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Dublin Mountains
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this shot was taken in the evening. Camera setup on tripod and made up of 2 seperate raw conversions merged. Curves and Dodging and burning were applied as well as sharpening
Any C&C would be extremely useful
Thanks
Hi SwingKing,
I did very much love your earlier posting of the Bundoran Cliffs – but i’m afraid this does nothing for me at all. There are no element here that ‘grabs’ my attention. My eye does not wander around the image.
Although a good exposure, and it touchs on a good composition as regards the ‘rule of thirds’ – (only in that the horizon in on the top third grid) and that it has a passable ‘leading line’ – it just seems to fall flat.
Comapre it as a composition to this one from your own flickr page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swingking/4806512322/sizes/m/in/photostream/Sometimes it perhaps best to consider what to leave out – rather than what to try to squeeze in.
ps – your website link is not working.
Bren
Hi Brendan,
I love nothing more than someone being critical with my image. So thanks for your honest opinion.
It’s only by following advice that I will get better.
I ‘m guessing what you are saying is that there is too much clutter in the image and it’s hard to focus on a specific subject, yes?
Some may look at your image and love it.
Some images can be very ‘busy’ – and still appeal – as in this Ansel Adams example.
In your particular image – nothing grabs me. Its a beautiful part of the country and i know that pathway. Maybe when your up there again – look west instead of down onto a smoke filled city, and look for some key element to include, like a gate, leading wall, lone tree, wandering stream etc – and make this the central focal point.
Even that path leading up the mountain would proabably be a 10 times better compsotion – and perhaps even better in B&W if the sky was 50% blue~50% white.
Many ways to skin a cat i know – but if i had stood where you were – i’d have left my camera in the bag.
have a great Sunday.
bren
That’s fantastic advice and I’ll certainly consider what you’ve said on my next shoot. Thanks again :)
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