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Yowzah! This has great immediacy, breathtaking shot. Beautiful sky, and the light on the waters is super.
Except..
I don’t like the – is it flare front centre though.
And the horizon is a bit iffy.Very nice shot, you captured lovely light but the flare kind of ruins it for me especially the bottom right of the image. I won’t mention the horizon.
Dave.
PS, did you finish, I heard there was over 3000 runners.
This is very close to being a very fine shot, but for the reasons mentioned above.
What filter did you use?Yeah I know the flare is a bit annoying…. i had the hood on the lens and all and still crept in .. any suggestion for future shots…
Did have any filter on either .. though I am thinking of getting some.. again what would ye suggest for taking this sort of landscape shot ?
I finished already.. just under 64 minutes.. so well happy .. big crowd down there .. yet again .. and the weather .. well as you can see there.. it was not half bad.. once the race finally got under way.
Looking forward to hearing what ye suggest re filters and reducing flare in future
thanks
KevThe only thing that I can suggest for the flare, is to just recompose the shot, just try to find a angle that dosent allow the sun to shine directly on to the lens,
As well as that, it might be worth your while investing in a set of ND Grad filters,
With these ,you will gain a bit more control over this type of shot.
I’d say most people who shoot a lot of landscapes would have a set of these.
Hope this helps.Grad ND’s are most certainly a must for a landscape photographer. I use singh ray which are available in the US. Closer to home Lee mare a decent set in the UK.
I like the comp and idea but I think some post processing would help. I would like to see at least some of the flare cloned out in photoshop. Also I would remove some of the magenta as the colour balance looks a bit off.
For future reference when trying to avoid flare you need to cover the light hitting the lens by holding a hat(cowboy is good) above the lens at an angle to stop the light directly hitting the glass. It can be difficult to keep the hat out of the shot so try and compose the frame in a way that the camera is tilting slightly downward..
Hope this helpful..
Sorry for not beeing too exicted but i think this image can get a better treatment.
– white balance in sky needs a balance ( ; (the left part is too red and the right part becomes blue)
– horizon is drunk
– jpg reduction too massiv, better present it smaller but with fine details
– i wonder is that a hdr – that is typical hdr water but maybe just because of jpg reduction?
– try to balance the brighness between left foreground rock and cliff in the background – it needs seperation
-there are two ways….1. deal with the sun and place it right or exclude it! usually lens flair can be very charming for an image but in this case it is a 50:50 situation and your image will find peace without the light in the top because it is very nervous (seestructure, many little clouds, shapes of stones)
-it shouldn’t be a problem to get read of the light in PS with gradiation layers and colour adjustments for the front section. MAybe the sun can stay ( ;PS i don’t agree with Peter. I never ever touched a ND filter. but i am sure everybody has her/his style.
Just some ideas. Cheers Madeleine
Ill rephrase. Grad ND’s are essential for a landscape photographer that wants to get the exposure correct in the camera (film or digital) rather than through digital post processing and HDR blending..
Thanks guys… appreciate the feedback .. will look at the image again and see what I can do with it .. the advice is most welcome tho .. will give me something to think about for the next shot now …. all going well
Kev
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