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A Sunset, My Arse !!!
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Brian,
Can’t say I ever use them to be honest Brian. Sometimes I use them to cut through a foreground reflection but not for much else.
Do you use one yourself for sunsets? I always felt that the polarising effect was lost when directed towards the sun.
Andy
I do indeed, as well as the ND Grad. But mostly to slow it down when looking for water movement in an image
I dropped and broke one about 4-5 wks ago and the only time I noticed a differance was that my exposure times were faster, hence less movement in the water.
Just bought a new one but not used it yet.Oh right,
Well I do sometimes use a 3 stop neutral filter (not grad) to slow down my exposures. Same idea I guess.
Few typos/grammar still to get sorted but do you think it reads OK?
Andy
The second one for me,
though I might have preferred it slightly wider to the left-
to include some more of the water rushing back-The streams in the pebbles pointing towards the centre just tip the balance in its favour,
compared to the third-j
Thank you jb,
I think you are right. The streams and pebbles work better in the 2nd one. You’ve made my mind up. It’s the 2nd that’s now up on my webpage.
Thanks for your comments.
Andy
#1 is superb. Nice capture of the rays of sunlight.
Like the improved shot on the second.
What type of lens are you using here for this type of shot if you don’t mind me asking.P.S.
I hope Pete brought biscuits with the tea. :)Thanks Ravenash,
These were both taken with my Pentax 14mm DA prime lens which is equivalent to a 21mm of full frame.
Once it’s on, I find it very hard to get off again.
Andy
Hello Andy long time no see , fantastic captures love them grt aj
ps i call around soon to bring back the books realy enjoyed themThese are lovely, Andy.
But…there’s always a but even when I comment on my own photos…they do look a wee bit flat to me.Now, given the way i batter pixels about the head and knees you’d be well entitled to think to yourself, “b****x, they’re perfectly exposed!”. You’d be right too.
I guess what I’m getting at is that they lack a personal stamp; I see a lot of shots like these in magazines and books (and fair play to all involved) and it’s almost become a genre in itself. The problem with that, as I see it, is that it becomes difficult to see any individuality in the shots…technically spot on and winners in their own right, a bit like Michael Schumacher, but I always preferred the crash bang wallop of Colin McRae ;)Again, I don’t mean to take anything away from the shots themselves, or your abilities, they’re as good as any I’ve seen.
I just wish there was more of the photographer’s personality in them.Thanks AJ and Mick,
AJ, yes we must catch up again. I’m in no rush for the books but we must meet up again soon for a spot of photography in the Sperrins.
Mick, thank your for that.
I’m not sure about that comparrison to Michael Schumacher LOL. Personal style is another thread in itself so I’ll not talk to much to that but thanks for the comments on these ones. I’ve certainly been favouring a more subtle approach recently having become somewhat tired of “punch” and “oomph”. That is why it is the 2nd rather than the 3rd shot has gone up on my webpage. 5 years ago it would have been the saturated tones of the 3rd that would have ensnared me.Andy
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