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Shadows in landscape photography
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Hi folks,
I would be interested to hear what you have to say about these two photos. It has been mentioned to me that the shadow areas are a bit dark, but I think they look fine. It seems to be the trend to bring out as much shadow detail as possible, but I disagree with that approach.
Thanks,
SteveBallycastle, County Antrim
Magheracross, County Antrim
i also disagree with the approach that one ‘must’ try to get as much shadow detail as possible, it all depends on what you wanted in the first place… unless doing HDR it would be impossible to get the same level of detail and color in the sky with a longer exposure.
number one the L shaped area of shadow is unbalanced and compositionally weak, if there were a dark cloud in the top right it would work better for me. i really like the green on the rock.
the second one for me is a much stronger image. the dark is balanced and there is a lot more going on in the scene.
In general I’d have to agree but I suppose each image should be judged on it’s own merits. Dark shadows will work if they’re adding to the overall mood of the photo but sometimes, as Isabella correctly mentioned about your 1st shot, they can make the scene look unbalanced. I would actually be tempted to recover some more detail in that one. By the way, what’s that strange dark halo around the land on the far left?
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