Nash Point + repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 3, 2010172 views8 comments

Taken at Nash Point on the Heritage Coast in South Wales, UK.
I was waiting for the sun to set and saw the lovely warm evening light shining on the cliffs so I took this photo looking at right angles to the sun.

I like how the cloud patterns mimic the foreground rocks.
I wouldn't usually go for a 50/50 split like this but that sky was just too good to leave out of the frame.

Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 10-20 EX
1/80th sec
f22
ISO 100
10mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Cable release.
Full frame
Cokin X-Pro 2 stop ND grad

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 3, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Hi Geoffrey, I really like how both the sky and the rocks point the eye to the cliffs and the triangle of land just to the right of the cliffs.

The sky is awesome.

Cheers,

Carol

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM

Excellent comp with great lines.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 3, 2010 at 10:38 PM

Geoffrey, I cetainly agree with your choice in composing this. This composition enhances the relationship between the sky and the land forms. Very dramatic shot that pulls me right into it!

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by John Williams on October 3, 2010 at 11:11 PM

Wow, what a comp Geoffrey. Well done. Did you shoot even later light? I'd love to see this same comp with the sky lit up!

Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on October 3, 2010 at 11:31 PM

Love the comp, Geoffrey. The warm light you mention isn't coming through in the image for me. Perhaps adding a warming filter in PS or a warmer WB if shot in RAW would help, barring waiting just a bit later in the day.

Registered on December 12, 2008, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments

Comment posted by Håkon Iversen on October 4, 2010 at 6:37 AM

Really like the different lines in this one. Really great dramatic feel to it. I agree with the last comment that the warm light isn't coming through enough, so changing WB or warming filter would probably make this image even better.

Cheers
Håkon

Registered on August 16, 2010, 20 Posts, 123 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on October 4, 2010 at 10:05 AM

Thanks for the comments, you were right of course, I was a little conservative with the colours, how's this re-worked version?

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by dean hebert on October 4, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Definitly like the repost. I think that without any drama in the sky that I would crop maybe a quarter of it off.

Registered on August 4, 2010, 70 Posts, 1132 Comments