Amble after the rain

I took these last night after the rain had lashed down, just before the sunset C&C would be welcome

Amble Harbour I




Cliff House





Cliff House II





Amble Harbour II





Amble Harbour III

I like number 1 for the dark tones and dramatic sky. In general have you noticed all your horizons are on the halfway mark. They say images look better in thirds.

Thanks Barrie, I tried to set some of the images in thirds but they all lost that feeling of depth or chopped out the sky. Open for suggestions though.

Like the Amble harbour shots with the different coloured reflections.

Nice set.

I too like number 1 the colours in the sky and darkness are fab. We get some great skies in deepest darkest Leicestershire, but the water brings in a fabulous depth. Good job.

I've had a quick look at your flickr gallery and you have some lovely images. I notice you seem to use the DA16-45, you seem to get great results with it, I'm looking to up-grade from Sigma 17-70 (2.8-4) (and which I like quite a lot but quite want to get a fraction wider) as my standard zoom. Do you have any comments on the lens/K7 combo?

I like all of these.... the blue is just amazing. You
wouldn't expect such good tones in the shadow areas at
that time of day... horrible grainy areas are what I
would normally expect.

Thanks Mike

Hi Ben, thanks for the comments. I upgraded from the 18-55, this although a good kit lens always involved quite a bit of post production, distortion, vignetting and so on. When I purchased the 16-45 all that stopped, at its widest you get very minor distortion on horizons, but the colours are spot on, the results are sharp compared to any lens I currently own, it lives on my camera and the kit lens has never seen the light of day since. My only complaint about this lens is that the barrel is a bit wobbly, that is a very minor niggle though. I have not used the Sigma 17-70 although I do know it is a very popular lens. I am currently drooling over a Sigma 10-20, cannot afford the Pentax 12-24.

I was so impressed with the results, what is even better no post processing was needed apart from, straightening and the usual resize then sharpening, converting from RGB to SRGB. I'm not sure my K10 would have handled it quit so well.

Hope you don't mind Graham, I tried these.
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Very nice set Graham. I particularly like the first one for its lovely colour and the two very similar pier shots with the wet wood reflecting the evening light.
Barrie is correct to say that traditionally you shouldn't have the horizon at the halfway position in a photo, but then rules are meant to be broken sometimes and if the picture looks OK then it is OK. These seem fine by me.
BTW the Siggie 10-20mm is worth drooling over.
See you at Whitby, David

Hi Barrie, I tried the square crop on the cliff house shot and discarded it, but quite like the other two crops.

Graham

Thanks for that David, I have had a brief play with the 10-20 and did not want to give it back

Ben I have just noticed that SRS have a 16-45 in second hand and several Pentax 12-24's link

I wonder if the dark night has brought the "Blue Hour"
forward. From this page it should have been 20:30hrs to
21:20hrs and you seem to have taken these about an hour
earlier. Might be worth at trip back after 8:30pm to
see what you get.

A very interesting site, now bookmarked. I don't think it will make any difference tonight it is currently pelting down.

Nice set indeed! Loving that great cloud in the Cliff house photos. I've drawn a box on one of those on Flickr Lovely blues in all of them though.

I also noticed the central horizons on these ones, I agree with David I don't think it detracts in any of these. And while looking through your Fluidr back catalog the central horizon seems to be a signature of yours

Interesting observation Tim, The dilemma I always have especially when shooting landscapes is, do I put the subject in the bottom third loosing the depth of field (16mm being the widest I can go) or do I put the subject in the top third and loose all those great clouds. This usually leaves me stuck in the middle.