Critique Dunure Castle - South Ayrshire

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Took a trip down the coast yesterday to Dunure Castle just outside of Ayr . It was a cold but nice afternoon and i was hopeful for a nice sunset , it never happened but the weather could havebeen much worse . I think i made the most of what i had .


Dunure Castle by Smalltownher0, on Flickr


Dunure Castle by Smalltownher0, on Flickr

I reaaallyy need to get my D600's sensor cleaned now , it's getting beyond a joke the amount of time i spent 'trying' to clone all the spot's out :(
 
I like those, definitely a moody celtic feel about them.
 
Nicely done Chris
 
Ajophotog said:
I like those, definitely a moody celtic feel about them.
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Thanks :)

Joeturner11 said:
Lovely Couple of images, I see what you mean about the oil on it as you can see on the second image top right there is a fair amount...
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It's recently got quite bad , never enough to bother me until recently :(

Jjm said:
Nicely done Chris
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Thanks Jim !

JakeT1992 said:
Like them both, but the first definitely stands out! Great work again Chris.
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Cheers Jake :)
 
Two excellent pieces of work !
 
I like these too. I never even knew this place existed, such a dramatic location. I'm happy that you got a lot of cloud detail because otherwise the image would feel unbalanced. The clouds definately add to the atmosphere of the location. First image is my favourite though; composition is spot on.
 
Number 2 is stunning, the composition and the exposure is timed perfectly to retain a beautiful amount of movement in the water - how wide were you shooting?

They do look a tad underexposed, I realise the dark and gloomy look adds to the atmosphere of the shot, but I think they can both be brightened a little and still retain colour and detail in the highlights - particularly number 1.

Re: the D600, if you can wait to break the 3k - 3.5k shutter count there's a much smaller chance of you needing to take it back prematurely again, apparently.
 
Pinkbikerbabe said:
Two beautiful images
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Thank you :)

CraigyBoy86 said:
Both are great, but the first has the edge for me. The light is better and the colours are great. :)
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Probably my favourite of the two also , thanks !

Supernatural said:
#2 is a foreboding image with that steely grey.
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Typical scottish weather then ! Thnaks :)

Delta Skies said:
Super #1 image. I like the use of a long exposure with the clouds drawing the eye to the castle.
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I'm really enjoying using the ten stop at the moment , worked well here i thought too . Thanks :)

Phiggys said:
Two excellent pieces of work !
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Much appreciated , thank you .

KayJay said:
I like these too. I never even knew this place existed, such a dramatic location. I'm happy that you got a lot of cloud detail because otherwise the image would feel unbalanced. The clouds definately add to the atmosphere of the location. First image is my favourite though; composition is spot on.
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Thanks , well worth a visit if you get a chance . Much better location than i had imagined .

Me² said:
Number 2 is stunning, the composition and the exposure is timed perfectly to retain a beautiful amount of movement in the water - how wide were you shooting?

They do look a tad underexposed, I realise the dark and gloomy look adds to the atmosphere of the shot, but I think they can both be brightened a little and still retain colour and detail in the highlights - particularly number 1.

Re: the D600, if you can wait to break the 3k - 3.5k shutter count there's a much smaller chance of you needing to take it back prematurely again, apparently.
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Both were at 16mm , i think my monitor may well need some tweaking - your not the first to mention this :( May have to go back to lightroom for a play .

I've just passed the 3k mark so we shall see , its certainly got worse within the last 500 images . It's gone from two or three larger spots in the top left to several larger ones and a load of small spots all over the top of the frame .

Thanks :)
 
I've just coughed up for a calibrated IPS screen and a lot of my shots now look a tiny bit dark too, not much mind, but if I'd of had this back when, they'd be a touch brighter I feel :)
 
Both very nice shots,, hope to get down there myself over the next couple of weeks..
 
2 lovely shots Chris
Couple things for me, they do look a tad dark, and on the first one the light area bottom left maybe sand is a bit distracting, to the right bottom corner what I think is water spray looks like a fuzzy out of focus area, maybe a bit of cloning or crop just above them?

Just my thoughts
 
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