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[Joey C]

February 19, 2011 at 6:29 pm

Stone Cairn on Mountain top..Taken from the Ridge of Capard looking east over Co. Laois

400d f22 1/50s
17mm,
Slightly different angle..

All C&C welcome pls (its the only way to advance)

joe

[Bricker]

February 19, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Good pair of shots, and I like the B&W.

If asked for a preference Id go with number one…..prefer the lower vantage point.

Take a look at your horizons, they seem to be off a bit.

[jodal1975]

February 19, 2011 at 9:45 pm

lovely shots!!..they work perfectly in b&w…one thing , it could be my eyes but it looks like you have used the luminance slider
a little too much for my liking in pp (particularly in the 1st) , its as if the photos have lost detail in order to get rid of noise?..like i say it could be my eyes … but nice shots all the same, clouds are great.

[Joey C]

February 21, 2011 at 9:37 pm

Thanks for taking the time to comment guys..Des, i didn’t even look at the horizon, they are way off – (note to self)…
and Jodal, i did a bit of messing on 1 alright, it was a balancing act to keep the dark heather and the bright glare on the stone..I had merged 3 pics and it looked better but to be honest i’d rather not go down that road so i used 1 pic and tried a few different combinations..and i still wasn’t convinced it looked right, hence i put up 2 different pics.

thanks again for taking time to share wisdom.
joe

[Ger 208k]

February 21, 2011 at 9:51 pm

Very nicely exposed and great tones and contrasts, although the 2nd seems sharper.
Would you consider cropping out to the left of the cairn. I think the clouds there distract a bit from that long stretching cloud on the right, and if you do crop, the cairn makes a nice lead into the rest of the image.

[BM]

February 21, 2011 at 10:43 pm

I like the composition of the first and the lighting of the second.

[Joey C]

February 21, 2011 at 10:54 pm

I love the different perspective one can get from showing pics here, thanks again..i’ve cropped this pic ‘6 ways from Sunday’ and it changes it entirely each time, thats why i posted 2. its all food for though and part of learning..
I had thought of cropping left Ger but i liked the difference in cloud formation..I was gonna call it Cloud wars, but i think you might have a point there!
Again thanks,
joe