Posted by Mike Smith on January 25, 2010 at 12:49 PM
One from a few weeks ago when walking in the black moutains
Ancient Lumix LX-1, 48mm FOV, 1/1300s at F4, iso 100 multisegment metering and -1/3EV adjustement to preserve whites, handheld, cropped from 16:9 to remove foreground lacking interest otherwise full width image and to provide enhanced leading line to Sugarloaf.
Sorry Mike but for me this just doesn't seem to have a sufficiently interesting point of focus. I find the darker areas around the base to be blocked (though that could just be the copmression and small image size) and lacking any detail and whilst the light on Sugarloaf itself is great it is too small to have any major effect on the image as a whole. I think your memories of the day will give you a better perspective on the image.
Robert
Hi Mike - I have come back to this several times and had a squint, and given it some thought. I can see where you were going with this, and also what attracted you to it. The snow has shown up lines in the landscape that would normally not be visible, and that feature does work in leading your eyes into the hill.
I think however that its way too subtle for the casual viewer to 'read' it easily, and that it might have been more successful at a larger scale. I've found myself doing this with shots way too often - the experience of being there and the way you 'saw' the scene is a strong one, but the translation of that into an image that will bring a hint of the same experience to the viewer is difficult to achieve.
To be honest I think you might have got closer to this being a success by showing less in the image - the bit of the image that really interests me at this scale is the hedgerow pattern to the right and I think that would have made a more obvious and 'accessible' pattern shot (assuming the Lumix has a lens that goes that far?).
Its perhaps a cliche to say that 'less is more' but I feel in this case it really would have made the image more powerful by showing less of the scene, and particularly by concentrating more on the pattern to the right.
Cheers!
Posted by Cliff Young on January 26, 2010 at 4:24 AM
Mike, I agree with Robert and John. Many times I (still) allow myself to be swayed by the memory of actually "being there" and that is of course missing when viewed by others. In this case my eyes are drawn either to the peak or the patchwork fields on the mid right, both sunlit, but the darker areas, particularly the bottom of the image, lack interest and detail as you said. However I'm sure it would come across much better as a larger image. Cliff
Posted by Mike Smith on January 26, 2010 at 4:30 AM
Thanks guys, looking at this on my works laptop it bears no resemblance to the version on my calibrated CRT, there is a full tonal range in the image, ie the black end is not clipped but it just isn't coming through at this size.
One for the wall rather than 720 pixels
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM
Hello Mike.
I like this and its never easy getting the best out of landscapes at 720dpi, as landscapes have so much detail in the and gets lost at this size.
I love the base of this image where the snow as melted which makes for a great holdomg point for the snow. We then have those lovely fields slowly working their way up the hill side and slowly coming to an end. Leaving the rest of the hill still to nature. I also find the dark side of the hill as worked to your advantage as the light catching the top of the hill makes it stand out beautifully.
I think a large image of this would look quite impressive.
Discussion
5 repliesAncient Lumix LX-1, 48mm FOV, 1/1300s at F4, iso 100 multisegment metering and -1/3EV adjustement to preserve whites, handheld, cropped from 16:9 to remove foreground lacking interest otherwise full width image and to provide enhanced leading line to Sugarloaf.
Robert
I think however that its way too subtle for the casual viewer to 'read' it easily, and that it might have been more successful at a larger scale. I've found myself doing this with shots way too often - the experience of being there and the way you 'saw' the scene is a strong one, but the translation of that into an image that will bring a hint of the same experience to the viewer is difficult to achieve.
To be honest I think you might have got closer to this being a success by showing less in the image - the bit of the image that really interests me at this scale is the hedgerow pattern to the right and I think that would have made a more obvious and 'accessible' pattern shot (assuming the Lumix has a lens that goes that far?).
Its perhaps a cliche to say that 'less is more' but I feel in this case it really would have made the image more powerful by showing less of the scene, and particularly by concentrating more on the pattern to the right.
Cheers!
One for the wall rather than 720 pixels
I like this and its never easy getting the best out of landscapes at 720dpi, as landscapes have so much detail in the and gets lost at this size.
I love the base of this image where the snow as melted which makes for a great holdomg point for the snow. We then have those lovely fields slowly working their way up the hill side and slowly coming to an end. Leaving the rest of the hill still to nature. I also find the dark side of the hill as worked to your advantage as the light catching the top of the hill makes it stand out beautifully.
I think a large image of this would look quite impressive.