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The Magical Connamara (More photo added)
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Took these photos during the August bank holiday weekend in Connamara, Co. Galway, All comments welcome. Thanks.
very nice set!
#2 being the strongest for me.
i think the figure in the first ruins the scene.
the blues on the horizon in the last one look a bit off, too much cyan,
still a nice image though.well done
Good set.
The First one could have been a very nice photo if the picture was taken right from the shore of the lake as the reflecations of the moutains and the trees would have worked really nice.
Anyway as I said good set of pictures.dont get the idea of the person in the first, really ruins it 4 me. with the reflections you could have had a class shot so please tell me you took one closer to the water :)
what do you mean you dont get the idea of him being there? hes sitting there after a hike enjoying the view it seems.
it doesnt take away from the shot at all actually, if anything its refreshing to see something different to the usual perfect landscape scene. the subject brings a new dynamic to whats an otherwise standard run of the mill landscape shot taken a million times before.
#1. Not sure whether the focal point is supposed to be the reflected landscape or the tourist. Regardless, I find it a tad flat anyway.
#2. My favourite also. Nice shot but I’d clone out those loose bits of blue rope along with that rock creeping into the centre foreground. And what’s going on with the mountain on the far left side? Is it erupting or what :lol:
#3. Great sky but way too much empty foreground for my liking.
Hope you take these comments as constructive. They’re just my opinions – but then I’m not exactly making a million out of photgraphy either :wink:Hi..
Looks like a great place for photography!
I like the last shot but perhaps a little less fore ground??
2nd shot I think would have been helped with slightly better composition. My own taste would be to have the camera slightly lower and closer to the boat with the boat being a bit more into the bottom right corner… if I have explained that right :)
sirvad wrote:
dont get the idea of the person in the first, really ruins it 4 me. with the reflections you could have had a class shot so please tell me you took one closer to the water :)
Hi Sirvad,
Thanks very much for the comment. I just added the photo taken from the “class” point of view. : )
robmgra wrote:
what do you mean you dont get the idea of him being there? hes sitting there after a hike enjoying the view it seems.
it doesnt take away from the shot at all actually, if anything its refreshing to see something different to the usual perfect landscape scene. the subject brings a new dynamic to whats an otherwise standard run of the mill landscape shot taken a million times before.
Hi Robmgra,
Thank you very much for the comment. I was actually doing exactly what you said, trying to bring some sort of life into the photo. I delibrately included him in the photo hoping to get this view from a different perspective. I just added the version with NO tourist in the picture, I think this one is what most people are looking for, : ) Cheers!
markclehane wrote:
#1. Not sure whether the focal point is supposed to be the reflected landscape or the tourist. Regardless, I find it a tad flat anyway.
#2. My favourite also. Nice shot but I’d clone out those loose bits of blue rope along with that rock creeping into the centre foreground. And what’s going on with the mountain on the far left side? Is it erupting or what :lol:
#3. Great sky but way too much empty foreground for my liking.
Hope you take these comments as constructive. They’re just my opinions – but then I’m not exactly making a million out of photgraphy either :wink:Hi Mark,
Thanks for the comments and the advice. Just added another photo from the same view for the 1st one, but without the person being there; great advice about the rope int he second photo, I’ll try to get rid of it, about the mountain, bad PS work, : ) ; totally agree with your opinion on #3, I was trying to get some sort of foreground but couldn’t find anyting interesting. i was hoping for the colours to make it up, lol.. Cheers!
Emmet.L wrote:
nice shots, are they HDR?
Hi Emmet,
No, none of them is HDR. I did do some post editing in in PS though.
tommykelso wrote:
Hi..
Looks like a great place for photography!
I like the last shot but perhaps a little less fore ground??
2nd shot I think would have been helped with slightly better composition. My own taste would be to have the camera slightly lower and closer to the boat with the boat being a bit more into the bottom right corner… if I have explained that right :)
Hi Tommy,
You mean like this following one?
Hi..
Yes a little better… I don’t mean to be a pain in the ass but composition was better in first one! lol
The joys of photography eh?? lol
I can see both points of view on this. The purist would argue the person is a distracting and takes away from the shot whereas the risktakers introduce the non standard in a bid to create an alternative twist.
Both have their merits. My own thoughts on the shot are that it is a little soft. The landscape is beautiful but the alternative twist with the hiker doesnt really work for me. I like the fact that he is there but I think the fact that he is on a laptop doesnt work. If he was standing overlooking the view with a walking stick or sitting there painting on a canvas as he surveyed the landscape then absolutely yes it would work……..It is a nice shot though but as someone alluded to, had potential to be a great shot.
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