Dolmen Silhouette

[latchiko]

March 14, 2011 at 6:03 pm

I took this during the week. At the time I loved it, now I’m not so sure. Should I have tried to keep some detail or does it work as a silhouette?

[markclehane]

March 14, 2011 at 6:54 pm

I had a similar dilemma with Poulnabrone Dolmen at sunset – I eventually went back and took a few different angles, one of which worked a lot better. In my opinion I think the problem here is that it’s not really discernable as a dolmen so has lost it’s impact, despite the sky being perfect around it. It would possibly have worked better if you had been able to get an angle that allowed you to see through the structure, therefor showing its shape and angles a bit better. “Close, but no cigar” is the expression I think :D

[snaphappy]

March 14, 2011 at 8:38 pm

Hey Kev great shot love the way the dolman is surrounded by cloud it almost mirrors the dolman . I think I would fall on the side of some detail is good though..

[sirvad]

March 14, 2011 at 10:11 pm

Nice image and agree about some detail in the shadow.

[latchiko]

March 15, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Thanks for the feedback guys. I’ll see if I can drag any detail form the RAW file.

[latchiko]

May 16, 2011 at 11:48 am

I finally got around to pulling out some of the shadow details from the RAW file. Is this better?

[Gary McParland]

May 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Much better in my opinion, great image.

Gary

[sirvad]

May 16, 2011 at 7:03 pm

agree, well done.

[latchiko]

May 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm

Thanks guys! :)