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Beach at Penestin, South Brittany
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New to this – don’t know if I overdid the resizing hopefuly you can appreciate the emptiness of beaches in BrittanyHi esmie-
One thing guaranteed to bug people here is having to click though thumbnails in order to view pictures-
they can be an impatient lot-
and they wont comment-you should copy the image address, paste it into your message, select it, then click the ‘img’ tab from the menu above, and the picture should appear like this-
Its a bit tilted,
and taken at a time of day when most landscapers have gone back to bed-The lighting is very harsh-
and the composition quite static-Have a look at cropping-
this will help you when you go to shoot again-Good to see you posting-
j
Hello again Esmie.
I won’t repeat Josephs comments but I will give you a very valid pointer given to me some time back from this site. If it doesn’t add to the landscape – leave it out. The sky in this case is relatively featureless and the foreground the interesting part. If you’re taking this kind of shot again keep it in mind and another tip would be to get closer to the ground (this livens up the foreground and gives it more detail).
Looks like a nice place though!
Alan
Ouch!! I wasn’t out as a photographer that day but as a tourist, melting in the sun. I have cropped , fiddled with the colour etc, but this is how it looked, tilt notwithstanding.
esmie wrote:
Ouch!! I wasn’t out as a photographer that day but as a tourist
Don’t take it personally, esmie. We’re here to help and if you post them here
then you’re asking for critique (which musn’t be equated with criticism).I appreciate that. I am really new to all this. I only got the camera a month ago, it’s my first SLR and I contemplated NOT taking it on holiday with me. Also, I am forever crouching down to take photos from a lower level but it was just too damn hot that day! What does concern me is the tilt – that is a problem I seem to have no matter how I try to line the horizon up – any suggestions for hand-held photos?
esmie wrote:
I appreciate that. I am really new to all this. I only got the camera a month ago, it’s my first SLR and I contemplated NOT taking it on holiday with me. Also, I am forever crouching down to take photos from a lower level but it was just too damn hot that day! What does concern me is the tilt – that is a problem I seem to have no matter how I try to line the horizon up – any suggestions for hand-held photos?
For handheld shots, I try to keep the horizon parallel to the
wee lines inside my viewfinder. For tripod shots, I often use
a spirit level that goes in the flash shoe thingy.Of course, Photoshop (or equivalent) will allow you to get it right in the computer
but you will end up losing part of your shot.
I find that I can pick out a one quarter degree rotation of a horizon. One degree
looks like a mountain slope. I spend my life straightening picture frames on walls!Pete is right in what he says about lining up the horizon in the view finder but I bet you’ve tried that?
Maybe have a look how you hold the camera and press the shutter release. This may sound childish but it may have a baring on the angle of the horizon at the moment of capture. SLRs can be awkward buggers and need to be well supported if handheld. Just a suggestion.Alan
But whatever you do with it, keep the reflection of the central tree, it gives a lovely limpid look to the shot.
Thar’s still a really good shot !
Don’t worry about the horizon – I have that problem too sometimes.Mind you I did get obsessive about it in the past – my wife found me lining up the cans of peas straight in Tescos ….
Keith
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