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B&W Beach shots
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The three images are all taken from Carne Beach/The Coombe near Rosslare. The marked off area is to indicate where the channel to drain Our Ladys Island is and the sand can be risky around the channel. Thankfully it makes a good subject too.
These were all taken with a SonyA700, the first two with a Sigma 10-20, the last one with a Sigma 24-70mm. All were taken using the ND110 10-stop filter.
Alan.
These are super Alan, like these allot, 2nd is my favorite followed by no 1. No 3 is nice also nothing wrong with it just prefer the first 2
No 2 looks very sharp and looks like it would print nice, really nice post processing cant subject anything well done
Very refreshing seeing these rather than the typical postcard and chocolate box type stuff….
M
No. 2 is excellent great lighting, what’s the black line on the horizon?
Like No. 3 alot too, great use of lead in.Great set of shots.
Thanks for the quick replies.
The line is called Splaugh rock Evan – a well known area for bass fishing. I contemplated removing it – your reply has nudges me into removing it!
Thanks Joe – I’m stuck between #2 & #3
Martin – cheers. Good to get the nod of approval. Printing – maybe I’ll print some of these. At the moment there still isn’t a reason to print.
Pat – not many people are fans of this sort of stuff – it’s personal taste. You know me – I just don’t do conventional…I have to play with an image. Thanks for the reply.
Alan.
I like the second- wooly everything except the pebbles notwithstanding-
but it looks like you need a centre filter for that sigma-
you must have been using a lot of tilt for that elliptical vignette too…Ok, taking the wee wee a bit, but it is a huge vignette-
I’ve got some wides where that occurs naturally,
and I had to get the centre filters to fix them-Not conventional? I’m not sure I know what you mean?
Now mister Wonka
I don’t wanna criticize you, cause I think you’ve been doing this longer then I do, but to me there is not enough happening on these shots. I look at it and the next second my attention is gone. Especially the second shot is very empty. On the other two there is at least the fence that lead me into nothing really.
Quality and technically wise it might be good no doubt, but to me it just not interesting enough.
Altough I have to say that there is some atmosphere in it.i love this type of stuff,
number 2 does nothing at all for me but i love number 3.
the vignettes for all 3 is a bit over the top for my liking though.
Well to me . . .
They are excellent and are just perfect as a SET.
They compliment each other well and although they
might be classed as king of uninteresting, I love this type
of photography, very minimal, very moody and of course
b+w.Nice and sharp, nice mood created with the movement,
I actually like the heavy vignette, take it away and you
definately loose something in the image.Love them as a set, you could just see them in a boardroom
or meeting room or at a reception of some kind.Alan 2
Very nice Alan…
Second for me too, though the vignette is a little overpowering as previously
mentioned, wee wee notwithstanding…Not entirely sure about the third though. Looks like there might be a better line
of sight had you gotten some sand on your chin….These images are superb!
They work really well as a set too.
Someone else said that there isn’t enough going on. I disagree. The images are restful and are very calm and soothing.
To me that sense of calmness is as important as an all-action set of images busily going somewhere else in a hurry.
I imagine myself being on that beach in number two.
Well done. :)
Thanks John.
JB – the 10-20 on a long exposure (30 seconds in this case) does give a strong vignette…but you’re right – this one is man-made. Centre filters? Every time you reply to one of my threads you give me something else to Google and find out about. I’ll give it a go. And conventional v non conventional…depends on your points of view I suppose…in relation to this site it’s bias towards the non-conventional. Thanks for the info.
Peter – :lol: Yeah, it’s like Marmite. Appreciate the point of view though.
Robmgra – thanks. A vignette is another Marmite-type reactionary. Appreciate the comment.
Alan#2 – You’re a lovely person! :lol: Another one for Marmite!
Rob – Thanks. Sand on my chin? I had 2 little sh….2 lovely young lads that discovered the advantages of a tail wind when throwing sand. :lol: Good point though – it hadn’t occurred to me at the time but your bang on. Next time.
Seoirse – Thanks for the positive reply. As with all replies it’s very much appreciated to hear support and reasons for not appreciating. It all helps.
Alan.
I’ve posted pictures here which had a strong vignette caused by the lens, and not added in processing,
and I’ve had the same comments-I’ve seen pictures posted which had a bigger vignette,
where it was applauded- by the same people, if I remember correctly-Really, there is no right or wrong,
whichever way you go, there will be somebody who’ll like the opposite-I think that had the vignette not been added, or added so forcefully,
there might have been far less likelihood of somebody suggesting that you put one in,
and that might have steered comments in an altogether different direction-j
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