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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: shaunw on December 10, 2012, 11:03:48 am

Title: Great Ridge....again
Post by: shaunw on December 10, 2012, 11:03:48 am
As my previous Great Ridge shot (Winter light ...peak district) seems to have generated a bit of interest in this great if little National Park (the first in UK i think )...thought id share this one i made from winter 2011/12...a blazing dawn to my right gives the scene its wonderful red/orange hues....ive also converted this one, but i like the colours here.

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6517335007_9eb0343d50_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skwalby/6517335007/)
Winter Dawn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skwalby/6517335007/) by Shaun Walby Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/skwalby/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: francois on December 10, 2012, 11:14:10 am
Shaun,
You seem to have a good eye with fences and drystone walls… The colors are fantastic!

Bravo
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: Chairman Bill on December 10, 2012, 02:14:01 pm
I first saw this one on OutdoorsMagic, and was impressed then with the light & how it had been handled. Seeing it again now doesn't change my mind. It's still a lovely shot.
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2012, 02:44:13 pm
Yes, very lovely.
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: Tony Jay on December 10, 2012, 02:52:02 pm
Emphatic tick of approval!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: bill t. on December 10, 2012, 03:28:51 pm
Overheard art collector at opening..."Don't bring me any snow scenes without yellow, orange, or red in them.  Brrr!"  So good work in that genre, and a nice shot by any measure!   :)
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: shaunw on December 10, 2012, 04:22:19 pm
Francois bill, Eric, Tony and bill t...thanks all very much appreciated. bill you mention you saw this on OM...this scene or actually this image? i think i may have posted some stuff on there a while ago, of course this scene/location is very very popular with relatively easy access, i dumped into a guy on the ridge that morning another togger who,s since become a Flickr contact i know Harsharn got a very similar shot.

thanks Shaun
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 10, 2012, 05:05:37 pm
I had to go to your flickr page and put it on black to really appreciate the subtleties of the colors in the clouds. Very nice, indeed!
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: Chairman Bill on December 10, 2012, 06:57:53 pm
... bill you mention you saw this on OM...this scene or actually this image?

If it wasn't this shot, it looked very much like it. A little while ago now though
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: bill t. on December 10, 2012, 07:33:18 pm
Very nice compositional element in the sinuous line across the scene and on to the horizon defined first by the fence and then the path.  Strong suggestion of depth and movement from that, stronger than you can easily get from classical perspective shapes and volumes.  Have come back to look at this a few times, very memorable image.
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on December 11, 2012, 04:26:24 am
Wonderful light and composition. For me, the only drawback are the footprints in the snow.
Title: Re: Great Ridge....again
Post by: shaunw on December 12, 2012, 01:43:50 pm
Cheers Paula...re the foot prints, I dare say fresh pristine snow might have been slightly more appealing...but iam not too put out by the foot prints.

Regard Shaun