My England
Posted 08/06/2010 - 09:26
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A lovely scene and if i may I'll suggest a slight re-composition.
Bright areas catch our eye, so the bright area top left is a little distracting. It pulls us away from the centre of interest, the pool of light bathing the lawn in a warm glow.
If you cut out the areas to the left of the tree and possibly include more of the reflection, which is wonderful by the way, then I think the image will be much stronger.
I don't have more reflection to include, but perhaps something along these lines as a starting point:
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/BurfordCottage-by-K10D.jpg[/IMG]
Bright areas catch our eye, so the bright area top left is a little distracting. It pulls us away from the centre of interest, the pool of light bathing the lawn in a warm glow.
If you cut out the areas to the left of the tree and possibly include more of the reflection, which is wonderful by the way, then I think the image will be much stronger.
I don't have more reflection to include, but perhaps something along these lines as a starting point:
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/BurfordCottage-by-K10D.jpg[/IMG]
Best regards, John
Posted 08/06/2010 - 10:36
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I think Gary has done a great job in reconciling the darker shadowed areas with the intense light from the sky behind the church spire.
Other than going to a HDR image, cropping of some shape or form is one option.
Gary - do you run 'post' programmes that contain a grad filter per chance?
Other than going to a HDR image, cropping of some shape or form is one option.
Gary - do you run 'post' programmes that contain a grad filter per chance?
Posted 08/06/2010 - 15:53
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johnriley wrote:
A lovely scene and if i may I'll suggest a slight re-composition.
Bright areas catch our eye, so the bright area top left is a little distracting. It pulls us away from the centre of interest, the pool of light bathing the lawn in a warm glow.
If you cut out the areas to the left of the tree and possibly include more of the reflection, which is wonderful by the way, then I think the image will be much stronger.
I don't have more reflection to include, but perhaps something along these lines as a starting point:
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/BurfordCottage-by-K10D.jpg[/IMG]
I like that one John.A lovely scene and if i may I'll suggest a slight re-composition.
Bright areas catch our eye, so the bright area top left is a little distracting. It pulls us away from the centre of interest, the pool of light bathing the lawn in a warm glow.
If you cut out the areas to the left of the tree and possibly include more of the reflection, which is wonderful by the way, then I think the image will be much stronger.
I don't have more reflection to include, but perhaps something along these lines as a starting point:
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/BurfordCottage-by-K10D.jpg[/IMG]
i-Berg wrote:
I think Gary has done a great job in reconciling the darker shadowed areas with the intense light from the sky behind the church spire.
Other than going to a HDR image, cropping of some shape or form is one option.
Gary - do you run 'post' programmes that contain a grad filter per chance?
I don't but having a full set of ND grads etc and leaving them at home did not help.I think Gary has done a great job in reconciling the darker shadowed areas with the intense light from the sky behind the church spire.
Other than going to a HDR image, cropping of some shape or form is one option.
Gary - do you run 'post' programmes that contain a grad filter per chance?
Regards
Too far from a shore.
Posted 08/06/2010 - 17:42
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A really difficult scene to record with a digital camera. The difference between the bright white clouds and the deep, dark shadows really stretches the technology to the limit. You've done a good job in recording this lovely scene.
Love the title too. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone on the forum contributed one shot with this same title from their area (better call it "My Britain", though, as techno and Gareth etc. may wish to be involved!) I bet we'd cover most of the country and have a lovely set of modern Pentax pictures. Not a competition (I'm not mad on them) just a record, a cool collation.
Love the title too. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone on the forum contributed one shot with this same title from their area (better call it "My Britain", though, as techno and Gareth etc. may wish to be involved!) I bet we'd cover most of the country and have a lovely set of modern Pentax pictures. Not a competition (I'm not mad on them) just a record, a cool collation.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
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Posted 10/06/2010 - 09:12
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It's not a case of reconciling bright and dark areas. It's the fact that there are two competing centres of interest that make the original image less than the sum of its parts.
JR has isolated one centre of interest, the house, and the other is the water to the left. Both are quite lovely in themselves, but when they appear in one picture the eye goes from one to the other.
There is no solution, in my view, other than to take two separate pictures.
But what a delightful spot! And how tempting to try to capture it all in one image.
G
JR has isolated one centre of interest, the house, and the other is the water to the left. Both are quite lovely in themselves, but when they appear in one picture the eye goes from one to the other.
There is no solution, in my view, other than to take two separate pictures.
But what a delightful spot! And how tempting to try to capture it all in one image.
G
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