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Posted by John Chapman on October 11, 2006 at 10:06 AM
Suilven
Hi All
picture taken yesterday North west Scotland. Techs Canon 1D MK11n F16 1/13 sec ISO 100. All comments welcome.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Justin on October 11, 2006 at 10:50 AM
Hi John,

Having never visited Scotland,yet.This image makes me very eager to go indeed.

A fine image of a beautiful location.
I like the way the trees and mountain top balance each other.


:toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 11, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Full of autumninal colours-very nice looking area :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on October 11, 2006 at 3:33 PM
I like this shot but feel it could be better by trimming the open water off the bottom, say about 1cm (?) screen size
Posted by John MacTavish on October 11, 2006 at 3:43 PM
I'm surprised that Tom didn't advocate trimming it to a pano format. I think it would work very well without most of the sky and having the base start with the reeds.

A good solid shot that has plenty to see.

John
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on October 11, 2006 at 4:29 PM
Hi I like it and I hope you don't mind but if you do I will remove it but I have given it a slight tweek in Nikon nx and a slight crop.

Phillip.

:toast: :wavey:
Posted by Rob Ashton on October 11, 2006 at 5:53 PM
I personally like it with or without the crop. I do think Philip has way over saturated it though.

Nice scene John. Really makes me want to get to Scotland soon.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on October 11, 2006 at 6:47 PM
Hello John
Lovely image, very peaceful. I think Rob is correct about the over saturation.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on October 12, 2006 at 2:38 AM
Agree with cropping a little from the bottom and I think Phillip has over saturated his version. However back to your origial image, I think it is a 'cracker'

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on October 12, 2006 at 3:06 AM
I didn't see the pano crop ( I see in 3:1) but thking John suggestion I cropped it to pano-start(2:1) and quickly played with the levels of the sky to increase the depth in it.

This has tonnes of potential and the orginal is a good capture
Posted by Adrian North on October 12, 2006 at 3:52 AM
Like this shot a lot. I also think a little bit off the bottom would improve it a bit but I'm not sure about losing any of the sky as I like the clouds (hey I'm strange - what can I say :biggrin: ) but this is a shot I'd be more than happy to have taken. Also like Toms pano as well so this shot definitely looks to have a lot of potential.

Thanks for sharing

Adrian
Posted by Andrew Stagg on October 12, 2006 at 4:07 AM
The original and the pano work for me. Lovely light and great location.
Posted by John Chapman on October 12, 2006 at 5:09 AM
Hi Guys
thanks for your constructive comments and I do not mind anybody playing with my pictures.
In my opinion Philip has went over the top with Saturation. Tom has presented a very nice picture. At first I was going to make it a Pano but I really liked the ripples of water in the foreground.
John
Aberdeen :wavey:
Posted by Paul Schröder on October 12, 2006 at 5:41 AM
I like the orginal image minus 1 cm from the bottom as Tom suggested. Phillip's modification is way over the top IMHO, The pano crop also works.

Paul

NL/Rotterdam
Posted by Terry on October 12, 2006 at 11:00 AM
The pano one for me :smile: lovely light :smile:

Terry
Posted by John Plant on October 14, 2006 at 3:32 PM
Smashing shot from an uncommon viewpoiint< I can't recall seeing another from this perspective. I can almost hear the wind and smell the heather as I look at it, well done