The Stile

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted October 13, 2010145 views7 comments

Taken up in the hills above Ystradfellte in South Wales, UK.

It was a very cold and frosty morning as you can see from the foreground.

Konika Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 10-20 EX
1/13th second
f22
ISO 100
10mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on October 13, 2010 at 2:44 PM

This is a lovely scene, with the warm light providing a good contrast to the frosty grass. The composition does an excellent job of leading me into the scene.

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on October 13, 2010 at 4:01 PM

What strikes me about this image is the color palette - from various greens to orange to blue. Very appealing.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 13, 2010 at 4:15 PM

Really nice! I think the comp is outstanding, beautiful colors and wonderful light make this a real pleasure to look at. Nice work, Geoffrey!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on October 13, 2010 at 8:30 PM

Geoffrey,

Two things really pop out for me. The first is all the linear qualities going on here. The sky, the fence, the road, the ladder.... this all works very well. The second aspect I really like is the "story"... Why the steps here?... who uses them?... how many generations have been climbing over them?... Great image

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on October 13, 2010 at 10:12 PM

I like the feel of the image. The lines of the fence and other features lead through the scene. Well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Roger Hayden on October 13, 2010 at 10:31 PM

I'm going to depart from my usual technical photographic analysis here and say simply that this image is extremely evocative for me, having lived in many rural areas and having a British Isles ancestral heritage. You nailed it.

Registered on November 21, 2009, 41 Posts, 201 Comments

Comment posted by Jay Miller on October 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Geoffrey,

This is lovely. The prospective is very well executed. The feeling that one is walking along the lane is just a good composition.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 50 Posts, 66 Comments