View from Hook Head

• orion

  Participant

  November 7, 2011 at 9:10 pm

  [
  hook view by Emmet & Kathy, on Flickr]
  5faythe

  Participant

  November 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm

  Hi Emmet,

  Just doing one of my trawls through unanswered posts and came across your image.

  The hook is a lovely place to be and can produce some lovely scenes to view at sunset.
  The beams from the cloud covered sun are lovely and the colour in the sky is very nice.

  As often happens when the sky is included in the frame the forground is quite dark.
  There is nice texture in the rocks here and the image might be improved if this area was brighter.
  There are a number of ways to counteract this.
  You could use a graduated filter or use take frames (1 exposed for sky/1 for the land) and combine them in software.

  You could of course try to adjust the exposure of the dark areas in the existing file although lightening
  dark areas like this can often introduce noise.

  It is often advised not to have the subject of a photograph placed in the centre of the frame but I wondered if this is
  one of those times where those wonderful beams should have placed to break that “rule”.

  Good effort though and well done.

  John.
  orion

  Participant

  November 21, 2011 at 8:38 pm

  Thanks John, the hook is indeed a beautiful place, I Tried to bring back the foreground in lightroom but I was consious of the noise issueand didnt want to push it too far. My computer is out of action at the minute so will have another look at the picture when i get the computer fixed.

  Thanks again for the feedback it is always very helpful.
  orion

  Participant

  December 1, 2011 at 10:10 pm

  Went back and had another look at the photo, tried to make some improvements with exposure and crop.

  
  IMG_7459-Edit-Edit-2.jpg by Emmet & Kathy, on Flickr
  redfox

  Member

  December 1, 2011 at 10:21 pm

  Very decent image, well done.
  SteveD

  Participant

  December 2, 2011 at 12:35 pm

  I prefer the composition in the second image, but I am not as keen on the processing. I think you have dragged too much detail out of the darker areas and lost some of the drama of the rays.

  Drop me a note if you have photoshop, I have a suggestion.
  sirvad

  Member

  December 9, 2011 at 2:19 pm

  2nd is a vast improvement although there is still abit to go. from brightening or merging the bottom you have created a halo along the horizon. Your horizon looks slanted but checked it out and its not, the land is giving a slant illusion. Nice composition, and worth a 3rd go.