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This picture was taken near out hotel in the Lake District. I am not sure exactly where we are to be honest but i just loved how the sun was setting in the background and i just had to take a picture. I would have loved to have been able to get the boat in the picture but sadly i didn't have my wellies with me. I took it hand held as i didn't have my tripod around so i had to go for the biggest appeture i could use to ensure i didn't get camera shake. So i appreciate that the DOF may not be the best. I used photoshop with the curves adjustment tool a few times to bring back the sky and lighten up the foreground.
Would love your thoughts
Andy
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 400D |
| Lens: | 17.0-50.0 mm |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 29 Oct 2012 - 4:31 PM |
| Focal Length: | 33mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Aperture: | f/5.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/30sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Average |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | As Shot |
| Title: | Little house by the lake |
| Username: | 
AndyD999 |
| Uploaded: | 15 Nov 2012 - 2:53 PM |
| Tags: | General, Landscape / travel, Photo journalism, Wildlife / nature |
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So next time, if you dont have wellies, bring a chain saw!
Its a very nice scene, and a good exposure. I think youve done well hand holding, - no shake and dof is decent. I would just like the colour temp to be a little warmer. The white house has a little too much blue in it for me. Ive loaded a mod with this done, and tweaked contrast selectively. Ive probably undone a lot of your own tweaks!
regards
Willie
One other solution of course if these circumstances arise again, lift up your ISO. You might be surprised just how much you actually can raise it without any real problems other than noise, which of course you can moderate in software.
You have nice foreground interest with those rocks and a nice background with the setting sun. The great pity is that blessed tree to the right but overall it is a very good shot.
Frank
Most of my comments have already been said (colour balance etc), but I do find the boat hidden behind the tree a distraction and there are a lot of visual devices in here. I wonder if a closer crop, getting rid of the rocks and boat/tree might also work. Use the buoys as foreground and have the house, mountains and sky as the picture, less is often more. Shame you couldn't move left a little.
Nick
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