Beautiful Places Re-visited

I like to look back at my RAW files shot in the past to what I've missed as I often find some images that I should have processed. Here are four shot last year in the Lake District and Scotland that I've only just got around to processing; three of these have appeared on the Gallery in the past few days. I like them and hope you do too, all suggestions and CC encouraged!

The Channel - Ullswater - K-5 and DA 16-45





The Channel - Crop and BW Conversion





Misty Lakes Morning - Ullswater - K-5 and DA 16-45





See The Light




Regards
David

That last one is superb, it's got a bit of everything in it.

Lee

Yep, really great!

The last one is a masterpiece...

FAB

Always a pleasure looking at your pics, David!

Enough said - super!

Phil

The last one takes it for me as well,

Regards
George

It has to be the first one for me. I love it. As I own both the camera and lens it makes me envious as well, As I have nothing anywhere near this standard.

Super duper images David

The only thing you can really say is wow, they are all superb. The last is breathtaking. But i actually like the first, very nice.

Hi David,

I love No. 1 - as I commented in the Gallery.

No. 2 doesn't have quite the same impact for me and I think the bottom crop has lost some of the power created by the stream as a lead-in line.

No. 3 is a stunning image and I would be tempted to clone out the bright 'arc image' that appears in the water at the bottom edge, under the tree.

No. 4 - perfect, a stunning image - best one for me !

Enjoy your weekend in the Lakes.

Regards
Nigel

Great shots David

If only I could find something like that lurking on my hard drive

The light and colours in the first two scenes are great, but the compositions aren't really working for me. There's too much going on for me in the first. The lead-in line (which here I find rather divisive) leads me to the tree then the sunken tree tries to pull me away then the background boats vie for attention then the background light on the hill (which is lovely) draws me to the top left. But the elements feel competitive rather than complimentary and I find my eye flitting about all over the scene. I also find some of the detail on the grass and trees too sharp. I think the mono takes away some of that dividing line and simplifies the scene a little but not enough.

ith the third I think the tree and the boathouse are again competing for attention, splitting the focus and both placed too close to the edge of the scene. It feels like two images in one with neither optimal. The background boats aren't adding anything here for me.

The last is close for me but no cigar. The highlights from the snow and their reflection I find too strong. The foreground comes down to too narrow a strip at the bottom of frame and so overemphasiss the middle of the scene which looks rather too empty. The distant hills are very nice, those twin peaks look really good but all are rather dwarfed by the empty midground. I therefore think I would like this more in a panoramic format, leaving the spur of land to the right and dispensing with the rest of the shore. It would give more prominence to the distant hills, which are the real subject of this image for me.

Thanks for showing these David, a really good selection. I especially like the mist on the lakes, and the frostiness (perhaps the grass is just a bit oversharp?)


DrO has covered the last one I think, and on the penultimate I like the symmetrical composition but feel a bit more space to the left of the little boatshed would have been better.

Thanks again for digging them out! Very inspiring to see

You've picked up some gorgeous light there David. I prefer the colour of the first onee, but would crop even more off the bottom than you have in the B&W. I'd crop just below the clump of grass nearest the tree. The leasd in doesn't work. Its not far off 90 degrees and only serves to split the image.

I like the boathouse and tree. Were you with Shaun. Sure he posted something similar.

See what Dr. O says about the foreground in the last one. Could have done with a bit more at bottom centre. Still works though. Rather than lose the foreground, I'd lose the blue sky above the clouds. Think it makes an excellent shot even better