Another Whitby Abbey

Just been re-working some of the Whitby shots and I managed to come up with this.
I do think there is something to be said for leaving your shots for a while and then re-visiting them.
Not sure if the wall should be in or out though....any one have an opinion?

The wall has to be in, it gives some sort of grounding to the image. You need to address the CA in the shot don't you think?

Excellent shot! For me the wall holds the bottom of the shot and gives important information about the scale and position of the statue. I think i'd crop out a lot of the sky though, the square crop isn't working for me here.

Same here on the crop. I'd aloso crop out most of the sky t about 1cm above the hand.

Excellent shot though.



You might be able to get away with a bit more wall, and yes it should definitely stay

Pentaxophile, Smeggy, thanks and I think you are spot on, I have looked at it cropped as you suggest and it is an even more powerful image.
Paul, yes I addressed the CA in colour and it reared it's head in BW

if you're using Lightroom or something else that has the feature, i'd run an adjustment brush over the statue and ruin to boost the EV by about 0.2 to 0.3 to allow them to stand out a bit. make it a bit more punchy

Cheers Smeggy. I've already created 2 layers on the statue and abbey to boost contrast and brightness, then to dodge. Do you think it needs a bit more punch?

Sometimes I wonder if I am being hampered by using only a laptop without a decent monitor.

Hi,I have just been trying a free trial of Topaz Adjust 4 as a plugin with photoshop,it can really make your photos pop.I dont use my laptop for lightroom,I much prefer my desktop.

Regards Keith.

As has been said.
I like the composition. And, once the crop is in place, the white clouds won't draw as much of the attention, thus giving focus on the features.

Sorry Karl I'm giving this one the thumbs down, I dont think the composition works.

For me the abbey and statue are not dominant enough against that sky (the abbey is way too small). And thers not much you could have done about it but the statue is looking out of the frame to the right while the abbey is on the left. the abbey also looks oversharpened.

Its a nice enough shot for me but thats as far as it goes, good enough to keep but nothing to shout about, no doubt someone else will think its brilliant

Thank you for all of your comments and pointers, it's really useful.