Skinningrove (2 images)

[Andred]

A couple from todays adventures in the wind and rain.

Lee ND Grads + polarizer used for both images, didnt want to use any ND filters as I wanted to keep some texture in the sea rather than the misty/flour look.


_MG_1511 copy by macred587, on Flickr


_MG_1522 copy by macred587, on Flickr

[AlexMonro]

I love the top one! The bottom one has a bit too much of the long exposure misty look for me. Also, the clouds and sky colours in the top one are more interesting.

[RovingMike]

But when seascapes come up this bland, you can see why people bang big blockers on and go for misty water.

[El_Sid]

But when seascapes come up this bland, you can see why people bang big blockers on and go for misty water.

Bit harsh Mike... OK they're never going to win prizes but with a bit of effort the1st could be improved...



Granted the second is a lost cause though.

[Andred]

Bit harsh Mike... OK they're never going to win prizes but with a bit of effort the1st could be improved...



Granted the second is a lost cause though.

Thanks sid, strangely enough on my calibrated monitor your 'adjustment' looks more like what mine actually looks like on my screen (except the crop), flickr seems to really block up the shadows when I upload them, out of curiosity, how do you upload your images to AP forums?

[El_Sid]

Adjustments like this I do in Pixlr and save directly to my Picasa gallery.

My own originals I upload to Photobucket at the size they appear on the forum.

Posting on here is then just a matter of copying the IMG code in Photobucket and pasting the code straight into the post. with Picas I Right click>Properties on the Picasa image and copy the image address thenpaste that into the post using the insert picture option in the toolbar...

[Andred]

OK cheers, seems if I let flickr do the resizing its where I run into bother, if I 'save for web' in PS first then upload I dont seem to get the strange blocked up shadows and wierd colours.... anyway, took your suggestion on the crop

both images are the same, one in flickr, one photobucket, strange how you still get a slight difference between the two.




_MG_1511-copy by macred587, on Flickr

[RovingMike]

Bit harsh Mike... OK they're never going to win prizes but with a bit of effort the1st could be improved...

Yes but I think a lot of people on here would like to be able to win prizes and I try to pitch my comments on anything that looks basically competent against getting to the 19-20 bracket in club comps. You have to have a standard to judge by and it can irritate people when you aren't consistent, so I'm always looking at whether something can get an H/C at the very least and then on up to say ARPS level, which is the highest most top end clubbers aspire to.
I'm never going to heap great praise on a 16/17 level shot, because it is so easy to just stop there and never crack the next level.

[Andred]

Yes but I think a lot of people on here would like to be able to win prizes and I try to pitch my comments on anything that looks basically competent against getting to the 19-20 bracket in club comps. You have to have a standard to judge by and it can irritate people when you aren't consistent, so I'm always looking at whether something can get an H/C at the very least and then on up to say ARPS level, which is the highest most top end clubbers aspire to.
I'm never going to heap great praise on a 16/17 level shot, because it is so easy to just stop there and never crack the next level.

I just had to google what all that was about... sorry not a club guy (yet), but at this this stage into my photography I'll be happy with a 16/17, so I'll take that as a back handed compliment :-), anyway If I didn't want fair honest critique I wouldn't post here, so no need to fear me throwing my toys out of the pram.
If I am being honest, compositionally I prefer the second one, maybe slightly lower down and 10 minutes earlier for the better light/sky would have looked nicer, but anyway ticked Skinningrove off my list now, next weekend its 4 miles down the coast to Staithes, see what Mr Cornish seems to like so much about it.

ohh, and heres one I purposely took as a 'rule breaker'.


_MG_1526-copy by macred587, on Flickr

[El_Sid]

...ohh, and heres one I purposely took as a 'rule breaker'.

And thus it's raised above the ordinary... The thing is by deliberatley setting out to break the 'rule' you produced something that has more of yourself in it rather than being merely a record shot - regardless of how good a record the shot may be.

Keep plugging away, cracking the art of landscape photography is a lot harder than you first expect...

[RovingMike]

Just a bit of decent light and your rule breaker would be the best.

[taxor]

next weekend its 4 miles down the coast to Staithes, see what Mr Cornish seems to like so much about it.

Oh no! not more Joe Cornish



This is the best of the three. The light and colours are beautiful and subtle. I quite like #1 as well, although I think a person silhouetted on the rocks and admiring the light would be a big improvement and provide a point of interest - if you could do it without drowning them in the process.