Yorkshire Moods

Hello again after short break. This time it is going to be something

really fresh (taken only couple of days ago). As a form of refreshment

from photographing nearby Peak District I decided to search even

closer and found a very nice spot just literally 5 minutes from where

I live. First time I went there wasn't very successful at all, as the

main problem was cloudless sky and generally too sunny weather :) Yeah

- I know - how can I complain about it when living on a big rainy

island like UK :) Anyway - second try was much better and after a long

day of heavy rainfall I was fortunate enough to capture this scene. I

know that colors are virtually jumping out from the screen, but

honestly it's not a result of playing excessively with saturation

slider but a real nature at its best. Please have a look at the larger

version. Your comments / critiques much appreciated.

Its really a nice colourful landscape. Would love to visit this place.

Wow, Piotr, what an expanse of yellow. Looks like the mustard flowers we have in California. I don't see anything to be contrary with, all the technicals are fairly perfect. Your use of the hard grad is transparent, perhaps you tilted it at a 45 degree angle and moved it slightly to help blend it in. I haven't used a grad in months, instead choosing to blend exposures. More processing time, but better results for me. The inclusion of the wooden fence is well thought out and the sky is perfect for this subject. You just need some higher ratings to get this on the front page where it belongs!

Very effective work on the foreground, I love the angle you chose - it's quite unusual, but gives a very strong impact of the nature in this photo. Great work!

Hi Mark. Thanks for your time and your comment. When it comes to balancing the exposure I must say I often prefer (manual) blending over the use of traditional grads. It all depends on the scene complexity and, what’s more important, lighting conditions. In this case as you can see, scene is quite simple and, to be honest, side effect of using Lee 0.3 hard edge is hardly noticeable - so I decided to go that way. As far as I remember I tilted it slightly to the right and also did some gentle dodging/burning. In more difficult situations I usually use all possible methods that I know about (HDR,DRI etc.). I’m going to post something new quite soon so stay tuned :) Thanks again Mark. Cheers, Piotr.

Hi .. Your works are wonderful ...but this one is AMAZING !!!! So beautiful composition..so gorgeous colours ...So great detils .. and the sharpness is really perfect !

 

Congratulations !

 

Kind regards,

Alexandra