Good detail where it counts and the sliver of warmth breathes life into the image. Like the way the FG draws you into the image. Never a lover of a 50/50 split, but this works. Like to have viewed this on a bigger screen so will have to wait till next week.
Nice to see you taking a break from the VT editing suite
TFS
Steve
Posted by Phil Ellard on November 29, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Hi quality as ever, shame about the sunset that would have been a spectacular setting, made the most of it though
Posted by John Robinson on November 29, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Can't judge landscapes very well Andy but looks good enough to me. Can't remember the last time I saw the sea !!
JR
Posted by Nick Mckeown on November 29, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Sublime image Andy and I love the sun burst in the clouds as subtle as it is. I think this is a great consolation prize for your cold marathon.
Nick.
Posted by Bob Johnson on November 29, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Looks fab to me but what do I know about landscapes
Bob
Posted by Neil Burton on November 30, 2012 at 4:34 AM
Nothing like a reef for prickling the unmentionables. I agree the 50/50 works and does so due to the lead in and the flaring sun, subtle but necessary.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 30, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Excellent Andy
Last time I was there I was scuba diving.
Posted by Ian Haskell on December 6, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Although a pleasing composition I really don't understand the lighting levels in this...mainly why is the foreground so light and the midground so dark. How many exposures have you used to achieve this? Just interested really.
Ian
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 6, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Discussion
9 repliesThree hours I sat on this damn cold reef that's actually like sitting on a billion razor blades stood on end.
Waiting to see if the sunset would actually be as spectacular as it promised - well, it wasn't - quite
But I'm quite pleased with this.
D3+24-70mm f2.8 @ f14
f14 @ 1/8th to 1/1000th
PV2012
Looks better NOT in sRGB!
Thanks for looking
Good detail where it counts and the sliver of warmth breathes life into the image. Like the way the FG draws you into the image. Never a lover of a 50/50 split, but this works. Like to have viewed this on a bigger screen so will have to wait till next week.
Nice to see you taking a break from the VT editing suite
TFS
Steve
JR
Nick.
Bob
Last time I was there I was scuba diving.
Ian
The image looks a little off here because it's not full IQ jpeg, try looking at it here http://fineartamerica.com/featured/welsh-seascape-andy-astbury.html where you'll see the middle ground isn't as dark.
The shot is taken after the sun has dipped so nearly twilight.
The darker middle ground rocks are smothered with bladderwrack, and the FG is paler rock that doesn't get covered by the tide under normal conditions.
So that's why the FG is lighter and the middle ground darker; and of course there's the natural semi-darkness of the scene.
Have a look at the external link above though - I think you'll understand the shot better.