Serra De Cuber..

Sorry folks, another B&W Landscape for your C&Cs.. Thought I'd drag out a coloured one but thought I'd share this one first of all.. I appreciated your comments on the Mortitx image and hope you can comment on this as well.

Kind regards and many thanks.

Brett


Canon 1D Mk3, Canon 24-70mm f2.8 + CP filter, HH
1/100 @ f16, ISO 400, Mono in camera. Finished in PS

As you know, Brett, I don't claim to be an expert on either landscapes or b&w, but I do feel that you have overdone the rocks in the foreground here. Cropping them part way up from the bottom would improve the composition imo.

David

I much prefer this one, simpler with a nice lead in. Good one.
I like it as is, the thirds comp works well for me.

Tim

Thanks David but for me that would have brought the 'horizon' to close to the middle of the frame which is why I went for this to try and get the upper part of the image closer to the third. Glad of your opinion though..

ooops.. seem like Tim was on my wavelength at the same time..

Brett

Hi Brett,

I think this works very well and I like the strong lead in line from the rocks in the forground.
Brings back happy memories having walked around there many times photographing the Yellow-legged gulls that frequent that particular reservoir, not to mention the many raptors overhead.

Works well for me too.... perhaps a crop from the right hand edge to remove the slightly lighter slope? not sure though....

nice shot, like the composition, light seems harsh which isn't really a bad thing in that it creates a different mood

Like the previous one, I find the sky rather overdone because of the polarizer - it's daylight after all so the sky shouldn't be quite that black. I guess my problem with this is that I can see the mechanics of trying to compose the image i.e sticking the horizon on the third, using the rock edge as the lead in line, without seeing a good connection made between the elements. Using the rocky foreground would be fine if the were something compelling there but really there isn't - it's just a jumble of rocks in harsh lighting and it's taking up a third of the image area. It's also the brightest area in the image so your eye is always being pulled back there. It's quite a common feeling that in portrait format, images of landscapes really feel too tall especially with a wideangle. Unless there is something to hold the eye looming large in the very front foreground they don't often work, and a crop away from the 3:2 ratio can help. Of course, as you say, here that would move the horizon closer to the middle so is equally unsatisfactory.

I don't actively dislike the image, just trying to explain why for me it doesn't quite work.

Thanks folks, appreciate your comments.. Still a lot to learn about this subject which is why I'm posting these. Your views are all valuable and wholly accepted.

Kind regards,

Brett