Critique Din Pentir, Kernow

[Digifrog]

Hi all

I thought I'd throw this over to TP for some feedback and hopefully receive some discerning critique. All comments are welcome.

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This is quite different from my usual landscape shot and it is my furthest distance away from the cliché normalities that I spend too much time in trying to capture.

 

[Merc]

Hi Scott.

The foreground is nicely exposed but the sky is blown giving a washed out look to the back of the photo. It would have benefitted from the use of a graduated ND or you could have underexposed the foreground and brought the shadows out in PP. Hope this helps.

 

[Digifrog]

Thanks Merc.

The sky is bright but it is not blown, there was no highlights indicator in camera and I did also use a graduated ND here (Lee 0.9s) so technically the light here is controlled.

I like the washed look in the background, this was due to incoming sea mist diffusing the light. Image was taken about 90 minutes before sunset.

Regards

 

[RedRobin]

The image succeeds greatly in leading the eye through the perspective towards the distance. The pale lighting in the distance emphasises the atmosphere.

The colours and shapes are fabulous. I thinking it's a stunning shot and great composition. The more I look at it the more I see in it and the more I like it.

 

[Digifrog]

Thanks Robin

What I personally like about the image is the suggestion of layers. I had the foreground rock in focus and shot the image at f/2.8. The next layer of the grassy incline down to the sea, the cliff, the sea, the tiny bit of headland and the sky add layers and depth. Shooting at f/2.8, I wanted to further accentuate depth to the image.