bamburgh castle

[andydo]

some critique please

[markgozz]

Andy it would be very handy if you could tell us what set up you used to take this shot including any filters .

But for now me critique is :-

Uneven sky exposure ,
Colour cast ,
Lens flare spots ,
Castle has been thrown into too much shadow ,
Odd patches of light and dark areas ,
The composition is going to be down to personal taste but I would of tried a much lower shot to give more interest to the sand ridges .

As I've said the more info you can give on your set up the more help we can give but it looks like you may of picked the wrong time of day to take this shot ( in regard to the position of the sun ) so I think a multiple exposure shot would of worked better or a strong ND grad filter if you haven't the editing software for combining multiple shots .

Mark

[DigiDiva]

I agree with Mark. Early or late in the day,with the sunset/rise colours in the sks,reflected inthe water. A much lower angle too.

The castle in silhouette would have looked stunning.

[andydo]

ive put it on flickr so you can see the data, also the sun was to the right it wasnt a very good time of day for it but my time was limited as me mutha likes to show my yorkie lass asmuch of northumberland in as she can anyway heres the data...http://www.flickr.com/photos/5173276...in/photostream

[andydo]

ii think i used a nd variable grad, we visited warkworth, bamburgh, seahouses, alnwick, newton by the sea, amble and tynemouth nd didnt start til 9am a classic case of point and shoot

[andydo]

1 of others from same day...

[DigiDiva]

Must have been a bleeding long day! haha

[andydo]

Originally Posted by DigiDiva

Must have been a bleeding long day! haha

aye 12 bleedin hours i was knackered man

[andydo]

st marys lighthouse(not as good as jimmy osrams like)

[greenwing]

Andy, I think the 3 lighthouse pictures in this thread are pretty good. I love the twilight lighthouse, and the first of St Marys is quite well conceived, too. Bamburgh Castle, I'm afraid, doesn't cut it, and the after effects of the 'variable ND filter' probably can't be eliminated. Quite a nice picture, but too much difference from one side to the other due to, effectively, two polarisers.

One thing I see though, on 3 of the 4 pictures here, and that I've seen on your images before, is that they need to be levelled. Don't blame your tripod. Look at the pictures and straighten them before you post them.

Chris