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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: MoreOrLess on November 16, 2014, 02:33:23 am

Title: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: MoreOrLess on November 16, 2014, 02:33:23 am
A shot from a couple of days ago at Coaley Peak looking over the Severn Vale.

(http://i.imgur.com/yeGNWE5.jpg)
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: Chairman Bill on November 16, 2014, 05:08:13 am
Very nice. I love the play of the light on the fields.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: armand on November 16, 2014, 11:29:56 am
Nice. Do you have one from minutes earlier?
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: MoreOrLess on November 16, 2014, 01:12:23 pm
Nice. Do you have one from minutes earlier?

It would have been pretty dull with the sun behind that cloud.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: luxborealis on November 16, 2014, 08:27:05 pm
It would have been pretty dull with the sun behind that cloud.

Beautiful photo - a wonderful moment.

I can't say for sure, but I think what Armand may have been alluding to is the overly bright (blown-out) highlights in the sky which, even a few moments earlier, may have been in better balance with the rest of the photo. I find them too white making them overpowering and distracting.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: Chrisso26 on November 16, 2014, 08:54:04 pm
Or maybe a couple of minutes later.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: armand on November 16, 2014, 10:06:40 pm
Beautiful photo - a wonderful moment.

I can't say for sure, but I think what Armand may have been alluding to is the overly bright (blown-out) highlights in the sky which, even a few moments earlier, may have been in better balance with the rest of the photo. I find them too white making them overpowering and distracting.

Yes, that's where I was getting. Didn't know the sun was behind the clouds earlier.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: MoreOrLess on November 17, 2014, 01:15:03 am
Beautiful photo - a wonderful moment.

I can't say for sure, but I think what Armand may have been alluding to is the overly bright (blown-out) highlights in the sky which, even a few moments earlier, may have been in better balance with the rest of the photo. I find them too white making them overpowering and distracting.

I found this shot was the best medium of the two, a few seconds earlier and there wasn't enough light on the land, a few seconds latter and the sky was blowing out too much even with a 2 stop grad plus creating notable glare. You can actually see in the shot theres another back of cloud just below the sun which it went behind a couple of minutes latter.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: francois on November 17, 2014, 07:06:30 am
The light is stunning… I guess that it really was the decisive moment.
Title: Re: Severn Vale Sunset, UK
Post by: luxborealis on November 20, 2014, 09:35:26 pm
I found this shot was the best medium of the two, a few seconds earlier and there wasn't enough light on the land, a few seconds latter and the sky was blowing out too much even with a 2 stop grad plus creating notable glare. You can actually see in the shot theres another back of cloud just below the sun which it went behind a couple of minutes latter.

Would you consider combing two shots using the best sky from one and the well-lit land from another?