Photo Gallery of Lake Mackintosh, Tasmania

by Victor Augusteo on July 23, 2009

Last week I went to a really nice place, south of Australian continent, called Tasmania. The trip was awesome, but we will get to it later. For now, I’ll show you one of the best lake I’ve ever seen in my life.

Lake Mackintosh - 1/50s f8 ISO 400

Lake Mackintosh - 1/50s f8 ISO 400

Lake Mackintosh - 1/15s f18 ISO400

Lake Mackintosh - 1/15s f18 ISO400

Lake Mackintosh - 1/30s f8 ISO400

Lake Mackintosh - 1/30s f8 ISO400

And here’s a bonus from the freezing cold Cradle Mountain

Cradle Mountain - 1/60s f7.1 ISO400

Cradle Mountain - 1/60s f7.1 ISO400

Some Commentary

So there are several things I want to share with you guys.

  1. Use Polarizing filter. For landscape, there is nothing better than that. Its very cost effective and easy to carry. Heck, you can even leave it on your lens all the time (like me).
  2. Learn the composition. A good landscape photo has to have a foreground interest as well as background interest for balance. Of course there are exception of the rule, but very rare.
  3. Change your angles. Try getting your camera down to waist level or even ground level and shoot up for unusual perspectives.
  4. Post Process your images. Some people dislike post-processing, calling it fake and all that. But in the end, even slight processing can enhance an already good image into something much more.

So which one is your favorite photo? Don’t you want to know how i post-process those images? if so, leave a comment down here.

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Tagged as: lake, landscape, tasmania

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  • Augusteo

    testing new comment system!

  • Becky_Lim

    Love the shots! I liked how u captured the branches in the foreground for effect =)

  • http://www.kerfern.com/ Ker Fern Tan

    the first one's the best =) landscape =)

    seems like a picture with difficulty to colour balance right!

    great compositions =)

  • mohnish

    Did you do post processing in the first image.. If so I would be interested to know how.

  • Augusteo

    i'll write the article tomorrow. first thing in the morning :p

  • Augusteo

    nah, i'm just shooting raw and adjust the color balance @ lightroom :) piece of cake. and theres “rule of third” exploitation there, haha.

  • jonathanalexander

    Awesome photos! Thanks so much for sharing and letting us in on your technique as well. I'm really getting into photography as a hobby of mine, your posts are very helpful!

    I am curious, what creates the darkening around the edges? Is that an in camera thing, or post?

    Also, you say you always use a polarizing lens on landscape, which is what I have heard too, but there was a post recently in an article where someone said not to. They didn't elaborate really as to why, so I am curious if you could tell us what the benefits, and drawbacks, if there are some, of using a polarizing lens on outdoor landscape photos.

    Thank you again, your photos are great!

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