This is the famous Nash Point on the heritage Coast in South Wales.
I was there early this day waiting for a sunset so decided to get some practice in.
I like the inclusion of the 2 people on the right, they add a sense of scale and also stop one's eye from exiting the right of the image, well, that's the theory anyway
Sony A100 (borrowed off my son)
Sigma 10-20 EX
1/80th second
f8
ISO 100
10mm
Tripod
Cable release
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 2, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Thanks Andy, you are right of course, I noticed it's not as sharp as I'd like it to be, my processing is letting me down a bit I know, I used to over sharpen everything but I've backed off a bit now, too much maybe
Although with this one I suspect I may have got it wrong at the taking stage, I don't know why I used f8, I usually use f16 and I use manual focus and may have moved the focus ring without noticing while moving around the place, plus if I used a ND grad filter, then that degrades the image too, so many possibilities.
I'm happy with the composition though
Geoff.
Posted by jack chapman on November 2, 2010 at 5:03 PM
agree the image looks a bit soft, though it does look like it's only resizing softness
aside from that very nice image, really like the colours
Posted by Neil Burton on November 2, 2010 at 5:50 PM
The two people work nicely! Agree a bit soft.
Posted by Austin Thomas on November 3, 2010 at 7:23 AM
I like the composition Geoff and the lines formed by the edges of the water. The sky is good as well.
Looks very good to me Geoff nice composition and the two figures add interest to it
I agree that it looks to be a bit soft in places
Posted by Mike Smith on November 3, 2010 at 9:59 AM
I keep coming back to this - its got all the right ingrediants but for some reason it just doesn't seem to gel properly for me, I think its because the complementary colours of sky and cliff are ever so slighty out of kilter "colour wheel" wise.
In my minds eye I think it may work better as a B&W conversion
Discussion
7 repliesI was there early this day waiting for a sunset so decided to get some practice in.
I like the inclusion of the 2 people on the right, they add a sense of scale and also stop one's eye from exiting the right of the image, well, that's the theory anyway
Sony A100 (borrowed off my son)
Sigma 10-20 EX
1/80th second
f8
ISO 100
10mm
Tripod
Cable release
The two folk work just as you intended.
Although with this one I suspect I may have got it wrong at the taking stage, I don't know why I used f8, I usually use f16 and I use manual focus and may have moved the focus ring without noticing while moving around the place, plus if I used a ND grad filter, then that degrades the image too, so many possibilities.
I'm happy with the composition though
Geoff.
aside from that very nice image, really like the colours
Softness already mentioned.
Cheers
Austin
I agree that it looks to be a bit soft in places
In my minds eye I think it may work better as a B&W conversion