[TompixBandon]

July 30, 2010 at 9:20 pm

Great images. They combine to convey the atmosphere well.

[TompixBandon]

May 14, 2010 at 7:37 pm

Esther,
I like these. My favourite is the second one. It captures the mood very well and also has a solemn tone to it.
I think the difficulty with number 3 is that there is a lot of contrast – between the darkness on the near side of the hoods and the lamps in the scene. I would have tried to balance the lighting using flash, which would bring up some detail on the people close to the camera. It would also avoid the overexposure on the face of the virgin and the bright areas.

Regards.

[TompixBandon]

May 14, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Many thanks Esther. I appreciate the feedback.
It’s good to have a madrileña on PI, too!

[TompixBandon]

April 17, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Good idea!
I think it might have benefitted from less water and more sky – to include the mast entirely. But that’s a small point.
Regards.

[TompixBandon]

April 17, 2010 at 7:28 pm

well spotted and nicely captured. I like the composition.
Regards.

[TompixBandon]

April 17, 2010 at 7:26 pm

Thanks for the comment Connie.
I don’t think Spaniards will drop the bull runs/fights for a while yet – even though the Catalans are debating banning it there. Somehow, Spain without bull runs would be a bit like Scotland without Scotch whiskey :wink:
Regards.

[TompixBandon]

February 17, 2010 at 11:02 pm

My view on this one is that my eye keeps looking for the sun! The rest of the photo seems to point toward the missing sun.
I like the light on the rocks in the foreground.
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[TompixBandon]

January 26, 2010 at 1:04 am

Hi Dee Dee,
You are embedding photos from flickr but you are using the incorrect piece of code.
In flickr, when you hit “View all sizes”, you’ll see two piece of code under the image. Copy the second one, ie, the one under
2. Grab the photo’s URL:

Then switch to your PI message.
At the spot where you want the image to appear in your message, hit one of the tags along the top of the box where you type — the one that says “Img”
Then Paste your code, then click the Img tag again.

Done.

Best wishes.

[TompixBandon]

January 24, 2010 at 12:14 pm

Thanks Randomwany and Pixelle.
I did a bit of unsharp mask sharpening and I may have pushed the colours a bit too far. Will have another go.
I’m afraid what was left out on the right wasn’t a thing of beauty;-) just a bare tree! However, I’ll loo at cropping a bit from bottom left and top to focus in more on subtle fog section.
Thanks to both for very helpful comments.

[TompixBandon]

January 24, 2010 at 10:51 am

Hi Mark,
That’s a fine panorama.
My suggestion: I think the sky needs a bit of work to bring up the detail and contrast in the clouds a bit more. It’s flat at present. But you need to do this by working on the sky only because the white/light colour buildings are already overexposed and may get blown totally.
Best wishes.

[TompixBandon]

January 24, 2010 at 10:46 am

Echoing what has been said and adding that the really nice part of the shot is the range of colours and tones on the mountains and in the sky. Well done.

[TompixBandon]

January 23, 2010 at 11:50 pm

Considering you were shooting into the sun, you did well to get away with so little glare. However, there is still enough there to take form the image a bit. I wonder would it help the image to darken it further and leave the trees almost in silhouette? I think a higher contrast between the bare shape of the trees and surrounding light may work.
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[TompixBandon]

January 23, 2010 at 11:46 pm

Phillip,
I prefer the two of the bridge also. I think #1 works better. This is because my personal view is that the absence of a dark area in #2 (due to HDR) is slightly confusing because with such strong light coming for the other side, my eye expects something on the camera side to be dark!
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[TompixBandon]

January 23, 2010 at 11:37 pm

Stunning shots. Colours are magical.

[TompixBandon]

November 26, 2009 at 6:40 pm

I like the range of colours and tones and the overall mood is very pleasing.
However, there’s something about the composition that I think isn’t quiet right but I can’t put my finger on! Perhaps it’s the fact that the main focus of activity and attention is too near the centre of the image.
Still, a fine photo.