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Druidston Haven + comparison

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 18, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Druidston Haven + comparison
Another atempt at a landscape. I have realised that I never consciously set out to shoot landscapes and the only ones I have are taken when out walking the dogs. That's obviously the reason why they never turn out as I'd like :smile: Critique and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
Anyway, this is the far end of Druidston Haven looking west towards St Davids.
1/60th @ f8 iso 200
17mm
Posted by Neil Burton on October 18, 2012 at 4:20 PM
It is fine as is but I would prefer to see more of those cliffs, the foreground is a bit uninteresting. Nice sky though. Walk further next time :)
Posted by Phil Ellard on October 18, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Lovely view, the image has lovely depth and a nice warm glow. The bottom looks too dark to me but its minor as this is a very nice shot :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on October 18, 2012 at 4:58 PM
I agree with Phil ,Robert.
I am certainly no landscape man but I think lightening up the botoom right corner would help a tad.
Nice though still.
JR
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on October 19, 2012 at 4:30 AM
Like the ratio on this Robert, all looks good to me, exposure/lighting looks spot on. :toast:

TFS
Steve
Posted by Nick Mckeown on October 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Agree with Steve Robert it all looks OK on my lappie and this would be worth a re-visit in the spring when all the colours are there.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on October 19, 2012 at 3:33 PM
I'm certainly no landscape photographer, but like this. I agree with Neil though :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on October 22, 2012 at 10:49 AM
It'll do for me, as I like the transition from shade to light. Well done.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 22, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Thanks all for your comments. I am no way a landscape shooter so I was particularly interested in getting some comments on this one. The initial comments saying the bottom corner was too dark actually surprised me. When I looked again at the post I could see plenty of detail although the area was in shadow. I know the foreground is not particularly interesting but when I took the image I used the hedge to lead the eye to the main subject which is the cliff and beyond. To that effect I believed the shadow area gave the image some added depth. As a comparison this image taken very close to the original has the foreground lit the same as the middle distance. To me it looks more 2 dimentional. I'd be very interested in how others would perceive it.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on October 22, 2012 at 2:56 PM
I much prefer the first image Robert as I find the foreground too dominant and adds little to the image. Perhaps a lower viewpoint along the beach area where there appear to be some nice stones may produce some worthwhile images. It will be worth trying different vantage points Robert as I think this area will yield some nice images.

Nick. smile: :wavey: