Tower of San Miguel de Cabo de Gata

Comments and critiques are welcome

What a great shot, very dramatic and moody. Translates well in black and white. Perhaps a touch more contrast would crispen it up?

Un B&W de primera, con esas nubes dibujando lineas hacia el punto de fuga del torreon. Me gusta la composicion.

The radial clouds in the sky and the foreground lines match nicely, flowing to the tower. Well composed, and spot-on tones (I would not change the contrast)

Bellisima!. La conversion a ByN y la composicioon son extraordinarias. Estoy de acuerdo con Carsten en su comentario sobre las nubes, que guian al espectador hacia la torre y que tu has captado perfectamente.

Saludos

Cielo made in...

Composicion y luz excelentes. Y otro de tus cielos espectaculares que en B&N le da una fuerza increible.

En la fotografia existen multitud de reglas y normas, pero por encima de todo esta esa capacidad que no se ensena ni en las mejores escuelas o en los mas prestigiosos seminarios? "LA PERCEPCION" se tiene o no se tiene.Es la que marca el estilo entre los fotografos,el tuyo Alberto, aunque sigas negandolo radica en tu capacidad de saber coger lo mejor del cielo y "modelarlo a tu gusto".Esa conicidad en las nubes proporciona una perspectiva fantastica,la conversion a b&n bellisima.Un abrazo

Interesting mood created by the sky diagonal form, brings tension,and looks really ominous with the black BG.all this vs. the round constraction that symbolize the history of its existence under that sky. Very nice BW, Alberto.

bonita despedida.

Y buen trabajo.

Gran ejemplo de lo que es un Cielo Albertiano

Bellisima imagen amigo Alberto, gama de grises magistral y un dramatismo y poesia que une el cielo y la tierra con esos nubarrones que suben descomponiendose en caricias de algodon.

Un cordial saludo

Que te puedo decir?.....Nos tienes muy mal acostumbrados en esto de los cielos. Es una maravilla.

Excellent BW, as you have used us to...

Excellent! Ivana

Muy bien, Alberto.... Muy muy bien. No se decirte por que, pero me gusta mucho... Beso!

Well it is muy muy bien Alberto but you'll get no besos from me .... My Spanish is getting better - maybe not a good thing - (-; ...

 

My only suggestion would be to acquire the Nikon *chain saw adapter* and remove those 2 poles next time .... smile.

 

Tell me Amigo - I'm thinking about getting this 12-24 Tokina lens - do you like it or ?

El uso de las nubes para darle profundidad a la foto es sencillamente magistral.

Regarding the chain saw adapter I'm seriously considering adding one to my bag. Perhaps, as well, a bulldozer... Do you think Adorama stock them?

And my advice for the Tokina lens is to rush to the nearest merchant and get one. Do it fast!

Alberto now you're just being silly - there is no *Nikon Bulldozer Adapter* .......... it only comes in a Canon mount.

 

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Superb sky and great black & white tones. About the composition, what do you think to put the camera closer to the tower and let less of this empty foreground ?

Thanks Ken and Henry.

To Ken I have to thanks this new piece of advice. I might have to reconsider my faithful attachment to Nikon.... You wouldn't believe the incredible amount of times when I could have used the bulldozer adapter in my castle shoots! I would have left my country with serious electricity shortages, great blank chunks of territoy in terms of moblie telephones or TV coverage, and demolished a fair amount of modern architecture... I would have become Public Enemy nr 1!

To Henry, this is just a personal opinion but the sand lines and shadows sort of converge towards the castle as the clouds do...

Possibly the only reason to change to Canon is the Bulldozer attachment which fits neatly into the hotshoe. Battery life is reduced though.

 

Wonderful sky here, Alberto, and a nice slanting light across the foreground.

I appreciate your visit! Let me know some more technical details about the Canon Bulldozer... :-)

I am considering to swap my Contax G1 rangefinder for a MF Mamiya 645 1000 S with the three lenses (wide, normal and tele). What's your opinion?