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Ballynafagh Sunset
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Two images of the sunset on Saturday night over the ruins of Ballynafagh Church, Co Kildare.
nice skies Greig and good subject for silhouette, you seem to be hiding in the edge of field did you get any other angles and closer shots?
The foreground is very dark, which I know is the very definition of a silhouette. Try to retain some of the detail in the foreground by taking at least two photos, one exposed for the sky as you’ve done, and one exposed for the foreground. Most people would then use software such as photomatix to (over)do a HDR image.
Just in case you weren’t looking for a completely dark foreground.
Thanks JMac-2006. I shot here previously in the small graveyard within the church grounds and captured a nice long exposure black and white of the headstones and church (the shot is on my web blog). My aim on this shoot was to try and capture a wider shot of the church which sits surrounded in the middle of the wheat field to give a better feel for the setting of the ruins.
Wirepic – The second shot is actually a 3-exposure bracket which I merged in Photomatix using the fusion function. I wanted to keep it as natural as I could and keep the sene of the silhouette. However, looking at it again I do feel the foreground is a but underexposed. I think I will try pull out some more of the shadows in Lightroom. The first shot is a series of single exposures which I combined to a pano in PT GUI. I used Lightroom to recover some of the shadow detail in the field and pull back the highlights in the sky. Thanks for your comments.
Greig
I think you cropped too much foreground (I suspect) in the first image but nice shots all the same.
I agree that the foreground could do with a boost, but I usually prefer that kind of shot – the idea of a silhouette is nice in itself. Apart from that I’d say they look a touch on the cool side? I’d be tempted to up the temperature a bit in photoshop. Well done :)
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