tim parkin

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It is an excellent location for a shot and despite the similarities I like the picture a lot. My main comment would be the lack of interest in the sky...

Really, really nice composition! I can't work out if the 'cleavage' (ahem) in the bottom is clever feature or a distraction (square crop works nice too)... either way the whole works really well ..

stones

Seilabost beach in Harris. Taken during a $0mph sandstorm/rainstorm

(not fun changing lenses). I liked the similar shapes between the

marram grass, hills and clouds.

Dunes and Sky. Wind and Rain. Otters.

Taken on the last day of a photography trip to Lewis and Harris

My feet were already wet so I decided some close surf shots were in

order. Set the tripod up further up the beach so that my 24TSE's plane

of focus skimmed down the beach. Then walk nearer and nearer the waves

and set the camera up so that it would capture the next incoming.. Saw

some perfect waves coming in and times the exposure to match.. I have

better shots of this (I think) but no better wave.

OK .. crap title but 'Boulder on Beach' would be a little prosaic.

This is on the beach near Gearrannan where I was attending a wonderful

Light and Land course with David Ward and Richard Childs. We were

tasked to find abstracts on the beach.. 90 minutes later and I had

this one lined up.. No stones were annoyed in the making of this shot.

Some famous photographer said that if it's not 100 yards away from a

parking spot it's not worth shooting.. Well this was sitting on the

bonnet of my car on the way to an afternoon walk in Rannoch Moor. The

original was wider (16mm on a 5D but vignetted badly) The crop is nice

but is a little noisy (no grad on so the shadows have been pushed). I

don't normally like roads in shots, but this seems to work.

This is probably my favourite picture from a recent course with Light

and Land (a UK photographic mentoring/holiday/course company). The

course was fantastic although our esteemed leader walked everybody

else right past this shot (Dear Mr Waite...).

 

I got drawn in by the glow of the line and the intensity of the blues

and golds. The shapes over hang and the curve of the dune made this

one jump out. Taken with a 24-105 on a 5D using a 2 stop Lee ND grad.

But agree that a cropping off the left hand side just to the right of the stone wall would make this a lot more powerful. I'm jealous I didn't wait for the rain :-)

Any feedback on first impressions would be greatly appreciated, on

both technical merit and composition/feel.

Personally I think the fact that the focus is on the foreground makes this photo a lot more intersting.. it psychologically leads the viewer to imagine the step into the sea and consequently makes the photo far less abstract. If it was intentional then bravo. If it wasn't intentional, you've learnt a new technique that, for me, works really well.