Results 1 to 10 of 10

Thread: Ardverk dawn

  1. #1
    Tom Dolezal
    Guest

    Default Ardverk dawn




    Another dawn view at Loch Assynt in NW Scotland.

    Technical: Canon 1Ds Mk3, Canon 16-35 Mk2,, focal length 16mm, f/11, 1/60, 0 EV, ISO 200, 0 EV, AV mode

    C&C always welcome.

    Thank you for looking.

  2. #2
    Avian Moderator Randy Stout's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    SW Michigan
    Posts
    14,112
    Threads
    820
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Tom:

    This isn't my usual forum, so take it with a grain of salt, but I think that the image needs to be cropped up from the bottom to about the level of the base of the ruins/ start of water. I don't think the large shadow area on the left adds to the image, not enough detail in there to be interesting.

    Hopefully others will chime in for you.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Randy

  3. #3
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Washington, D.C.
    Posts
    1,225
    Threads
    14
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Beautiful composition, color, light. The long shadow makes an effective leading line and also defines the light, which
    is mainly what this image is about. The shadow details don't matter; they should remain indistinct. I would enhance the light
    with a gradient as illustrated below. I just used a levels adjustment layer. Also shifted the sky color just a bit away from the greens.
    Very nice work indeed on this, Tom.

    Last edited by David Thomasson; 06-03-2009 at 03:57 PM.

  4. #4
    Avian Moderator Randy Stout's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    SW Michigan
    Posts
    14,112
    Threads
    820
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Tom:

    This is why I love BPN, lots of differing opinions. Ultimately, it depends on your story, what you want to tell.
    To me, the ruins are what makes the picture. I appreciate what David did, but went ahead and tweaked it a bit along the lines of my original suggestion. 1) lightened the ruins so you can see a bit more detail, lightened the foreground in shadow, cropped up and a bit from the right.

    You have to be the judge what works for you. It may very well be that your original is best, for you!

    Cheers

    Randy

  5. #5
    Tom Dolezal
    Guest

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by David Thomasson View Post
    Beautiful composition, color, light. The long shadow makes an effective leading line and also defines the light, which
    is mainly what this image is about. The shadow details don't matter; they should remain indistinct. I would enhance the light
    with a gradient as illustrated below. I just used a levels adjustment layer. Also shifted the sky color just a bit away from the greens.
    Very nice work indeed on this, Tom.

    Thank you very much for your comments and your edit Dave. My take on this scene is that the primary subject is the sunburst through the tower window with the light play between the shadow on the LH to and the sunlight areas on the RH with everything else being a backdrop. Like how you presented your edit - how did you do that?

  6. #6
    Tom Dolezal
    Guest

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Stout View Post
    Tom:

    This is why I love BPN, lots of differing opinions. Ultimately, it depends on your story, what you want to tell.
    To me, the ruins are what makes the picture. I appreciate what David did, but went ahead and tweaked it a bit along the lines of my original suggestion. 1) lightened the ruins so you can see a bit more detail, lightened the foreground in shadow, cropped up and a bit from the right.

    You have to be the judge what works for you. It may very well be that your original is best, for you!

    Cheers

    Randy
    Thanks for your comments and edit Randy. I think its very much a case of different eyes seeing different things in a image and I consider this image is open to a variety of different edits. From my perspective I looked to present the actual scene as I saw it whilst it was still fresh in my mind. I do see a lot of possibilities where 'artistic license' can be applied to the PP to produce other variations.

    Tom

  7. #7
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Washington, D.C.
    Posts
    1,225
    Threads
    14
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Dolezal View Post
    Thank you very much for your comments and your edit Dave. My take on this scene is that the primary subject is the sunburst through the tower window with the light play between the shadow on the LH to and the sunlight areas on the RH with everything else being a backdrop. Like how you presented your edit - how did you do that?
    What I posted is an animated gif. Photoshop has very good help files on how to create them. It's fairly easy.

    I somewhat exaggerated the brightening effect (on the green grass) that I was suggesting. I think brightening the sunlit area nearest the ruins
    helps to pull the eye toward the sunburst -- which is the dominant element in any case. Again, very fine work on your part.

  8. #8
    Tom Dolezal
    Guest

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by David Thomasson View Post
    What I posted is an animated gif. Photoshop has very good help files on how to create them. It's fairly easy.

    I somewhat exaggerated the brightening effect (on the green grass) that I was suggesting. I think brightening the sunlit area nearest the ruins
    helps to pull the eye toward the sunburst -- which is the dominant element in any case. Again, very fine work on your part.

    Thanks for that David - much appreciated.

  9. #9
    Roman Kurywczak
    Guest

    Default

    Hey Tom,
    One of your strongest compositionally. The sunburst works very well. I do like the re-post by both and am especially fond of Randy's as I like a bit of detail in the shadows. But very nicely composed by you.

  10. #10
    Robert Amoruso
    Guest

    Default

    Tom,

    The sunburst with the ruins works very well. The flow of the clouds in the sky are a good leading line and the water helps to balance the image well on the right.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics