Divine Light

The light wasn't really divine, it was right in my face and too bright, but

the title kinda suits the subject I think. I tried toning it down with a

couple of ND Grad Filters and I have cropped the far right of the picture

as that was too bright.

Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated.

Thank you

 

Alf

Wonderful! This has a surreal quality to it. The sky and the cross look to me like something Salvidor Dali painted. This is very striking and dramatic. Very well done. Best wishes, Linda

Great work ... lovely.

A superb capture of this magnificently lit scene Alf....Bravo!

Buen color y edición.

Therer is a nice crisp clarity to this image. I have seen quite a few shots from this angle of Llanddwyn and this stands out.

 

Regards...John

I like a lot this image, perfect tones and exposition. Regards

The results look great, the colours work but obviously don't look 100% natural but it a really super shot the light direction works really well. I would how it would be as BW. I like the cross with the two light houses in the background. Well done.

love your colors and tones. well done.

LINDA, SENOL, KEITH, GALLEGO, JOHN, FERNANDO, CARL AND ZSOLT

Thank you all so much for taking the time to comment, it really is appreciated.

As I'm sure John would testify this really is a magical place for photography, and whilst I was processing the photo, I was torn between leaving it very natural, or saturating some of the highlights to give it that surreal kind of quality, as you can see I opted for the surreal look, I will be posting a B&W version Carl at some time in the not too distant future, or at least adding one to my portfolio.

Thank you all again for your kind words of encouragement.

 

Kind Regards

 

Alf

 

 

Another age and place. It is almost as if you made a time trip and came back with this!

Alf, this is very good work. the sky is great and the title is right on. I like it.

 

Regards,

Holger

Thank you both so much for stopping bye, my trip to Llandwwyn Island was a bit like time travel, the history of the place is absolutely fascinating.

The name Llanddwyn means "The church of St. Dwynwen". She is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, making her the Welsh equivalent of St. Valentine. Her feast day, 25 January, is often celebrated by the Welsh with cards and flowers, just as is 14 February for St. Valentine.

Dwynwen lived way back in the 5th century and was one of 24 daughters of St Brychan. her story itself makes for very interesting reading.

There is also a lot of maritime history associated with the area, but far too much for me to type on here.

Thanks again for your kind and encouraging words

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

 

Even If you did have sore eyes afterwards, it was definately worth it !!

Amazing colours and brilliant composition.

With kind regards,

 

Isabelle

A wonderful scene, a great composition - you have a great cross positioned between two lighthouses with lovely light and colors. The cross points to the glorious heavens as perhaps a third beacon of light in the direction of heaven. A very good image from my perspective. Red, like blood, attracts your eye and this dominant color in the foreground grass grabs my eye and there is a part f me wishing it was a little subdued - just my tastes.

 

Thanks for your very generous input on one of my images - truly appreciated. best of luck and keep up the good work as I poke around your portfolio for the first time.

Thank you for your comment on my photo.I love your photo.It tells a story. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you all so much for taking the time to stop and comment, it really does mean a lot to me.

 

Tony, on reflection I have to agree with you, the foreground tuft of grass is rather over saturated and may have looked a shade more credible if I had resisted the temptation to leave it like this and toned it down a bit, a classic case of "less is more" maybe.

 

Thanks again everyone

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

Good thing your son in law inspired you, you certainly are turning out some stunning images.This is a great shot,colours and comp are excellent.

Thank you for your very kind comments Birte, much appreciated.

 

Warm Regards

 

Alf

Thanks for commenting on "A boy and his dog." I looked through your portfolio, and this photo is my favorite. I also like the surreal look. I think I may try this effect on some of my photos. Please let me know if you like this photo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4813872

Thanks for stopping by and for your very kind comments, I took a look at the photo you mentioned and left my comments there.

 

Kind Regards

 

Alf

this is lovely. saturation looks natural. i think you got plenty of exposure and pull it down a bit. i am finding that if you underexpose and p/p correct the colours go metallic. what do you think you did to get this one so right.

oh and the composition's brilliant and the connotations very very nice.

N

I didn't know that you have rated one of my recent submissions and when I wanted to rate your photo I got this message "The owner of this photo has rated 1 of your photos with a 7 during the last fourteen days; and you aren't allowed to reciprocate so soon."

 

I think and believe that this capture deserves the highest rating because you have created such a wonderful composition and controlled the light in a very professional way .

 

A fantastic landscape!10/10

 

Best regards Sadegh

NORMAN

 

Humble apologies your comment went unoticed and unanswered for so long!. There was a lot of trial and error went into this one Norman but a combination of processes in a simple editing programme called Picasa 3 and a few more in photoshop resulted in this, Glad you like it Norman

Cheers !

 

Alf

 

SADEGH

 

Thank you for your very kind words, they mean so much more than the ratings and I really appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.

 

Regards

 

Alf

Another great shot. Beautiful vivid colours and excellent lighting. Well done.