Slieve Bloom mono

• Joey C

  Participant

  February 19, 2011 at 6:29 pm

  Stone Cairn on Mountain top..Taken from the Ridge of Capard looking east over Co. Laois
  
  400d f22 1/50s
  17mm,
  Slightly different angle..
  

  All C&C welcome pls (its the only way to advance)

  joe
  Bricker

  Participant

  February 19, 2011 at 7:46 pm

  Good pair of shots, and I like the B&W.

  If asked for a preference Id go with number one…..prefer the lower vantage point.

  Take a look at your horizons, they seem to be off a bit.
  jodal1975

  Participant

  February 19, 2011 at 9:45 pm

  lovely shots!!..they work perfectly in b&w…one thing , it could be my eyes but it looks like you have used the luminance slider
  a little too much for my liking in pp (particularly in the 1st) , its as if the photos have lost detail in order to get rid of noise?..like i say it could be my eyes … but nice shots all the same, clouds are great.
  Joey C

  Participant

  February 21, 2011 at 9:37 pm

  Thanks for taking the time to comment guys..Des, i didn’t even look at the horizon, they are way off – (note to self)…
  and Jodal, i did a bit of messing on 1 alright, it was a balancing act to keep the dark heather and the bright glare on the stone..I had merged 3 pics and it looked better but to be honest i’d rather not go down that road so i used 1 pic and tried a few different combinations..and i still wasn’t convinced it looked right, hence i put up 2 different pics.

  thanks again for taking time to share wisdom.
  joe
  Ger 208k

  Participant

  February 21, 2011 at 9:51 pm

  Very nicely exposed and great tones and contrasts, although the 2nd seems sharper.
  Would you consider cropping out to the left of the cairn. I think the clouds there distract a bit from that long stretching cloud on the right, and if you do crop, the cairn makes a nice lead into the rest of the image.
  BM

  Participant

  February 21, 2011 at 10:43 pm

  I like the composition of the first and the lighting of the second.
  Joey C

  Participant

  February 21, 2011 at 10:54 pm

  I love the different perspective one can get from showing pics here, thanks again..i’ve cropped this pic ‘6 ways from Sunday’ and it changes it entirely each time, thats why i posted 2. its all food for though and part of learning..
  I had thought of cropping left Ger but i liked the difference in cloud formation..I was gonna call it Cloud wars, but i think you might have a point there!
  Again thanks,
  joe