Romney Marsh in te Rain

I got a bit wet taking this as it was raining at the time. All

comments welcome!

Colin, where is it? your usual introduction of places is missing this time,I like a lot the house in the mist and the green color that is receding in intensity toward the horizon. it looks very deserted and the sheeps are the only sign of life. simple and effective. Pnina

I think the mood works so well I almost feel I'm there. Good shot

I'm glad you got wet so we could see this :). A well caught image of the rain and cloud coming down, with subdued but effective colours. Is this Fairfield Church?

Martin.

Lovely photo, sorry that you got wet.

Regards Siw

Nothing like just getting out there and getting wet huh Colin? But let me say, thank something you did. This is a great image and nicely composed. The sheep on the bottom left, the structure on the top right corner (almost) gives a nice balance. The combination of colour from the grass and the clouds/fog also provide a sense of balance. I'd also like to see this in B & W. Great work Colin.

love to be there.and even face thunder :))

a nice shot.

molto bravo! complimenti

Very nice and moody.

very nice composition

Thanks everyone!

 

Pnina, Martin, yes this is Fairfield church which stands all on its own in a field on Romney Marsh on the south coast of UK. It is a very flat,low lying area with big drainage ditches full of water and nothing much else but sheep. I have some other shots of it n my portfolio. The reason it is on its own is that the medieval village it served has gradually been deserted and left it by itself.

 

Amar, I agree about the b&w - I did a monochrome version but I was not entirely happy with it. I'll maybe have a go at it soon. I have found that some of the shots I am most pleased with have been taken in rain. It doesn't do the camera and lenses much good but the atmosphere is nice. Having got all my gear wet I had to have the heater in the car on full and the camera bag open on the seat the whole way home. I and the camera seemed to survive!

This is stunningly beautiful. Looks like a painting, and you did it with light! (and a little bit of rain perhaps :))

Great composition and textures with a really nice mood. Well done.

Looks like a painting. Very nice atmosphere, Colin, and well worth getting wet!

Colin! I was thinking of a painting too.Calm atmosphere.The sheep's in the forground,the nicest welcome. With the misty rain,but light comes thru. dim rich colors.all together, beautiful.You must have been fascinated,not mind the rain.

7/7

Colin, no pun intended, but this does have the look of a watercolour about it, especially the way the background has become quite blurred. The composition is, as ever, excellent.

 

Very best wishes. Peter

This is mighty fine, Colin. Pastoral as in the best painting tradition. Love the composition, the diagonal formed by the sheep and the house.

Very atmospheric, and the cross-over of the sheep seems to add just a hint of the surreal to an already spooky scene... the scenes horror's are made off, to paraphrase some bloke. What you can't see in this shot is the Witchfinder General himself riding up to the church, about to cause some trouble...

Excellent composition,colours,and sylvan mood,Colin.

Colin, very nice composition and mood. Although it'll probably work just as well in monochrome, I feel that the retention of original color capture here is definitely successful.

Wonderful moody image, Colin, with perfect comp.!

 

rgds, allon.

very beutiful country image!!!!!!

Very attractive the blur effect of the rain with shallow tele (?) DOF, a superb soppy sky and muted colors - it was really worth the risk. Excellent result !

 

Regards

 

Carsten

It's as unusual as some of your wide angle work, Colin. It looks far more foreshortened than a 135mm would create - consequence of the rain, perhaps.