I'm amazed actually that the 50mm lens went as wide, I wasn't expecting it and in fact I'm going to buy a wide angled lens soon, a 17-35mm Tamron. But I see exactly what you're saying and in fact Yoshik1's tighter crop does give more impact just like you're saying. "
Alternatively, I will use a long lens and pick out an interesting part of a landscape". Yeah, I also tried my 70-300mm lens and zoomed to a pair of distant trees in the middle of the field that looked interesting but when I looked at the photos, I thought 'nah', rubbish, doesn't look particularly good. Though someone with skill would have made them look pretty interesting.
Thanks gramps. I guess it's all personal taste and though I like the colours, I do agree with others that they're a bit saturated and unnatural. The colour of most of the houses are whiter and I can see that I seem to have yellowed them
Thanks for the feedback jerry. I can't remember if I did auto levelling in lightroom or not. But yes, you've made me aware I need to make sure to always try and keep horizons level.
Yeah, I was heavy handed in lightroom wasn't I! I'll have a go at toning it all down with a couple of revised crops.
Maybe I got lucky with the levelling. I had a tripod set up and some shots were handheld. I can't remember if this one was on the tripod or not.
Thanks though and I agree about Mr Badger's crop.
Thanks for the tips Tom. You make a good point. I guess I tried to make a bland scene look more attractive with processing. Sort of a silk purse from a pigs ear.
I've actually seen an inspiring photo today of a building. I want to emulate the way it was photographed. I've found a similar interesting building in Islington so I'm going to drive there tomorrow, hope I can park somewhere (lol, in london, yeah right!) and will attempt to capture it.
Thank you Alistair, very helpful advice. I'll have a go at using the spot removal tools.
Ok, I'm going to have a go at re-editing. I've reset the raw image. Is the sharpness of the image too much? Comparing to the raw image, does it not need as much sharpening as I gave it?