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Yet another stunning, beautifully presented landscape Paul. Another click from me, glad to be the first of many...Geoff
The way you've handled the light is superb
JOhn
JOhn
Very nice composition - I agree that a little more light would be nice on the pancake rock.
Chris
Chris
hi Paul,
I love this, the way you've managed to get the light behind the rocks gives it a painterly feel. Viewed large, this if fantastic!! helen
I love this, the way you've managed to get the light behind the rocks gives it a painterly feel. Viewed large, this if fantastic!! helen
I tend to agree about the pancake rock lighting and the use of the grads. You could use the Lee soft grads and offset them against each other if you have not tried this already. You may have a less obvious grad line.
But all the above is too some degree nit picking as this is a lovely image already.
Mark
But all the above is too some degree nit picking as this is a lovely image already.
Mark
thanks Mark, no ill try that tomorrow, this was my first visit here i did n't give myself enough time and the early morning brain was definitely not in gear.
Lovely lighting conditions you have captured.
It can be good to get movement in grasses, bracken etc, as it reflects the nature of the day it was shot..
If you want to be nitpicky, you could say that a touch more light on the rock would be good, but it does look fine as it is to me.
Martin
It can be good to get movement in grasses, bracken etc, as it reflects the nature of the day it was shot..
If you want to be nitpicky, you could say that a touch more light on the rock would be good, but it does look fine as it is to me.
Martin
thanks everyone
martin thanks, i think its the one right in f/g that bothers me, but i know what you mean by movement though
ian thanks for been honest i agree totally
martin thanks, i think its the one right in f/g that bothers me, but i know what you mean by movement though
ian thanks for been honest i agree totally
Hi Paul,
This is stunning as it is. I can see what you mean about more light round the front of the rock, but it still looks good as an almost silhouette.
I'm not so keen on the sky, because of the yellow glow on the left edge and the light blue on the right edge. As you say another go with the sun further round and a different combination of grads will probably help. A good excuse to keep going back to what is obviously a great location. Whereabouts is it? Yorkshire?
Sheila
This is stunning as it is. I can see what you mean about more light round the front of the rock, but it still looks good as an almost silhouette.
I'm not so keen on the sky, because of the yellow glow on the left edge and the light blue on the right edge. As you say another go with the sun further round and a different combination of grads will probably help. A good excuse to keep going back to what is obviously a great location. Whereabouts is it? Yorkshire?
Sheila
thanks shiela, the advice is appreciated, the pancake stone is just a little further on from the cow and calf rocks on ilkley moor.
I think this is superb.
thanks lee
Hi Paul. I like the composition here and can see why you're keen on the location. I'm not sure the blowing bracken detracts from the image at all but can see why you would want to get more detail in the pancake rock. Would a bit of flash help with that or would that take away from the natural colouring? Nick.
thanks Brian
thanks nick, unfortunately i have no flash in my kit yet, but does seem possible solution afraid i dont know how it would effect the colour temperature of the f/g someone with more experience will have to answer that. thanks again for your help
thanks nick, unfortunately i have no flash in my kit yet, but does seem possible solution afraid i dont know how it would effect the colour temperature of the f/g someone with more experience will have to answer that. thanks again for your help
Nice shot with good lighting, love the glow in the sky.
John
John
thanks all for comments
martin and gill, i don't know what caused the unusual sky at first i thought it could be the lee nd grads but they are good quality and impart no colour, unless the reduced exposure is having some effect on the film? as julian pointed out you can see the edge of the grads .9 & .6 hard running diagonal in the frame and the colour shift seems to be on that line.?
martin and gill, i don't know what caused the unusual sky at first i thought it could be the lee nd grads but they are good quality and impart no colour, unless the reduced exposure is having some effect on the film? as julian pointed out you can see the edge of the grads .9 & .6 hard running diagonal in the frame and the colour shift seems to be on that line.?
Hi Paul,
you could try staggering the grads so the gradation line of each doesn't fall across the same part of the image.
I've used a Lee 0.9 hard grad alone without these problems so I'm guessing it's the massive 5 stops reduction in exposure that's causing both the hard transition and the colour shift.
The other question is, do you really need to pull back the sky quite so much? Even Velvia can comfortably cover about four stops....
Cheers,
Julian.
you could try staggering the grads so the gradation line of each doesn't fall across the same part of the image.
I've used a Lee 0.9 hard grad alone without these problems so I'm guessing it's the massive 5 stops reduction in exposure that's causing both the hard transition and the colour shift.
The other question is, do you really need to pull back the sky quite so much? Even Velvia can comfortably cover about four stops....
Cheers,
Julian.
Simply stunning! Glorious tones, colour and light. Beautiful.
Tracy
Tracy
thanks for the advice Julian, yes you are right maybe i over did it a bit, but by the time i found my composition the sun, just out of frame, was growing quite strong. I will try staggering the grads if i have to use more than one or maybe use a combination of soft and hard. The darkness on the rock is probably been caused by the grads clipping into it staggering would probably help with that too.
i feel i have really learnt something, lets hope i have as good light in the morning - thanks again
i feel i have really learnt something, lets hope i have as good light in the morning - thanks again
I can see where your coming from Paul. But I would stand back and look at the bigger picture as it were. Is all too easy to get too critical about our own shots....I`m the same. But from where I`m standing, It`s a fine picture. With 40+ clicks, we can`t all be wrong can we? lol
Chris
Chris
As,above,cracking shot,well done.
Looks wonderful to me.Well worth a second visit and more experimentation. Tricky these Grads!
