Kilchurn Castle

[Where the light is.]

I couldn't sleep on Saturday night so I just got up at 4am, made the 2 hour journey to this place and caught the sunrise, was beautiful. I've not really used this forum as much as I should have as it's a great place to see what everyone gets up to, really inspiring! Thanks for looking guys.




Quick question regarding resolution, is there a better way to post to ensure you keep resolution in your image? The file I have is so much sharper than this.

 

[AJR SIMPSON]

Worth the lack of sleep and the drive. (no idea on the resolution question)

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Very nice scenery and cool rendition.

What app downsized this file?

 

[Norkie]

Well worth the drive and early start eh

 

[gramps]

Eerie castle in the mist surrounded by the early morning light, very nice indeed ... I tend to host most of my images with Flickr and some with Photobucket, although there is some compression degradation it generally isn't severe. Having said that exporting to forum size from within Photoshop and uploading within the thread usually works pretty well too

 

[doggel]

Superb light, climatic conditions, and of course main subject- and you have managed to hide the darned electrical cables

 

[Dale.]

It's a lovely image, the mist really makes it. I'm one for big skies and dramatic clouds and I would prefer to see that here but you have to take what you get and you've made a very good job of what was there at the time. I like this compsotition but another idea might be to have it a little less central.

I live in Ayrshire, so this is a trip I have to make one day.

 

[Ben Hur]

It was worth the early start, it's very nice image.

 

[jakeblu]

Lovely image David, the mist and soft light gives it a nice dreamy look

 

[viv1969]

Beautiful Image David. Well work getting up for.

 

[Neil Burnell]

Lovely shot David

 

[Kevin O'Brian]

Indeed great call to make well worth the trip, if hosting from Flickr try 800 on the long edge, thanks for sharing.

 

[Tysonator]

Good compsotition, great colours

 

[HopefulM]

beautiful!

 

[Where the light is.]

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Very nice scenery and cool rendition.

What app downsized this file?

Thanks Kodiak, I just used Preview on the Mac? Perhaps this wasn't the ideal solution.

 

[Where the light is.]

It's a lovely image, the mist really makes it. I'm one for big skies and dramatic clouds and I would prefer to see that here but you have to take what you get and you've made a very good job of what was there at the time. I like this compsotition but another idea might be to have it a little less central.

I live in Ayrshire, so this is a trip I have to make one day.

Much appreciated! Yeah I do have a few other compositions from the same shoot, it was such a cool moment that they all came out really well just picked this one to share!

 

[Where the light is.]

Superb light, climatic conditions, and of course main subject- and you have managed to hide the darned electrical cables

Yeah they are a nightmare, should be moved so us image takers don't have to worry about them!

 

[Where the light is.]

Worth the lack of sleep and the drive. (no idea on the resolution question)

beautiful!

Good compsotition, great colours

Indeed great call to make well worth the trip, if hosting from Flickr try 800 on the long edge, thanks for sharing.

Lovely shot David

Beautiful Image David. Well work getting up for.

Lovely image David, the mist and soft light gives it a nice dreamy look

It was worth the early start, it's very nice image.

Eerie castle in the mist surrounded by the early morning light, very nice indeed ... I tend to host most of my images with Flickr and some with Photobucket, although there is some compression degradation it generally isn't severe. Having said that exporting to forum size from within Photoshop and uploading within the thread usually works pretty well too

Thanks everyone I really appreciate it!

 

[Kodiak Qc]

Perhaps this wasn't the ideal solution.

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Right, the named app is a utility on that system that
we both use with pleasure.

However, for this caliber or level of photography you
should perhaps consider some substantial tool that
will support all your intents… keep rocking, David.

 

[Where the light is.]

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Right, the named app is a utility on that system that
we both use with pleasure.

However, for this caliber or level of photography you
should perhaps consider some substantial tool that
will support all your intents… keep rocking, David.

I use Lightroom to edit my work and then export to share on social media etc, I probably should have used that to better resize?

 

[Kodiak Qc]

should have used that to better resize?

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It is ok for downsizing, but even my favourite converter
is not the best tool for upsizing.

 

[alan72]

I like this a lot. The low hanging must really gives a sense of atmosphere, accompanied by the light, great!

My only slight niggle is the foreground reflection is quite dark compared with the sky. Is this how you remember? May be it's just me viewing on an iPhone.

 

[Craig_85]

I like it, without wanting to lose the character of the scene, I think it could do with a bit more clarity though.

 

[Where the light is.]

I like it, without wanting to lose the character of the scene, I think it could do with a bit more clarity though.

Thank you, as I was saying in the original post I couldn't work out to post it so it looked like this? - https://500px.com/photo/145713171/k...d-barry?ctx_page=1&from=user&user_id=16787169

 

[Where the light is.]

I like this a lot. The low hanging must really gives a sense of atmosphere, accompanied by the light, great!

My only slight niggle is the foreground reflection is quite dark compared with the sky. Is this how you remember? May be it's just me viewing on an iPhone.

Thank you, yeah there is a slight darkening towards the bottom of the frame which has been bothering me more and more to be honest and I've already lifted it up a little in Lightroom!

 

[SFTPhotography]

Nice. Love it conditions but lacks saturation, contrast and general impact. I'm sure the raw file has a lot more to give

 

[Where the light is.]

Nice. Love it conditions but lacks saturation, contrast and general impact. I'm sure the raw file has a lot more to give

Thanks man appreciate the input! I know what you're saying and I do have a lot of different of edits of the same/similar shots from the same morning but I ultimately went with this one taking some of the saturation out, I am always drawn to that more muted look.

https://500px.com/photo/145713171/k...d-barry?ctx_page=1&from=user&user_id=16787169

I feel like that gives it a little more justice, as the image in the thread is low quality.