Dover Beach

Hello Colin.

 

Clearly everything has already been said - but this is just such a wonderful image - unmistakibly your work!

 

The forced perspective resulting from the ultra wide angle, and the "unreal"/"unseen" effect is to my mind the essence of what photography is all about. You certainly have developed an iconoclastic new way of seeing.

 

You have my respect!

 

Fond regards, Nick.

Wow! Thanks everyone! I have had a busy few days so not able to reply tto you individually but I thank you all for taking the time to comment. I do appreciate it.

Great landscape.

 

A square crop gives another balance and leads the eye in a different way. Not better but different. Well done Colin.

 

(Sometimes the link appears as a picture, sometimes as a link to click on. I don't know how it works)

I think it was worth the climb - the lump of chalk is quite effective in this composition, IMO. Wonderful converging lines and diagonals, enormous depth with this FOV and camera point. The ND filter is an alternative when shooting handheld, and I guess you did not climb there with a tripod ;-). Excellent seascape !

 

Cheers

 

Carsten

A fine example of single vanishing point and as usual, a great use of wide angle. I like the forground detail and the control of sky exposure. It's amazing the variety of scenery you've represented for UK! ^_^

Perhaps will you find that I repeat myself, but here too, I find this rock is cluttering the composition. Perhaps a little bit less big would have been better. My look is stumbling on it when it want to go on the beach, the cliff, the sea, the sky. Regards, Henri.

he si !!! grande photo .... bellissima !!!!

prospettiva fantastica! Ottima la composizione, luce e contrasto! Bravissimo Colin! Ciao!

Thanks everyone!

 

Jan Olof - I like the square crop.

 

Carsten - yes, the tripod stayed in the car this time.

 

Wilson - you are right about variety. I do not want to bore people with too many similar shots.

 

Henri, I took several shots like this, with and without the foreground lumps of rock. I preferred this one but I can see it would not be to everyone's taste!

I like it as it is ( without crop ) , ur compositions are transforming ( or I am I too early to comment ? ) , logical use of ND grad but that has left a color cast on the cloud .

 

Did you capture this in raw and if so I wd like to know which technique is better , to use ND grads or blending of exposures .

 

Warm rgds .

A wonderful shot, Almost surreal with all of the different angles. You have a very good way of composing your shots. Your images show thought and creativity. Well done, I appreciate your work very much. Todd

Great depth and perspective, Colin. Love the angles all going in to the center point.

Thanks Tuhin, Todd and Kim!

 

Tuhin, There were two exposures, left and right, with the ND grad used in both. I matched them up along a line (top to bottom just to the right of the middle) using a wide feather edge of 50 pixels in the right hand section. Then adjusted levels. I used a jpeg capture here though I should probably use raw.

Nice formal qualities: crossing diagonals, contrasts and the elements

 

Which lucky person lives in the house upthere???

mike, thanks! Nobody has lived there since they took the guns away - probably about 1945!

I love the low angle and the brilliant mix of deep colours and different textures. Kind regards, Chris

Thanks for mentioning the low angle - those black cobbles were hard on the knees!