regis 0 Posted July 6, 2006 The weather in Scotland can often be very disappointing, but sometimes it creates a remarkable combination of sun-light and clouds texture. I was really amazed to see such a beautiful spectacle that day. Taken from Dunure beach in South Ayrshire. The ruins you can see is Dunure Castle. !!! Please see the larger version !!! Your comments/critiques very appreciated. Link to comment
PhaasePhotography 0 Posted July 6, 2006 Very, very nice shot. I love the range of rich colours and your composition is spot on, foreground interest with leading lines that lead to both the castle and the very nice clouds Wish I was there. -Paul Link to comment
julio_segura_carmona1 4 Posted July 6, 2006 Excelente luz, color, belleza, perfecta composicion, y un bello encuadre, saludos cordiales Piotr. Link to comment
alfonsobarco 0 Posted July 6, 2006 Very nice picture. Beautiful color and lighting. Great composition. Link to comment
henrimanguy 0 Posted July 6, 2006 Magnificent composition with a great light and great colours. Link to comment
ian cameron 0 Posted July 6, 2006 Oh very well done Piotr. I was there the other day, not such interesting light unfortunately but you certainly got a cracking shot on a cracking day. More disturbing still is that you seem to have been sniffing around the exact same rock and exact same viewpoint as me. Link to comment
terry foster 0 Posted July 8, 2006 Stunning Landscape Piotr, love the colours in the rocks, and Castle, good DOF too. Terry :-) Link to comment
kensimm 0 Posted July 8, 2006 Makes me think of the Scottish play. I agree with you about the light in Scotland. Trouble with the midges around the gloamin. Beautifully detailed shot. Regards Ken. Link to comment
kahkityoong 0 Posted July 9, 2006 Right place at the right time and you nailed the shot perfectly. You don't see too many shots of Scotland in this kind of light. Congratulations. Link to comment
biggerjon 0 Posted July 9, 2006 I like this a lot. Very nice composition and exposure spot on. Good work. Jon Link to comment
pmj 6 Posted July 17, 2006 This image has been selected for discussion. It is not necessarily the "best" picture the Elves have seen this week, nor is it a contest. It is simply an image that the Elves found interesting and worthy of discussion. Discussion of photo.net policy, including the choice of Photograph of the Week should not take place here, but in the Site Feedback forum.Before writing a contribution to this thread, please consider our reason for having this forum. We have this forum because future visitors might be interested in learning more about the pictures. They browsed the gallery, found a few striking images and want to know things like why is it a good picture, why does it work? Or, indeed, why doesn't it work, or how could it be improved?So, when contributing to this thread, please keep the above in mind. Address the strengths, the shortcomings of the image. It's not good enough to like it, you should spend some time trying to put into words why that is the case. Equally so if you don't like it, or if you can't quite make up your mind.Let's make sure this forum is a wonderful learning resource for future photographers!Thank you and enjoy! Link to comment
dougityb 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Bee yoo tee ful! Champion shot! This would look terrific on my wall, 48 x 60 inches, even bigger, but that's all the wall will bear. As for the lighting, it's not bad, but it could be better, and would make its impact above my couch all the more impressive. If there were a grand photoshop that could move clouds about and such, I would have a stronger light falling on the castle, and a less powerful light falling on the foreground rock which, in my opinion, is too bright. This bright foreground doesn't ruin the picture, but it moves in that direction. anyhow, brilliant color, composition and mood. Link to comment
Brian_Edwards 0 Posted July 17, 2006 The inclusion of the foreground makes this shot and separates it from many that would have emphasized the mountain. Great work! Link to comment
tom l 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Wow. A beautifully captured image with terrific exposure and dynamic range. I might be tempted to do a little cropping (as so many of us seem to like to do) to reduce the emphasis of the big rock in the foreground. To me, this is too centered and draws attention away from the fantastic interplay going on in the background with the sky, sea and land. I've included a suggested crop to offset that rock a little and reduce its prominence. Link to comment
krisphotography 0 Posted July 17, 2006 I really like the lighting, clarity and the depth and of course the scenery itself! 6/6 Link to comment
aepelbacher 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Wow is right! I love (LOVE) Piotr's Scottish landscapes. Have you seen the rest of them? I can understand why one would want to crop the foreground a little. But I really like it the way it is. Either way, it's a gorgeous image. The colors are spectacular, and the depth, balance, detail are all spot on! Bravo! Link to comment
lalit 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Beautiful capture. You have captured the light very well. It is strong compositionally. It was also very exciting to see even the shadow areas were revealing details and texture. Somone provided crop. I think in that crop the section with beautiful light is missing. Regards, +Lalit Link to comment
tom l 0 Posted July 17, 2006 > I think in that crop the section with beautiful light is missing. I would agree with that. I could also see this as a beautiful panoramic with a crop of just the bottom (amount the same is in my prior crop). That would reduce the rock in the foreground and still leave that nice light in the right hand side that I cropped away before. Link to comment
scott_eaton 0 Posted July 17, 2006 First, I love the comp and range of tones. Well done. However, It looks there was some obvious 'tweaking' done to the clouds, and this has always bugged me with landscape photgraphs. If you must burn in the horizon to increase detail, at least do so in a way that looks natural. For instance, the clouds in the upper right corner of the image are brighter than the upper left where the sunlight is actually coming from. Last I checked Earth had one sun :-) Link to comment
davidroossien 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Love the photo. One of the best rocks and water shots I've seen. One tiny thing I see is that the puddles in the bottom right seem brighter than most of the water and sky. The water in the middle of the frame also is brighter than the water on the left and the sky. These things do not affect my enjoyment of the photo. Link to comment
dave_nitsche 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Scott, yeah agreed. Also if this was using a grad ND the castle looks way too bright. Can't really make out what angle you used the filter at but it seems to have affected the whole sky but not much of the castle. Could you possible give us an idea of what post processing was done? Link to comment
janet cull 0 Posted July 17, 2006 That is so beautiful. I like the saturation...always wonder just how that's done (since I only work with film). What a gorgeous place. Wouldn't I love a vacation there?! Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment
AJHingel 127 Posted July 17, 2006 No question about it, this is a photo with a beautifully mastered composition and a colour range that call for our admiration. But when this is said, why call our attention to the rock in the foreground. As photographers we can all highlight the fact that the foreground is a sharp as the castle ruin, but in esthetical terms the rock is far from being worthwhile the attention. It breaks, in my view the colour tones and the textures of the rest of the scene. I think this is certainly not among the best of Piotr�s collection of landscape scenes from the highlands of Scotland. Link to comment
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