Windswept............(into the breach we go)

Here we go then...........Andy tries proper landscapes with a more conventional lens

When I stepped onto this heather moor on top of the Roaches this afternoon the reservations over me doing landscapes loomed large - it was BLOOMIN' PERISHING and blowing a complete hooley...cor blimey it was most uncomfy
I even had to lean on the tripod for this shot the wind was that gusty

Anyway, I hope I'm heading the right way

Techs:
D2Xs
Toky 12-24 f4 @ 12mm
ISO 100
4sec @ f22...(difraction a'plenty )
Manual focus - 0.5m hyperfocal method
0.9 + 0.3 Lee ND Grads
WB manual

Slight crop all round - Lee mount ring vignettes at <15mm

Curious as to your thoughts so chuck the dog a bone folks

Thanks for looking

Hey up Andy good to see your mug to. Seems you have fore and back but not enough middle ground, and what's your focal point that bit of lichen, and is there a lead in? Still like the swirly heather

That's MHO.

Tim

Hi Andy, your post made me laugh, especially the "cor blimey it was most uncomfy"!

Anyhoo, I like the shot, with the movement of the heather set against the solidity of the rock. The movement in the vegetation just above the rock is, IMO, just too much - it looks a bit too 'smudged'.

I think the shot could do with some more PP to give it a bit more impact - just a little contrast and levels etc. I'd personally be tempted to make those clouds a litle more dark and menacing.

But, overall, a nicely taken landscape!

Well I think it's a good image, but you know what I'm like with this landscape mularky!!

Great use of the warp tool

Comp looks great but a little too much movement in those pesky bushes

Hi Andy,
You did ask....!

I'd prefer to have seen the viewpoint a tad to the left putting the lichen on the thirds, it's a bit too central for me. I like the movement in the foilage, but why f/22? The Toki 12-24, which I like and own, would only need to have been at f/16 to get the depth, thereby halving the shutter speed and decreasing the amount of movement. The close stuff would still show enough for the effect.
Perhaps a tad more contrast, but IMHO that's a personal thing, some like and some don't.

Otherwise, good effort.

Ian

Hi Ian - I stupidly used f22 to get as long an exposure time as I could, I was expecting to get more movement to be honest and I wouldn't usually go below f11.

I see the comp error - must have been suffering from brain-fade brought on the the wind-chill

Looking at it this morning I think I could have done with maybe moving left and up a bit to get more mid ground as Tim alluded to - I'll learn

I was going for the Gloomy look, hence the low contrast, which wasn't perhaps the wisest choice I've ever made either

Thanks for the FB - appreciated

Hi Andy full marks for going on the hill in this kind of weather, but it makes me feel drunk
John
Aberdeen

Hi Andy,

Interesting! I think the Lichen is too central for my taste and I probably would have shot this at f/16 or less (My personal preference probably would have been f/8). However, congratulations on braving the severe weather.

Paul - as I said above. I was after as long an exposure time as possible to get the movement - using a bigger aperture would have been taking me the wrong way