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Windy Gap – partialy overexposed
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This is my favourite picture…
The hard thing to work out when shooting realy wide panoramas (like this one) is uneven exposure over the sky. The right part of the picture is totaly washed out (with lens glare:) ).
However, I do not realy mind it. AND YOU?
I would mind Tomas and crope out that part but everyone has own style and taste.
Hi Tomas.
It really is quite a nice panorama and I think I can understand your attachment to it, though I think I’d be in agreement with
Roberto and probably want to crop the overexposed right hand side. I don’t think a crop would take anything away from the
the image from a composition point of view because there isn’t really anything in that last 6th that adds to it; it’s just making
the image wider than it really needs to be. This is of course just my point of view. Each to their own.Rob.
It’s always hard giving honest critique when someone has presented their “favourite” photo.
Before I start I would just say that our “favourite” photos are often our “latest” photos. So don’t be disheartened by my comments. The best will be yet to come if you take on board the comments here.
I started my photography taking photos on my hillwalks in Wales and Scotland so I know that mountain photography has some unique challenges. One of the biggest problems is that mountain “views” don’t translate well into photographs unless the light is perfect. In this case the light is quite flat and lacking drama. The other big problem is the difficulty in communicating depth. You have done well here to include the walker and path which helps a little here. The nice wave of land in the foreground is also quite effective.
I would agree that the RHS needs cropped out. I would also say that the flare has lost you some contrast in the bottom right which is unfortunate.
I have come to the conclusion that photography and hiking need to be separated somewhat. I love hiking and always hike with a camera just in case something magical happens. But I don’t generally hike to do photography. There’s a lot to be said for “car boot” photography. As I once heard, you don’t get extra points for the physical effort involved in making a photo. The photo must stand on it’s own.
Andy
A very measured response, Andy, valuable lessons in diplomacy there :D
I would have to agree totally.I’ve printed some of these Large recently-
I think a slightly blown highlight in a picture as wide, or wider than this,
at this time of day, is unavoidable if you’re going to point your camera towards the sun.
Pencil line around the edge can help too-I don’t know what size the image is,
but agree with Rob’s crop suggestion-
and some off the bottom too,
to go back to the 3×1 crop you mentioned elsewhere.
Good to see the pano making an entrance though-j
Tomas
This photo is quite small (600px) and it’s hard to see, with my failing eyes, just how wide it is. Perhaps you could tell us how it was done?
At this size, I’m afraid it doesn’t have enough in it to interest me – my eyes just keep returning to the glare and blown sky on the right.
andy,
how could I be disheartened if someone is spending his time to give me invaluable feedback and thus make my photographs better? Feedback is a gift, take it or throw it away…indeed you got it right, now I am more a hiker than a landscape photographer. I’ve enjoyed hiking and climbing mountains since I was child. I found that I like taking pictures along that. Now I would like to push the focus more on photography. It will take some time, I am still learning…. but there’s no hurry in it :)
Tomas
Definitely an improvement with the crop. Funny that isn’t it, how less is sometimes more?
Rob.
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