Taken yesterday.
D300 50-500 @ 50mm f11 1/3s ISO 200 Tripod FF
HDR on 2 images Slight adjustment of levels, saturation & sharpening in CS3
C & C always welcome
Posted by Mark Green on November 14, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Nice sunset maggie. i feel i needs something in the foreground to lead you eye to the horizon.
Mark.G
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on November 14, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Nice sky, but I agree that the foreground lacks a little.
Oscar
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 14, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Lovely colours in the sky and the heather but I agree that it needs something in the foreground. You may also then want to adjust where the horizon fits in the image. Andrew
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Hi Maggie,
Lovely colours. The middle ground on the heather doesn't look as light as the foreground heather...but overall I really like it, as it conveys a nice evening sunset mood. I'm not so bothered about having something to anchor the foreground as I don't think I'd be able to enjoy the sky as much.
Thank you for the comments. We had been sitting for a couple of hours freezing waiting to get the sunset when an idiot man clambered up from the rocks, stood right in front of us and started taking pictures with his mobile phone That put paid to the sunset. We were on our way down when I saw this sky (on the other side of the Tor) unfortunately there was nothing in the foreground at that point and we were trying to get back down while there was still light.
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Maggie, I can't believe you let the eejit get away with that! My wife's from Northern Ireland and I know what she would have done to him! Andrew
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 14, 2010 at 5:54 PM
It's a beautiful sky Maggie, there's no question about that but the foreground is rather bland and uninteresting, it's really crying out for some rocks or a tree, or some sheep (well, I'm Welsh) or something to add some interest.
Geoff.
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 15, 2010 at 6:45 AM
I like it Maggie - very much. I like the simplicity of the landscape and the lack of clutter. The sky is just beautiful. Sorry - I just laughted at your description of the circumstances - but puzzled as to why you didn't ask him to shift!!!
Crop it Pano just below the skyline so that the ground only protrudes into the bottom of the frame about a 1/8 of the way up into the final image: approximately a 1: 2.7 crop.
This puts the sky 'sideways red U's' in the middle band of interest and fully makes the sky the feature.
Andrew and Kim. I certainly was tempted to say something to the eejit but as Ian was present I bit my tongue
Geoff I am not going to comment on Welshmen and sheep
Tom thanks for your input. Is this something along the lines of what you were suggesting?
Posted by David Taylor on November 17, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Great stuff, Maggie. A beautiful sky. I think I prefer the second image giving more emphasis on the clouds. A stitched panarama would have been nice.
Discussion
11 repliesD300 50-500 @ 50mm f11 1/3s ISO 200 Tripod FF
HDR on 2 images Slight adjustment of levels, saturation & sharpening in CS3
C & C always welcome
Mark.G
Oscar
Lovely colours. The middle ground on the heather doesn't look as light as the foreground heather...but overall I really like it, as it conveys a nice evening sunset mood. I'm not so bothered about having something to anchor the foreground as I don't think I'd be able to enjoy the sky as much.
Ian
Geoff.
Crop it Pano just below the skyline so that the ground only protrudes into the bottom of the frame about a 1/8 of the way up into the final image: approximately a 1: 2.7 crop.
This puts the sky 'sideways red U's' in the middle band of interest and fully makes the sky the feature.
T
Geoff I am not going to comment on Welshmen and sheep
Tom thanks for your input. Is this something along the lines of what you were suggesting?