Bashang Grassland 坝上草原 - Day 3

[ZeroDivine]

Lots more sheeps,horses on the third day ^^ In the morning(#1-#4 was at Lama Mountain 喇嘛山 )

#1 Landscape at Lama Mountain 喇嘛山



#2 From the high ground, view of the landscape



#3 The tree shapes



#4 The horses view from top

[ZeroDivine]

In the afternoon went to 象群山 to take some flowers,landscapes and.. more sheeps!! haha

#5 Bed of flowers



#6 The landscape at 象群山


#7 Hordes of them in the afternoon



#8 Lunchtime(more like teatime?)

[ZeroDivine]

#9 Yours truly at 夹皮沟



#10 Sunset view from nearby river




#11 Fiery sunset



#12 The sheeps after sunset hours(going home soon)

[CKW]

Another great series.
Like #7, and sunset pix.
More pls..
Thanks for sharing.

[Qazwer]

Nice colours! Thanks for sharing.

by the way, how long are you there?

[w.s]

#5 looks like one of the scenes taken right out of qiong yao's drama series

very nice series, i enjoyed it very much if the blues for the first few pics were abit darker, i think it will be better... just a suggestion

[arowana]

great series.

[Big Kahuna]

I don't understand how u did that, the colors are so smooth and rich esp #1...#10...can share?

[jiven]

#9 familiar concept but tot u should create the shadow such that your legs can be more defined.. now it looks kinda farni sort of like a box or skirt?? keke .. no offience..

As for #10... ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT..

The rest... brillant colours...

[knoxknocks]

#10 catches my attention right off! HDR?

#11 is another winner

very well done, and thanks for sharing!

[Shootz]

Yah,
How do you make your colours so rich? I am using a DSLR and the only way I can make my pic richer is by using PS to play with level, overlay etc. So please advice.

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by CKW Another great series. Like #7, and sunset pix. More pls.. Thanks for sharing.

more will come.. day 4 and day 5(only spent a morning there, then go straight back to Beijing.)
hope you all are not bored of this grassland series

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by Qazwer Nice colours! Thanks for sharing. by the way, how long are you there?

Thanks Qazwer. I was there for 4 night, 5 days. Really fun getting to know the beijing photographers. Most of them are using medium format, Hasselblad. I am one of the few using digital there. Also quite interesting - half of them who went are female. Looks like there are alot of female photographers in China hehe..

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by w.s #5 looks like one of the scenes taken right out of qiong yao's drama series very nice series, i enjoyed it very much if the blues for the first few pics were abit darker, i think it will be better... just a suggestion

Thanks so much for the comment w.s
Glad that 5 works for u
I actually brought a circular polariser there, could have used it to darken the sky abit and more saturated colour, but then forgot to bring the cokin adapter ring

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by arowana great series.

Thanks bro. Hope you are not bored by my this grassland series.. am sure u have seen enough of the sheeps

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by Big Kahuna I don't understand how u did that, the colors are so smooth and rich esp #1...#10...can share?

thanks Kahuna. I actually pushed the saturation +30, some +50 . It depends on your liking. For me recently I err towards saturated colours, but not everyone might like it

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by jiven #9 familiar concept but tot u should create the shadow such that your legs can be more defined.. now it looks kinda farni sort of like a box or skirt?? keke .. no offience.. As for #10... ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.. The rest... brillant colours...

yeah my original pic for #9 the legs are not defined too.. maybe next time I should open legs wide ...
Thanks so much for the comment jiven

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by knoxknocks #10 catches my attention right off! HDR? #11 is another winner very well done, and thanks for sharing!

Thanks knoxknocks. For #10 I merged two exposures, sky and the ground. Last time I tried HDR but haven't had much success with it. Probably still need to experiment more. Merging two exposues are way easier than HDR and I have been getting fine result with them

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by Shootz Yah, How do you make your colours so rich? I am using a DSLR and the only way I can make my pic richer is by using PS to play with level, overlay etc. So please advice.

Hi shootz, I don't know how you perceive on your monitor. On mine I push up the saturation in PS from 30 up to sometimes 50. Usually the white balance everything I set it during Raw processing, so it's way less step in PS processing the jpeg.

[Kavana]

way to go man I feel like hugging you. AWESOME PICTURESSSSS, and I bet you enjoying your super long holiday. Can't wait for your next post. Seeing your pictures makes my heart lift with excitment.