This was taken on the Isle of Harris and is a reflected Lochan with some flowers and lily pads which I haven't been able to id yet (any help with this would be appreciated), although I have been checking my mums comprehensive flower book but to no avail currently.
24-70, 1/2 sec, f22, iso50, CPL
Additional notes:
I would have used a wider f stop but the reflection wasn't quite perfect and I wanted this to look as still as possible. Use of a ND grad makes for an unpleasant gradient line and I don't want to double process.
The white flowers are without doubt bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), and given the location, the water lily is almost certainly least water lily (Nuphar pumila). There seems to be some barrel distortion in lower left corner which you may be able to correct in Photoshop (Filters/Distort/Lens Correction) or with other tools such as DxO or PTLens.
Not quite working for me, although it has some strong colour in the lilies the overall images lacks a real focal point. It captures the mood of the environment and as a study works ok but I don't find myself drawn into the image.. Maybe in a different light this might be a different image.
Hi Ian - as a west coast highlander I know this type of lighting really well. In my experience the grand landscapes dont work in this light as the sky is a wash out. However this same light is fantastic for images where the sky can be excluded, and my preference for your scene with its dark peaty pools, would be to get in closer to isolate some of the lovely shapes of the plants and use a polarizer to knock the surface sheen right off and get a wonderful dark background and incredibly rich detail in the subject as a consequence of the massive softbox overhead.
I can imagine how this would have looked if I was standing their and I would love to find some sences like this. I always fine landscape shots just lose there impact at this size and I bet this looks so much better bigger. As an enviroment shot I think this as worked well.
Thanks guys. Thanks Phil for the id (I couldn't find these after consulting different books and the Internet).
This looks okay on my spectraview at home and a lot does seem to be lost through compression of the image down to a smaller size....Its not really the typical landscape type shot that I like to do more of plant in environment shot. I have some shots in closer just concentrating on the subject with a bit of reflection...another go back and do!
John really like the idea of getting in a lot closer and using the peaty pools to my advantage...I was hoping to get some of the structure of the 'underneath the water' part, but overall really hasn't worked.
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5 repliesThis was taken on the Isle of Harris and is a reflected Lochan with some flowers and lily pads which I haven't been able to id yet (any help with this would be appreciated), although I have been checking my mums comprehensive flower book but to no avail currently.
24-70, 1/2 sec, f22, iso50, CPL
Additional notes:
I would have used a wider f stop but the reflection wasn't quite perfect and I wanted this to look as still as possible. Use of a ND grad makes for an unpleasant gradient line and I don't want to double process.
C&C welcome.
Ian
Brett
I can imagine how this would have looked if I was standing their and I would love to find some sences like this. I always fine landscape shots just lose there impact at this size and I bet this looks so much better bigger. As an enviroment shot I think this as worked well.
This looks okay on my spectraview at home and a lot does seem to be lost through compression of the image down to a smaller size....Its not really the typical landscape type shot that I like to do more of plant in environment shot. I have some shots in closer just concentrating on the subject with a bit of reflection...another go back and do!
John really like the idea of getting in a lot closer and using the peaty pools to my advantage...I was hoping to get some of the structure of the 'underneath the water' part, but overall really hasn't worked.
Thanks again for all the comments - Ian