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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Chairman Bill on July 31, 2015, 06:17:14 am

Title: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Chairman Bill on July 31, 2015, 06:17:14 am

Dropping down from the highest peak in the Cairngorms, towards the Lairig Ghru, the highest mountain pass here.

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: stamper on July 31, 2015, 06:50:14 am

I like this. Processing absolutely spot on but why no red jacket?  ;)

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on July 31, 2015, 07:34:09 am

Beatiful post-processing.
About the format, may I suggest a 16:9 crop? I think that both the upper and the lower part of the shot somehow steal the attention from the beautiful curves in the middle of the frame.

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Chairman Bill on July 31, 2015, 07:48:58 am

Not quite sure why there should be a red jacket

And a 16x9 crop, just because

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: stamper on July 31, 2015, 08:00:26 am

Quote from: Chairman Bill on July 31, 2015, 07:48:58 am

Not quite sure why there should be a red jacket

And a 16x9 crop, just because

An old joke from my camera club days. Whenever a landscape type image, such as your own was displayed, inevitably there would be someone in it with a red anorak and if there wasn't somebody would  ask....where's the red jacket? :)

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Chairman Bill on July 31, 2015, 08:08:03 am

Well a little later it started raining, and my mate Mike (who you can see in the photo) did don his red Crux wetproof smock.No photos though, I'm afraid.

BTW, glad you like the processing

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: francois on July 31, 2015, 08:08:58 am

Very nice landscape shot with great shapes. It's a great invite to hiking.

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Bob_B on July 31, 2015, 09:03:13 am

+1, especially the processing. When was this taken?

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Chairman Bill on July 31, 2015, 09:15:30 am

Bob, it was a couple of years ago

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: RSL on July 31, 2015, 11:47:11 am

Isaac's right. Outside of that, it's a fine shot. The lesson to take away is: In a situation like this, keep shooting. Don't be satisfied with a single frame. You usually can't do that with street photography, but this isn't street photography. Unlike 11 x 14 sheet film, digital files are cheap.

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 01, 2015, 12:11:42 am

Beautiful scene, well captured. The hiker adds little to the image.

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: stamper on August 01, 2015, 03:26:41 am

Quote from: Isaac on July 31, 2015, 11:06:11 am

Unfortunate that the crown of the hiker's head is similar in size and tone to the adjacent boulders, and aligns with the edge of the mountain-top. (Gestalt continuation (http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gestaltprinciples/gestaltprinc.htm#continuation).)

No image is perfect and imo perfection shouldn't be sought. Unfortunate that the positives in the image weren't commented on, only the "imperfection" :(

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: Chairman Bill on August 01, 2015, 04:14:24 am

Next time I'll tell Mike to get a bloody move on & get his head clear of the line of boulders.  :)

But yes, I take the point that compositionally, it would look better to have that clear separation. Thanks for the comments

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: stamper on August 01, 2015, 04:23:30 am

His head could have been in the clouds and somebody would still have found something "unfortunate" ;) :)

Title: Re: Descent from Beinn Mac Duibh
Post by: seamus finn on August 01, 2015, 07:39:03 am

Beautiful tones.