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Dogfish_magnet
09-06-2008, 22:33
When ever i look at landscape shots on the PC after taking them i never get the feeling that i taken a good shot:shake: they always appear lacking something and i don't know why...Am i just taking pictures with the wrong type of content ?, are the technically wrong ? or is just the lights too harsh. I'm working in Belfast at the moment but managed to get a few hours away on the northern coastal road.

C&C always welcome

1)
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/harbour2.jpg

2)
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/coast11.jpg

3)
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/bridge7.jpg

4)
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/coast1.jpg

5)
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/giants.jpg
Pirate Neilsouth
09-06-2008, 22:36
That second and last shots are very VERY nice , i like those... Not sure on 1 the blue sky looks abit dark to me
Dogfish_magnet
09-06-2008, 23:27
:That second and last shots are very VERY nice , i like those... Not sure on 1 the blue sky looks abit dark to me

Thanks :) - the first shot was one of the first of the day, taken in the morning using a CPL & ND grad - It may have done to good a job
EdinburghGary
09-06-2008, 23:48
I love this set and would be happy with it. I also feel what you feel when I come in from most outings. I get the odd shot that makes me go WOW but few and far between, and you end up lacking inspiration.

I actually like the first a lot, I love the deep blue.

Gary.
EdinburghGary
09-06-2008, 23:48
Although you have a sensor spot :suspect: :)
Dogfish_magnet
10-06-2008, 00:15
I love this set and would be happy with it. I also feel what you feel when I come in from most outings. I get the odd shot that makes me go WOW but few and far between, and you end up lacking inspiration.

I actually like the first a lot, I love the deep blue.

Gary.

Thanks Gary, i also end up getting frustrated because i don't know why the shots don't work for me :shrug: yet with my macro stuff i can see whats wrong and go and re-shoot and get a shot I'm pleased with.

Although you have a sensor spot :suspect: :)

your having a :lol: 'a sensor spot' there's bloody loads of em - i too in a moment of madness tried to use a sensor pen to move a large piece of dust from the sensor and ended up with the sensor pen dumping 1/2 a ton of dust particles onto the sensor anything above f11 is a disgrace. i am slowly but surely building my confidence for a wet clean:eek:
EdinburghGary
10-06-2008, 00:19
Sensor spots are soul destroyingly frustrating.
Hey, those 1 in a million shots are what keep me going. Without them I would dump the gear of the pier, oh dear oh dear, have no fear, erm FFS spontaneous rhymes, whatever next? I think I am loosing the will to live :)

What a brainfart that was.

Gary.
taxi
11-06-2008, 00:15
Number 4 for me, I like the colours in the sky ans sea and the composition is simple, but works very well.
Techno-Geek
11-06-2008, 00:16
Love the skies in all of them

Man on bride ( I mean bridge ) = Nutter :lol:

Nice one

Tony :thumbs:
dazzajl
11-06-2008, 00:24
Man on bride = Nutter :lol:


I'd be more worried about a man who wasn't. :D

I think you've hit your own nail with your critique Dogfish. They are good shots and without the luxury of time and perfect light, we all have to accept imperfect shots.
Techno-Geek
11-06-2008, 00:25
LMAO corrected myself i did :lol:
Shutterman
11-06-2008, 01:33
Great series like them all.. What area of Ireland were these taken... just for future reference as I think a visit is on the card in a few months..

Shutterman
hairy
11-06-2008, 06:10
:clap: I like those.
Brought back memories for me. I went to N. Ireland when I was 14, to stay with a friend. Recognise the Giants Causeway there, and the rope bridge; at Carrickfergus I beleive?
eeverson
11-06-2008, 07:27
Good set, Giants Causeway is one of those places I have always wanted to go!
RobertP
11-06-2008, 08:20
Some of those are very nice but that drop shadow and bevel frame effect is very distracting.
Dogfish_magnet
11-06-2008, 08:37
Thanks for the comments

Love the skies in all of them

Man on bride ( I mean bridge ) = Nutter :lol:

Nice one

Tony :thumbs:

Thanks Tony - i'd just crossed back across that bridge to take the shot - it just has planks of wood as the base and the whole thing bounces and sways as you cross it.

Great series like them all.. What area of Ireland were these taken... just for future reference as I think a visit is on the card in a few months..

Shutterman

Shutterman - i followed the causeway costal Road from Carrickfergus around to Portrush very scenic and quiet.
the Rope bridge is at Ballintoy ,Ballycastle (Carrick-A-Rede) .

:clap: I like those.
Brought back memories for me. I went to N. Ireland when I was 14, to stay with a friend. Recognise the Giants Causeway there, and the rope bridge; at Carrickfergus I beleive?

Hairy - Just a bit further up the coast at Ballintoy

Good set, Giants Causeway is one of those places I have always wanted to go!
It was for me also but it was a bit of a anticlimax - the road that has been built just to ferry tourists on a bus from the carpark to the causeway spoils the whole place.