Can't see signs of any obvious cloning - what was it, your shadow in the bottom left corner???
I like shots like this, with sunlit land against dark brooding skies.
There seems to be some dust spots between the middle and right tree, in the sky - unless they're birds, maybe.
Shame you had to leave - looks like conditions were just beginning to turn out nice. Isn't that always the way though?? The number of times I've been in the car on the way home and seen the light change to perfect in the distance behind me...
Composition-wise, I find the left tree a bit close to the edge. I might have been tempted to try a portrait format shot, with the rocks in the foreground leading up through the bracken to a single tree on the horizon.
Posted by Gavin Parsons on October 21, 2007 at 6:56 AM
I assume the coverup is on the lower left hand next to the rock. With a bit more time in photoshop you should be able to get it a little better, but then you'd probably prefer to go back. I hate it when time and weather don't come together. Its even worse for us underwater photographers. Keep
Posted by Graeme Lee on October 21, 2007 at 7:10 AM
Yeah it is the lower left and a bit more time spent on careful cloning would help. It's the blinkin' tripod shadow...no one told me about that one I ensured I was out of the way but it's so easy to not look all the way around with such a wide angle lens to ensure the little elements aren't missed. Still, learnt from it!!
This light looks great to me - as does the sky. I would however get up much closer to one of those tree and make it the main subject. Tristan
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 21, 2007 at 3:37 PM
I think the bush in the middle would have been my choice for the main subject Graeme - low PoV with rocks in the FG and a big sky above in portrait format
Posted by David Kjaer on October 21, 2007 at 5:09 PM
Hi Graeme
Great light and sky - agree with Tristian re a stronger foreground interest!
Discussion
6 repliesManaged to get a few shots in and if I'd had another hour or so, I could have got some really dramatic skies and scenery which was a bit frustrating.
Taken just outside Tavistock.
Can anyone see a coverup of a very amateurish mistake?
Looking for compositional critique and any other pointers which could improve this please
techs:
1d2, 17-40, f22,iso 100, 1/15th and 1/30th merged,tripod and a cheeky cloned area
I like shots like this, with sunlit land against dark brooding skies.
There seems to be some dust spots between the middle and right tree, in the sky - unless they're birds, maybe.
Shame you had to leave - looks like conditions were just beginning to turn out nice. Isn't that always the way though?? The number of times I've been in the car on the way home and seen the light change to perfect in the distance behind me...
Composition-wise, I find the left tree a bit close to the edge. I might have been tempted to try a portrait format shot, with the rocks in the foreground leading up through the bracken to a single tree on the horizon.
Great light and sky - agree with Tristian re a stronger foreground interest!
David