Thanks everyone. Its a great location, and I think it would be hard to come away with no decent shots. Really want to go back there as I only went a fraction of the way round the lake.
As usual MK some fine fine shots!
How do you get the nice blue feeling to the sky in them though? whenever the light is like that and I take any photos i just get a really blown bad sky. Do you use filters at all?
Cheers. Yeah I used a ND grad filter (2 stop I think) to bring the sky brightness down a bit.
#3 for me, love the colour in the sky & water, the shape of the silhouette is very nice
The lines in #1 lead the eye to probably the most uninteresting section of landscape in this particular frame unfortunately
Really like the composition in #2, the foreground leads you in nicely but there is a large area of cloud that is blown
Some honest CC for you mk
Cheers iGiDK. Always appreciate honest CC.
I like the top half of 3, but im still not sure about the bottom half. I could have got a much more interesting foreground composition by using the shore as a lead in line, but that would have meant that the tree silhouette would have been ruined by another tree in the background.
As for the blown bits in 1 and 2 I probably should have bracketed the shots and done an exposure bland, as the ND gread I have wasn't strong enough.
All good MK! No 3 for me though
As good as no 1 is its a classic shot thats been done many times before - your is good but not new (does that make sense?)
2 has a lovely serene feel and is well composed imho
But 3 is the eye catcher! Lovely colour, great composition and original (to me at least!)
All three are ace shots
Cheers. Hehe, yeah I know number 1 has been done so many times. When I took it I knew it was a cliche' shot. But you can't go to Derwent and not take a pier shot.
Really like all three tbh mate. Lovely shots as usual!
May I ask, did you use any ND Grads on those at all?
Thanks, Yeah I used a ND grad (2 stop I think) for my Lee kit. I really could do with buying another stronger one with a slightly harder edge (3 stop medium?) As I often find the times I need to use an ND Grad, the one I have just doesn't brinf the sky down enough.
Great set mr Khan. I have seen quite a few from the first shot location, there must be marks from all the previous photographers tripods
Hehe, yeah its a popular spot thats for sure. I can only imagine what it must be like in spring or summer. I really want to camp there sometime and get up for sunrise though.
