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My first attempt
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The Rock of Dunamaise – Co. Laois – Ireland
This is my first attempt at using artificial ilumination (a high power flash light) to light the landscape, although not in the usual harsh way the ruins were lit by a flashlight. This image is the result of 7 30s exposures merged together in potatoshop, they were then desaturated and minor colour corrections applied to some areas. The final canvas effect was applied and sharpening was done using 3 step sharpening.
I quite liked the end result and in the end I was quite happy with this first try, I really need to try this again but next time I need to bring someone with me as it is really tough to control exposure and light in a ruin this size alone.Honest critique is very much welcome,
Wish you all a very nice week,Regards,
Rod
Very nice experiment there Rod, and what I can see I quite like,
though it is difficult to see any real detail at this scale.It looks like it might work, with the overlarge frame, though I’d be
tempted to reduce the spread of that drop shadow considerably as
it seems a little heavy-handed for such a nice presentation.Regarding the image itself, perhaps you might like to post a larger
version, without the frame (in this thread of course) so we can see
and properly assess the work you’ve obviously put into it.That said, it does look terrific and I like the canvas effect…
Rob.
Hi Rod.
It’s very nice composition but I’m going to ask a seemingly silly question. Given all the work involved in lighting up the area, stitching 7 images, etc why didn’t you just shoot it during the day and tone it down??
I’m not taking the preverbial as there has to be a reason…just don’t know why! :?
Very nice mate, unique in a good way! I would like to see a little more light on the tree, and on some of the foreground grass.
Also, I notice this image is very sharp :lol:
irishwonkafan wrote:
Hi Rod.
It’s very nice composition but I’m going to ask a seemingly silly question. Given all the work involved in lighting up the area, stitching 7 images, etc why didn’t you just shoot it during the day and tone it down??
I’m not taking the preverbial as there has to be a reason…just don’t know why! :?
First of all thanks everyone for your comments, I would like to have more opinions though… you don’t have to like it but I would like to know what you don’t like and if there is any other way you would attempt this.
Rob,
I understand your points, there are areas of dark shadow although the majority has some little detail, you would need the photo almost on its full size to see it all though. I’ve dodged and burned some areas, including burning what SteveD said I should have dodged ehehe…
The dropshadow isn’t quite a drop shadow… although it got a bit of burning it is mostly the night sky with the clouds… these exposures were all taken between 9:45 and 10PM.irishwonkafan
The question is not silly at all… I’m too trying my first attempts at an alternative type of landscape photography and have some ideas… the image I had in mind when I went out there had nothing to do with this, but being alone and facing the dificulties of controling exposure and lighting the subject I soon found out that what I had in mind was not going to happen. In regards to why I don’t shoot it in the day… well if I had been able to do what I had in mind the answer would be clearer… If you look at the landscape the type of light reaching the different parts of the ruins is different and comes from different angles (hence the different exposures) something you are not able to do with sunlight, although this is perhaps not the best example of this technique I was quite happy with the “dark mood” of this shot.randomway
I used the very inexpensive one I bought from argos… :D a 5 million candle flashlight that costed me 30 Euros :PHere is a more traditional landscape taken the same day from a different viewpoint…
C&C also welcome here…
Love the first image Rod and for similar reasons to JML’s first, lovely muted tones. Great mood to the shot too, almost macabre.
Stunning presentation too.I like both of them. As you say, the second image is more traditional. The first image, for me, is kind of erie which is cool as you are looking at ruins. Nice work, Rod
Ali wrote:
Love the first image Rod and for similar reasons to JML’s first, lovely muted tones. Great mood to the shot too, almost macabre.
Stunning presentation too.That was exactly the kind of “feel” I wanted to give to this shot Ali,
Cheers,
Rod
Robert55
Thank you for your comments mate,
All the best,Rod
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