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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: MartinSpence on September 25, 2013, 03:35:39 pm

Title: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: MartinSpence on September 25, 2013, 03:35:39 pm
One Autumn morning up the North Coast of Antrim I managed to capture this shot.

(http://www.martinspencephotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Landscape-Photography-Northern-Ireland-White-Park-Bay-1600x1200.jpg)

Was a truly glorious morning..
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: The Ute on September 25, 2013, 04:32:01 pm
Very nice. Gives me a lonely kind of feeling.

One of extreme isolation.

Composition is excellent w. nice light.
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: MartinSpence on September 25, 2013, 04:58:32 pm
Thanks
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: JohnAONeill on September 25, 2013, 07:17:47 pm
One Autumn morning up the North Coast of Antrim I managed to capture this shot.

(http://www.martinspencephotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Landscape-Photography-Northern-Ireland-White-Park-Bay-1600x1200.jpg)

Was a truly glorious morning..

Very nice shot Martin. Love the quality of the light and composition is spot on too!
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 25, 2013, 08:02:38 pm
Yes, a fine capture.
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Roman Racela on September 25, 2013, 08:08:37 pm
This photo makes me want to live the rest of my life there!
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: luxborealis on September 25, 2013, 09:58:32 pm
Gorgeous location and superb capture. Shame about the signs. For me, at least, they suck the drama out of the images despite their value to the visitor. i would spot them out for sure and pretend they never existed - especially if you are considering this for matting and framing - which it certainly should be considered for.
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 26, 2013, 04:14:57 am
Gorgeous location and superb capture. Shame about the signs. For me, at least, they suck the drama out of the images despite their value to the visitor. i would spot them out for sure and pretend they never existed - especially if you are considering this for matting and framing - which it certainly should be considered for.

My thoughts exactly. I think I could live with the black sign, but the red one definitely needs to go.

Jeremy
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on September 26, 2013, 08:29:48 am
Very nice, agree with the others about the signs...
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 26, 2013, 12:02:44 pm
Fine composition. My main reservation is that the sky is a bit dark, blue and contrasty for my taste.
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: MartinSpence on September 26, 2013, 05:30:01 pm
Thanks for feedback guys

Kikashi - I never thought of cloning out signs etc. but that's a good idea.

Cheers
M
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Leszek Piotrowski on September 26, 2013, 06:25:20 pm
I to feel the signs need to go.  ...but what caught my immediate attention was the sense of depth that is present when I look between the surf and the clouds to the distance beyond.  Great shot!

Leszek
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Lars Anker-Rasch on September 26, 2013, 08:50:57 pm
I was there a year ago. A great location!

If I were you, I would not clone the sign away as this may end up looking patchy. Try desaturating it instead, to the point where it blends in with the wall and the other sign.
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: MartinSpence on September 27, 2013, 11:01:58 am
I was there a year ago. A great location!

If I were you, I would not clone the sign away as this may end up looking patchy. Try desaturating it instead, to the point where it blends in with the wall and the other sign.

Thanks - it really is a class location.  Did you stay in the hostel there?  Best hostel I know of location wise..
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Justan on September 27, 2013, 11:07:31 am
Nicely done.

I think the work may be improved by removing the 3 signs. Ironically, the center B&W sign in the building appears at first glance to be more akin to a window with a blind on it than a sign. Removing that might make that face of the building stand out a bit, so if the signs go, maybe darken that face just a tad.
Title: Re: White Park Bay, Northern Ireland
Post by: Lars Anker-Rasch on September 27, 2013, 02:18:15 pm
Thanks - it really is a class location.  Did you stay in the hostel there?  Best hostel I know of location wise..

No, I stayed in Belfast. I joined my girlfriend and her family to visit friends and relatives in NI. We spent a day traveling from Belfast to Giant's Causeway, stopping in Ballycastle and White Park Bay on our way there. It was my first time in NI, and I'd love to go back soon.