Hi Lorraine, the first pic works for me though i would have cropped the bottom of the image slightly
the graduated filter has worked well with this so no worries there, I do like to visit these old ruins, I find them fascinating
Hi Lorraine, I wonder what #1 would look like as a letter box crop? I like the fact you've looked for somewhere 'less shot' and looks like you got good weather too which is unusual up there. My only crit is that they both seem over saturated on my screen, with the second one being very green.
Thank you BarneyWonderful images Lorraine, especially the last image, I think the colours look real to life, looks a lovely location.
Scenic - two very beautiful images and spot on for the theme well done.
Thanks Jill I agree with you & Barney - the greens look much more like the real thingThat's the one for me
Hi Lorraine - lovely scenic photos! Personally I prefer the angle in the first one, the second looks a bit flat by comparison and love the re-edit, colours in the brickwork is especially nice I think. [emoji5]️
I prefer the lead in of the fence in #2 but the PoV of the castle in #1. The could, albeit small ones, add to #1 filling in the space in the sky nicely helping balance up the image well.
Hi Lorraine,looks like your off to a good start,i like both of your images,you had better luck at the frost patterns on your car,than i did,i tried 2 or 3 shots of ice on my mums car,but it didnt work well,plus the fact didnt put my gloves or my coat on when i went out one morning,and soon got very cold,good luck for the rest of the project,looking forward to seeing more of you images,
Hi Lorraine - couple of great shots for scenic and each one has something compelling. Tiny tiny point is you seem to have a spot on your lens or sensor, about 45 degree up and right from the top right corner of the turret? Most visible in #2
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I prefer the angle of the castle in #1. I think perhaps a touch more light on that side and that'd make it for me... can be done in post via the shadows slider as other than waiting for a different time of year, you're going to struggling moving either the castle or the sun
Scrub at bottom and excess of blue sky at top in #1 is perhaps a touch too much for me, so your crop definitely works well in that regard (but I'd also crop the top a touch too)
I do really like your lead-in of the fence in #2 though and also the fact the bridge/viaduct is bigger. Unfortunately, the angle of the castle has been compromised slightly for me... not much to be done there! I'd be inclined to get closer and lower to the fence though to make it more of a foreground subject at the front left of frame. If there was a way of getting your POV so that the fence disappears under the arches of the bridge/viaduct, I reckon that'd really work well.
I don't mind the grad in #1: it's perhaps a touch heavy but a crop would reduce that...
Nice job!
In LR (depending on your version), the shadows slider is on the develop module below where you set exposure etc - i.e. within that block of sliders. I think pre LR4 the Highlights/Shadows might have been Recovery/Fill light but they did slightly different things or had slightly different sensitivities/effects.
The great thing about digital is we can play away to our heart's content without it costing a penny (ok, £8/month for Adobe!) so we may as well make the most of it... at least until we told to be sociable by our other halves
Hi Lorraine
Fragile - A couple of nice shots here, I like the second one just a little more, the composition of both is good, the ideas both spot on, but the second shot seems to bit just that little bit brighter and the additional glass in the box adds to the idea for me
Minor crit is the clipped glass at the base, but that certainly doesn't distract from the overall look of the photo
Scenic - Some cracking shots again, I like the lead in from the fence on the second shot, I feel the viaduct is more prominent on that one too... but I'm going with the edited first shot, much better colours in that one !!!
Scenic, I quite like the feel to the (original post) second one, being almost straight on to the viaduct,
if you crop it quite close to the bottom of the ruin it, loses most of the fence and IMO
also emphasises the back ground as well.
Just my opinion of course, I know bugger all about landscapes anyway
Companions - as I think hedgehogs are cute, and the fact you have been poorly I will let you off on the fact it's a old shot. I think it's a lovely image and fits the theme.
I'm afraid it may not have been good news. That is a very young hedgehog and may have been out and about because of lack of food. It is very likely that mum did not come home for whatever reason (none good though, usually) and the young had to go for it. This happened round here some years ago when a friend brought the hoglet to my wife and I (we are suckers for the under-hedgehog) and we kept it in the summerhouse until about November when we had got her weight up to 600 grams and went throught the process of releasing her into the wild. We can't be sure of course but a female hedgehog made it's way into our garden the following year accompanied by two young hedgehogs so you never know...
Hi Lorraine, Matin is correct in suggesting that the sighting was not good news. Anyway, given that you have not been well, I concur with Mandy's opinion that it is a lovely image that fits the theme. Now, lets see what awaits us on Friday!
Hi companions I was just about to say I can't see the connection then I saw the fly on the hedgehogs head. I hope that the hedgehog is okay.
Cheers
I was struggling to figure out the companions theme until I read Andy's post about the fly.
Anyway hope you get well soon and out and about with the camera.
Hi Lorraine - hope you out and about soon - nice shot of the hedgehog. (Learned something about hedgehogs on your post today!)
Hey Lorraine..... Cute little guy for companions, hope he found some safety in the end. Most of all though, hope you're feeling better now![emoji4]
Hi, #1, doesn't really grab me as elegant, maybe al little soft as well , but #2 does say elegant, the curves really work for me....sounds a bit wrong that
Cheers.
Hi both fitting for the theme in their own way, I like the slight distortion of the house although i am sure other people will want it straightening
both well spotted
Hi Lorraine
Companion
Even if its an old shot, it still a very nice shot.
you were very lucky to catch the fly on its head.
Elegant
Your edit of the hall entrance looks much better. Sometimes i think we rush to get our themes posted, when we should sit back a look at our images first.
I love the tree photo, would love to see that in full bloom. I like the central position, my only crit would to have a little more space on the left.
I like the second edit of the hall, it's just a shame the light has washed out some of the detail in the building. Good capture!
A grand elegant building indeed. I prefer the edit shot better the correction makes a big quite a different.
Elegant - I like the straightened version of your grand house, looks very elegant to me. The tree is also great plenty of interesting shapes, the branches are making.