weekly It is what it is, Sirching for 52/2016 - 52 - Celebrate

Hiya Chris

Entrance, a good spot and well captured but compositionally I'd prefer it off-centre personally.

Size works really well for me though - I think it captures the theme perfectly and I do like the shadow from the hill. Ok, in better light it would be an even stronger shot, but sometimes you're there when you're there! I think you've done well with this (just sort out that dust spot ;) )
 
Thanks for taking the time Paul
pjm1 said:
Entrance, a good spot and well captured but compositionally I'd prefer it off-centre personally
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It's in woodland and I wanted to use a longish focal length to get a bit of separation of the gateposts from the background so framing options were pretty limited.

pjm1 said:
in better light it would be an even stronger shot,
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I thought the light was pretty good, I be genuinely interested to know how you think it could be improved?

pjm1 said:
just sort out that dust spot
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How did I miss that? Perhaps I shouldn't post (or do anything but sleep) after 17 hours on the go :)
 
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sirch said:
Thanks for taking the time Paul
I thought the light was pretty good, I be genuinely interested to know how you think it could be improved?
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Sorry Chris, I didn't mean to be so critical! The light is good... but I reckon if you'd stuck it out for another 20-30 minutes (perhaps less) it would have become great. Having said that, you can get a similar effect in post by adding a bit of grad to the top of the sky, some redness in the upper hills and an elliptical yellow grad on the main "lit" area... it's not great by any stretch but perhaps resembles what it might have looked like just that little bit later? You may want to desaturate my attempt slightly though as I just did it very quickly...

http://i.imgur.com/KSEvvp8.jpg
 
alsjazzera said:
Can only agree with the above a great view
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Thanks Allan

pjm1 said:
Sorry Chris, I didn't mean to be so critical! The light is good... but I reckon if you'd stuck it out for another 20-30 minutes (perhaps less) it would have become great. Having said that, you can get a similar effect in post by adding a bit of grad to the top of the sky, some redness in the upper hills and an elliptical yellow grad on the main "lit" area... it's not great by any stretch but perhaps resembles what it might have looked like just that little bit later? You may want to desaturate my attempt slightly though as I just did it very quickly...

http://i.imgur.com/KSEvvp8.jpg
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Thanks for taking the time Paul,it's really interesting to see other people's interpretations. We were there quite a while after I took that shot but there wasn't much, if any improvement (it was early morning, not evening) and of course the shadows were getting shorter. Your rendition is certainly more dramatic, food for thought...

Dark Knight said:
Lovely view that Chris, really nice light in the valley and on the buildings too :)

Glad you guys had a great time !!
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Thanks Dean, it was really good fun.
 
Ah gotcha Chris - I hadn't realised it was morning rather than evening. In that case maybe 30 mins earlier :)

I don't know whether it's just my bad luck but I've always found evenings to give a better / more saturated light.
 
What a beautiful tranquil scene. Like it Chris and spot on for the theme. Lovely colours.
 
I think the hamlet is almost lost among the hills, and TBH I quite like it as is.
 
Very nice ... sun on the buildings midground and emphasizing the folds in the mountains BG, with contrasting sky. (y)
 
Like that Chris, never been able to get landscapes quite right though. Seems just right to me, colours, vision
 
Hiya Chris

Rough - I prefer the track, gorgeous light and super leading lines
Covered - love the second with the snow, great depth to this photograph.
Colourful - I like this more for the lack of lots of colour, nicely done.
Entrance - nice greens and plenty of detail
Size - huge scale and nice light.
 
chrispp said:
Like that Chris, never been able to get landscapes quite right though. Seems just right to me, colours, vision
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Thanks Chris, glad you like it

purplepleaser said:
Hiya Chris

Rough - I prefer the track, gorgeous light and super leading lines
Covered - love the second with the snow, great depth to this photograph.
Colourful - I like this more for the lack of lots of colour, nicely done.
Entrance - nice greens and plenty of detail
Size - huge scale and nice light.
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Thanks for taking the time Lee, I particularly appreciate your comments on colourful, I was beginning to think I had lost the plot with that one
 
That certainly gives a sense of scale Chris. I used to love walking in the lakes, especially the Langdale Valley. Lovely colours there and at least it wasn't raining.

Just clone out the bird :rolleyes:​
 
I agree with Tim. Good idea and nicely shot in terms of sharpness etc, but the perspective / crop could improve it.

The light is a little harsh too can see where Paul is coming from. Slightly earlier or in the evening would be lovely I'm sure. Course, I'm sure you weren't hanging around waiting for just this one photo! :)
 
Bruja said:
That certainly gives a sense of scale Chris. I used to love walking in the lakes, especially the Langdale Valley. Lovely colours there and at least it wasn't raining.

Just clone out the bird :rolleyes:​
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Thanks Jill, the Langdales are very busy these days, but then so is the whole Lake District. Just back from a night at Glenridding

Ian W said:
I agree with Tim. Good idea and nicely shot in terms of sharpness etc, but the perspective / crop could improve it.

The light is a little harsh too can see where Paul is coming from. Slightly earlier or in the evening would be lovely I'm sure. Course, I'm sure you weren't hanging around waiting for just this one photo! :)
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Actually we were hanging around for the light, we had gone up there to take photos :)
 
sirch said:
Actually we were hanging around for the light, we had gone up there to take photos :)
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Doh! I knew that though, just assumed this wasn't THE shot you were going for :)

I'll stop digging now....
 
Ian W said:
Doh! I knew that though, just assumed this wasn't THE shot you were going for :)

I'll stop digging now....
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You are right in a sense, we went for a sunrise which turned out to be nothing special so went looking for other things
 
Ian W said:
So simple and original! Hard to argue you didn't pull it off too [emoji4]
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Thanks Ian, it's odd but it turns out to be harder than I expected to get a half decent out of focus shot o_O
 
sirch said:
Thanks Ian, it's odd but it turns out to be harder than I expected to get a half decent out of focus shot o_O
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Counter intuitive I guess. You spend years avoiding just that then choose to go against your instincts.

That and I imagine, you wanted to get a shot that's out of focus but just enough so you can see what it's actually a photograph of. Good job as far as I can see :)
 
Chris, like your idea for this one, quite appealing even out of focus. Forgotten my first thoughts were the local cemeteries and memorials, then
after a couple have been posted thought of something different. The challenge really makes you think that's for sure.
 
chrispp said:
Chris, like your idea for this one, quite appealing even out of focus. Forgotten my first thoughts were the local cemeteries and memorials, then
after a couple have been posted thought of something different. The challenge really makes you think that's for sure.
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Thanks Chris, yes it certainly does make you think, I often end up doing something different to the first few ideas I had. This idea came to me today after I had tried a couple of other things
 
Hi Chris. My first thought strangely was that it was about forgetting how to act and play as a child rather than focusing the camera ha ha. Excellent and difficult as it is counter-intuitive as Ian says - I have that problem creating movement blur when I normally go to some lengths to acquire sharp focus. (y)
 
Carl Ayling said:
Hi Chris. My first thought strangely was that it was about forgetting how to act and play as a child rather than focusing the camera ha ha. Excellent and difficult as it is counter-intuitive as Ian says - I have that problem creating movement blur when I normally go to some lengths to acquire sharp focus. (y)
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Thanks Carl, I like your interpretation of it, which hadn't occurred to me.

I think the thing is that "in focus" is a definable thing but there a wide range of options for out of focus. As you say, same with motion blur, it's hard to know how much will look right.
 
Simple but very effective Chris, great idea :)
 
Entrance - great little find for the theme
Size - The houses are certainly dwarfed by the mountains very colourful landscape
forgotten - clever thinking
 
... got to be the wackiest take on a theme this year. :cautious:
 
d00d said:
... got to be the wackiest take on a theme this year. :cautious:
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I thought it rather complimented my other works, "Forgotten to check the light meter", "Forgotten to set the shutter speed" and of course "Forgotten the SD Card"
 
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