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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Vieri Bottazzini on February 22, 2016, 10:28:31 am

Title: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on February 22, 2016, 10:28:31 am
One of the many great shooting locations on Skye, Elgol offers lot of inspiration at various times of the day and with different tides. I particularly love the juxtaposition of shapes and textures in this image, as well as the feeling of mystery that the hint of fog adds to the great sunset light.
(https://vieribottazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/SD1M_1175_FM.jpg)
Thanks for viewing! Best,

Vieri
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: RoyH on February 22, 2016, 10:34:48 am
Beautiful! I really like the shapes and textures as you mention. Since I am not able to get out to great locations as much as I like, I am always on the lookout for shapes and textures in everyday scenes so even great landscapes that include them appeal to me.

Again, great image!

Roy
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Jens Peermann on February 22, 2016, 11:31:46 am
The texture in the framing rock makes this image unique. Excellent job!
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Bob_B on February 22, 2016, 07:26:44 pm
The texture in the framing rock makes this image unique. Excellent job!

Plus, there's a subtle duplication of the rock texture in the clouds in the upper left. Nice!
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 22, 2016, 08:48:38 pm
Nice viewpoint and composition.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on February 23, 2016, 04:02:54 am
It is a good shot, but I feel ambivalent about it. Explaining better: I don't know if the shot is about the foreground rock (great texture, as already mentioned), or about the sky/colour/remaining landscape.

In a way, I feel like the foreground is obstructing the view, so to speak; I want to see more of the what is in the background.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on February 23, 2016, 06:00:33 pm
Thank you very much everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated!  :D

@ Paulo Bizarro: I appreciate your point about the composition, I wanted to make a "window to the landscape" using the beehive-textured rocks in the foreground, which were too good to be passed by, and to make it as balanced as possible with the triangular shapes of mountains and rocks in the background; but I understand it if you feel that they compete too much with the landscape in the back. Thanks for sharing your view!

Best,

Vieri
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: luxborealis on February 28, 2016, 02:02:37 pm
Really a spectacular location and photograph. All the kudos to you as are written above.

One concern I have with the image is the artificial-looking darkening of the top left of the photo extending across to the top right: the sky but also the top half of the distant mountain and the top part of the rock face. To me, it appears as a processing artifact.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 28, 2016, 02:44:58 pm
Beautiful.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: maddogmurph on February 28, 2016, 07:16:03 pm
SoooOoo good. Is there some slight haloing at the top where the rocks meet the sky? Anyway, sooo good, regardless.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: muntanela on February 29, 2016, 12:00:39 pm
One concern I have with the image is the artificial-looking darkening of the top left of the photo extending across to the top right: the sky but also the top half of the distant mountain and the top part of the rock face. To me, it appears as a processing artifact.

I agree.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Hidden Grid on March 01, 2016, 02:21:29 pm
Nice  composition.
Title: Re: One more impression from Skye...
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on March 01, 2016, 05:19:25 pm
Really a spectacular location and photograph. All the kudos to you as are written above.

One concern I have with the image is the artificial-looking darkening of the top left of the photo extending across to the top right: the sky but also the top half of the distant mountain and the top part of the rock face. To me, it appears as a processing artifact.

Terry, what you are seeing is not a processing artefact, it is the effect of the grad ND I used.

Beautiful.

Thank you Rajan! :)

SoooOoo good. Is there some slight haloing at the top where the rocks meet the sky? Anyway, sooo good, regardless.

Maddog, I think what you see it's caused by two things: on the one hand, the sun was setting behind the mountain; on the other hand, resizing jpg amplified the effect.

I agree.

muntanlea, it's the grad ND (see my answer above)

Nice  composition.

Thank you!

Thanks again everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated! Best,

Vieri