"Synergy"

Lochain na h'Achlaise, Rannoch Moor, Scotland. Please have a look at

a larger version. Your comments/critiques much appreciated.

stunning indeed! immaculate photo. not only rich in content, tones and copositions, but generates idyllic feel and revives and rejuvenates! regards!

Excellent image in all respects!

Piotr,

 

this is fantastic. I love the way you have retained the delicacy of the tones whilst still managing to introduce some dark shadows. The image has some punch.

 

Can i ask if this is a crop from a single frame or a stitch? Just curious regarding your apporach to square compositions.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Ben

Excellent tone range from shadow to highlight.

I can just enjoy it!

Thank you very much for your comments.

 

Ben - it really depends. I usually try to avoid too much cropping as the resulting file is then too small for a decent size print. This one in particular is a stitch of 3 vertical shots (taken at a very wide angle). Beside the obvious benefit of having larger file I also wanted to emphasise the clouds formation / direction - to create more dynamic composition, and my wide angle lens helped me with that.

Thanks Piotr, I can appreciate the skill needed for such a great stitch and fantastic composition. wonderful work.

Atmosphere is magnetic, so well done, Piotr.

Composition, light and the grey tones are excellent. Regards.

Outstanding work. Thanx for sharing it with us.

The B&W treatment you've done here is outstanding. The depth is amazing. Extremely beautiful.

Hi Piotr

 

Your recent black and white images are really special. A question about this one - was this shot on a hazy day? It's very hard to tell what time of year it is, or even what time of day it is, which is very effective! I would have expected more 'punch' to the sky given that you've used a polariser (the foreground is quite a bit darker). This is not a criticism - just intrigued! Thanks, Michael.

Thank you very much for all your comments. I really appreciate it.

 

Michael - it was taken some time after sunrise, when the whole area was covered with a very dense mist - hence the mountain in the distance and the sky is a bit soft. I must admit I like it the way it is right now - especially the difference between the contrasts within the scene.

 

This is another photo taken on the very same day (just few minutes before)

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6508617

 

I am going to post the colour version of the vertical shot so you'll see it more clearly, I hope :)

 

Thank for your nice comment. I can see you've just started adding some photos to your pf. Can't wait to see more :)

 

Greetings from Glasgow

Wow! I don't know that I've ever seen this kind of contrast in one photo... I mean from soft to strong. This is just amazing, a real technical and artistic achievement. Congratulations are in order. Seeya round campus, Ron

i really like what you do with photos, i've looked many times at your work with admiration and this photo is yet another in the long list of excellent photos in your portfolio! Keep them coming please!

 

cheers nico

Here the composition works great.