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Any comments on these 2 photos as i'd like to know i'm heading in the right direction as i'm new to this type of photography?
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Matty
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Any comments on these 2 photos as i'd like to know i'm heading in the right direction as i'm new to this type of photography?
Thanks,
Matty
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Both very well composed pictures. You have handled the sum well in #1 and the lead-in in #2 is excellent. Possibly a little dark but nothing a wee tweak in PP wouldn't sort out. Well done! 
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Thanks Gary, I do appreciate the feedback!
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Both are nice. The first is very well exposed and I like the composition.
The second one is also good but is less interesting to look at. The windmil isn't vertical in the shot which could be corrected with a bit of clockwise rotation. The leading line into the frame is good. I notice this is a crop, what does the normal aspect look like (i.e. not square?). I'd have put the windmill into the right third of the frame with the path leading the eye in, leaving a bit of breathing space on the left of the shot. You could probably have gotten away with a slightly brighter exposure too. Perhaps 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop.
The second one is also good but is less interesting to look at. The windmil isn't vertical in the shot which could be corrected with a bit of clockwise rotation. The leading line into the frame is good. I notice this is a crop, what does the normal aspect look like (i.e. not square?). I'd have put the windmill into the right third of the frame with the path leading the eye in, leaving a bit of breathing space on the left of the shot. You could probably have gotten away with a slightly brighter exposure too. Perhaps 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop.
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Hi Gordi, I used a 5D mk2 and exposed the foreground using evaluative metering, Recomposed and then added a lee 06 ND grad over the sky to tone it down a bit and used iso50 at F16
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Thanks all for the comments, It really helps and all the advice is taken on board. I do have an HDR image of the windmill which i will post tonight but great advice.
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Horsey Mere?
Love the first image, really good viewpoint and well exposed.
Not so sure about the mill shot. As already said, its a wee bit dark, but I just feel the mill is, perhaps, a bit central?
Love the first image, really good viewpoint and well exposed.
Not so sure about the mill shot. As already said, its a wee bit dark, but I just feel the mill is, perhaps, a bit central?
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I agree totally, The more i look at the windmill the more it bores me, Have an HDR of it which i will post later and a tilt shift effect.
Photo was the Horsey estate near the reserve.
Photo was the Horsey estate near the reserve.
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HDR Windmill at Horsey and Tilt shift zoom effect
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Ooh! Like 2nd version (tilt-shift version)
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Your far too kind