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A stormy day in West Wales. The lack of light has made the picture a bit drab. It lacks the vitality of the actual day although it seems to have captured the harbour features and the background obscured by sea mist as it was on the day.
| Camera: | Canon EOS 40D |
| Lens: | 28-135 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Stormy Day |
| Username: | 
wideangler |
| Uploaded: | 26 Sep 2010 - 9:48 PM |
| Tags: | Harbour, Landscape / travel, Newquay cardigan |
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It's a lovely scene, but it does lack something. It doesn't look very stormy. Perhaps it's the rather plain sky.
You've kind of answrered the main problem yourself - as a scene it has potential, but the conditions are just not conducive to getting a good picture. You've done well with the exposure given the conditions. So you have to ask yourself a hard question - was it worth taking the picture? Could it be redone another time in better weather and lighting conditions?
You mention it's captured the harbour features and the mist covering the hill - so the question is, do you want to capture the mist as a record , or do you think it has photogenic qualities in its own right?
Sorry if this sounds negative but you've put it up for critique so I'm just trying to be honest as I see it - but only you can answer the questions. I'd love to see a version in warm evening light...
Stephen
The scene had potential, getting in closer with a wider angle lens towards the sheds on the right would have allowed the breakwater to carve away into the distance and the nearby waves would have seemed more impressive. Having the distant cliffs meet the see in the frame would have added to the composition too.
As it is it doesn't hold me, I think your horizon is on the wonk too. The overcast sky has allowed nice saturated colours though.
mark
It's an interesting scene and I think the mist in the background adds to its charm.
You say yourself that it's a bit drab so I've added a mod in which I've simply tweaked it using shadows/highlights and added a touch more vibrance.
Hopefully, it's lifted it a little.
Bren.
well light is useful but not 100% necessary to bring home a great image, other conditions, if you work hard can look good too.
you cant capture a bright area of sky against a darker foreground without burning out the sky and nd grads are most useful holding back colour and detail in the sky, and enabling the mood to be retained.
you pushed the saturation a little far also. overall the whole thing is overexposed, to get the best of that you have, and show more of the mood that was present at the time try making a duplicate copy and blending in multiply mode, then pick up a grey tone and drop a grad over the sky. i did a quiick mod which is not brill but shows waht im saying.
best regards
Phil
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