting. It is said the the Caribbean Islands forn a similar pattern -- very appropriate for the area. The prohibitively large distance to the horses would have been better if less, but sometimes we just have that control. I like the image with the vegation growth in foreground and the fence forming both a frame and a source of scale.

Warm regards,

Bulent

Stepan (27175) 2007-11-12 11:58

Un beau vert qui scintille presque dans ce bain de soleil. C'est assez classique, mais quand c'est l'hiver et qu'il fait gris, cela fait du bien.
Stéphane

[2]

edytungkal (4519) 2007-11-12 18:04

Beauty of nature, the title for your nice pictures. I see the second ws more colourful but i still like this shot, the cloud's formation and the plant on fg make it more impressive. Well job Jose thanks for showing that.

daniel

AiresSantos (42826) 2007-11-13 0:29

Ola Jose
Um excelente aproveitamento das nuvens. Adoro fotos com nuvens e esta está magnifica. Um bom angulo, a cerca e as arvores/ervas no primeiro plano estao magnificos, ja que os cavalos estao muito longe...
Um abraço Amigo
Aires

[2]

Silvio1953 (42725) 2007-11-13 1:38

Hi Jose, lovely and peaceful landscape with wonderful colors and splendid sky, very well done, ciao Silvio

jhm (83276) 2007-11-13 3:13

Hello José,

Nice panorama view about this part of Dominican Republic.
Very lovely area for the animals in the meadow, with a beautiful colour and good composition too.
Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

cunejo200 (7237) 2007-11-13 4:39

This is very scenic Jose. Love the greens and the sky. So bucolic with the horses and palm trees. I have to visit DR one of these days based om your photos. Best regards, Danilo

[2]

lucasgalodoido (16789) 2007-11-13 9:55

Olá José!
Bem bonita essa paisagem, gosto das palmeiras também, e mais ainda das nuvens no céu, as vezes elas tornam a foto mais interessante ainda! A presença da cerca no 1o. plano enriquece bem a composição!
Parabéns e Abraço!

Tort (2266) 2007-11-13 12:15

Olá Jose,
Muito boa composição desta paisagem. A inclusão da cerca no primeiro plano dá profundidade à imagem. Gosto muito da nitidez da imagem, das belas cores e luminosidade.
Abraços
Juan Tort

adores (15741) 2007-11-13 16:56

Olá José!
Uma paisagem bem bonita da Republica, e bem diferente também. Gosto da cerca e das plantas em primeiro plano e o céu está fantástico. Foi pena os cavalos não estarem um pouquinho mais próximos mas a foto ficou muito bem.

jusninasirun (10213) 2007-11-13 19:58

Hi Jose,
Brilliantly composed shot. The scene is pretty much like in my country. Love the space and the cloud.
Regards,
Jusni

Bluejeans (33017) 2007-11-14 13:08

Oi José,
Parece o Brasil autentico , muito bonita esta paisagem boa profundidade de foto , o ceu ficou fantastico gostei dos cavalo a a pastar gostei deste primeiro plano ,parabens!!
Gostei das fotos do WS .
Um abraço Gonçalo

mikeo (12117) 2007-11-15 1:16

Hello Jose,

Its seems to be quiet, beautiful place...
If not the palms I can find here, it could be a Polish village:)

Good photos with good POV, nice colours and even you were so lucky to have beautifuls clouds:)

Good job!
Aga

Emile (20107) 2007-11-15 21:13

Hola Jose.
Una linda vista de los campos Dominicanos, los colores verdes con la presencia de los dos caballos y las palmas estan muy bien captados. Creo que la sugerencia de Henk es muy buena y no hay dudas que en tu tercer WS las cosas cambian dramaticamente.
Buen trabajo.
Un fuerte abrazo.

danyy (69393) 2007-12-18 15:16

Bonjour Jose,
si le paysage est d'une grande simplicité, la manière de la capturer est d'une parfaite beauté.
Le naturel qui se dégage de la scène est surprenant, tant dans les couleurs que dans le cadrage, si l'oeil devait admirer instinctivement cette scène il l'aurait fait comme cela.
Regards.
Daniel.