Loch Awe Scenery
Posted 08/08/2013 - 21:27
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Very impressive set of images. Great colours and amazing skies. Are they HDR?
Posted 08/08/2013 - 21:44
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Very very impressive! For me Nos 3 & 8 are extra special. You are really showing us the importance of the low down viewpoint. No 1 is very effective for this, with the broken old jetty leading the way. (Just in this one I do find the noisy grain on the darker bits of cloud distracting - would a bit of NR help here?)
No 8 is clever with the use of the two stones, I guess to make up for not walking right up to the reeds, but it works superbly I think. 3 has it all for me - I love my peering through the undergrowth shots.
7 is perhaps a little weaker comp wise - I find myself wishing you had moved left a few feet and down a bit more, just to get more reeds or something across more of the foreground and get the castle away from the frame centre.
Really enjoyed seeing these beautiful scenes.
No 8 is clever with the use of the two stones, I guess to make up for not walking right up to the reeds, but it works superbly I think. 3 has it all for me - I love my peering through the undergrowth shots.
7 is perhaps a little weaker comp wise - I find myself wishing you had moved left a few feet and down a bit more, just to get more reeds or something across more of the foreground and get the castle away from the frame centre.
Really enjoyed seeing these beautiful scenes.
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Posted 08/08/2013 - 21:54
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Alan, my heart usually sinks at the word 'scenery'
Well done indeed!
Well done indeed!
Ken
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Posted 08/08/2013 - 21:55
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I agree, but did you go to Oban for a Crab sandwich?
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Posted 08/08/2013 - 22:06
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gartmore wrote:
Alan, my heart usually sinks at the word 'scenery'
Well done indeed!
Thanks KenAlan, my heart usually sinks at the word 'scenery'
Well done indeed!
bforbes wrote:
I agree, but did you go to Oban for a Crab sandwich?
Fish and Chips for me Barrie. Grand-Daughter had a crab sandwich from a stall on the pier though
I agree, but did you go to Oban for a Crab sandwich?
Posted 08/08/2013 - 22:09
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McGregNi wrote:
Very very impressive! For me Nos 3 & 8 are extra special. You are really showing us the importance of the low down viewpoint. No 1 is very effective for this, with the broken old jetty leading the way. (Just in this one I do find the noisy grain on the darker bits of cloud distracting - would a bit of NR help here?)
No 8 is clever with the use of the two stones, I guess to make up for not walking right up to the reeds, but it works superbly I think. 3 has it all for me - I love my peering through the undergrowth shots.
7 is perhaps a little weaker comp wise - I find myself wishing you had moved left a few feet and down a bit more, just to get more reeds or something across more of the foreground and get the castle away from the frame centre.
Really enjoyed seeing these beautiful scenes.
Much appreciate the feedback Nigel. Didn't notice the noise on #1. Hopefully this is a bit betterVery very impressive! For me Nos 3 & 8 are extra special. You are really showing us the importance of the low down viewpoint. No 1 is very effective for this, with the broken old jetty leading the way. (Just in this one I do find the noisy grain on the darker bits of cloud distracting - would a bit of NR help here?)
No 8 is clever with the use of the two stones, I guess to make up for not walking right up to the reeds, but it works superbly I think. 3 has it all for me - I love my peering through the undergrowth shots.
7 is perhaps a little weaker comp wise - I find myself wishing you had moved left a few feet and down a bit more, just to get more reeds or something across more of the foreground and get the castle away from the frame centre.
Really enjoyed seeing these beautiful scenes.
One problem with the castle is there is a ruddy great big pylon behind it, and you have to get in a position to hide it. Here's another anyway
Posted 08/08/2013 - 22:09
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Beautiful composed photographs of grand scenery
Posted 08/08/2013 - 22:26
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What a lovely set - #8 for me, although #6 runs it close, but just loses out due to the reeds lying on the water in the foreground which I find distracts a tad.
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Posted 08/08/2013 - 22:33
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Really like the 'tune up' on image 1. And the castle with the smooth water is fab.
Posted 08/08/2013 - 22:39
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duncanM wrote:
Beautiful composed photographs of grand scenery
an adjective too far
Beautiful composed photographs of grand scenery
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
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Posted 08/08/2013 - 23:19
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Well sorted Alan. Great framing and presentation.
Best regards
Best regards
Too far from a shore.
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