Lanzarote, couple of shots

jonporter said:
I tried out shooting early in the morning while on holidays (only time I was allowed out!).

As ever would welcome all feedback so as to get better.

Thanks

Jon

1.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72496315@N07/7149349831/
harbour dawn by J1P5, on Flickr

2.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72496315@N07/7003251608/
Lanzarote boat 2 by J1P5, on Flickr

3.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72496315@N07/7003248888/
Lanzarote boat 1 by J1P5, on Flickr

4.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72496315@N07/7003244190/
before dawn by J1P5, on Flickr
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Nice light in all the shots but 1 and 4 seem to be heavily tilted. You might want to straighten them out
 
thestranger said:
Nice light in all the shots but 1 and 4 seem to be heavily tilted. You might want to straighten them out
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Good point well made, I'll sort that. Thanks Jon
 
Think you should put the foot down hard, a man should be allowed out anytime :rules:
 
Dark said:
Oh dear wonky horizon alert :) Tricky lighting for hand held!
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Wasn't hand held - was trying out a monopod because luggage allowance wouldn't stretch to a tripod :)

(and yes I have fixed the horizon)

So nice to be in a forum where people provide sensible feedback rather than just nice shot.

Cheers

Jon
 
Excluding the wonky horizons, one is nice although the angle reveals a flat featureless horizon but the exposure and colours/saturation is nice.

Four has potential, but you have to watch too much near ground in a night shot, as you are left with a lot of blacks. Not an easy thing to do.

Image two is too tight a crop/. Three is lovely as you have the wonderful colours of the sky featured, but the cut off boat annoys me. Perhaps a wider shot to feature the boat in the foreground, with the harbour in the middle and sky back drop would have beem better.
 
ST4 said:
Excluding the wonky horizons, one is nice although the angle reveals a flat featureless horizon but the exposure and colours/saturation is nice.

Four has potential, but you have to watch too much near ground in a night shot, as you are left with a lot of blacks. Not an easy thing to do.

Image two is too tight a crop/. Three is lovely as you have the wonderful colours of the sky featured, but the cut off boat annoys me. Perhaps a wider shot to feature the boat in the foreground, with the harbour in the middle and sky back drop would have beem better.
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Thanks for taking the time to review, all good points I think (to the point where the cut off boat now annoys me!). I personally really like the boat in 2 and can see that pulling back a bit and including some harbour and that great sky would've made a better shot. A morning well spent though as it held a number of firsts for me (and I now have a lightweight tripod for my next trip!) JP
 
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