A 'reflective' moment

Having been all over the UK recently, watching more than photographing I thought I might post this. Shot early in the morning a few hours after sunrise and no wind, this location lends itself well for these kinds of shots IMHO.

MKIII 500f/4 f/6.3 1/160sec ISO 400 Wimberley head and Pod

Hi Stephen,

It is a nice reflection, and you have controlled the depth of field very well, but I do think that the image needs to be rotated 4-5 degrees anti-clockwise, at the moment the water looks to be flowing downhill to me. The image also looks a little dark, but that could just be my monitor.

David

Hi Stephen,

a very nice image sharp in all the right bits with a good background and reflection.

The image on my freshly calibrated screen looks a tad dark

Hi Stephen,

Very nice shot. I agree it does look a little dark, but it may well have been one of those gloomy mornings. The rotation is a tricky one, I agree it looks a bit wonky, but the bird looks level to me, one of those illusions when the water line is not dead parallel to the photographer I guess. If you rotate it I think the Turnstone may look like its falling forwards.

Cheers,

Lewis.

Hi David, I think if it's rotated it might look a tad odd? Re 'a little dark' David/Ian, looks OK here, but might slightly tweak, cheers, Steve

Hi mate - work monitor shows it a tad dark, but it was an overcast day, and I think it does need that rotation ? It does however seem like the TS would then lean forward ?

Hello Stephen.

Lovely looking image.

The whites on the birds breast and the ground look spot on and not to dark, but I agree the top part of the bird does look a little dark. I think I would just lighten the top part of the birds body and head and nothing else.

I think it is just an optical thing this, as when the image is rotated the Turnstones does look odd so I am reluctant to rotate it. Hi Guy, have tweaked it, but sadly the 'system' does not allow me to repost at present.

Very nice indeed, lovely colours. Can see the dilemma about rotating or not, happy with the original though.

Nice image but also looks a tad dark on my uncalibrated monitor

Hi Steve,

It does need some CCW rotation (3.89 degrees to be precise ) the way to check this when you have a reflection is to take the ruler tool and draw a line from one location on the subject (usually the eye) to the same point on the reflection, then go to Image Rotate>Arbitary and the required rotation will be filled in for you. I also did a simple lift in the mid tones in levels which improved the image....

HTH

Hi Phil, yes I am aware about the ruler, however as stated earlier, I feel that it is the TS that has to look right and perhaps too much rotation might through the whole image out? However, appreciate the comment and if I can I will repost subject to the 'system'

Hi Steve,

Appreciate fully your concerns, if it is OK with you I have done a quick and dirty rotate and crop which I can post... I think the TS looks fine with the rotation.

All the best

Very nice image but agree with above comments

Dave

Hi Stephen

Nice setting and deep rich colours. I agree with you on rotation and the whites are fine so I feel you have pretty much got your exposure correct and presented it as seen on an overcast day. I can also understand some wanting the dark areas lifting a little - personal taste. For me fine as posted!

David

Thanks everyone

Phil, happy for you to repost as a few have raised similar points and this might be beneficial for anyone viewing to see posting versa comments.

Steve

Hi,

Here you go.... as I said it is very quick and dirty, I think the TS looks OK, but as you say it is very interesting the different opinions here...

Forgot to say I love the setting....

All the best

Phil

I think the rotation will work without any issues for the TS and I too love the setting and super POV on this one Steve. Really nice capture, I think you can lay your concerns to rest.

Brett

Yep Brett, thanks Phil, will now rotate 3.89 degrees ready for output with a hint in levels

Steve

Lovely reflection of the turnstone...the whites look pretty good too. Prefer the second image.

Thanks Ian