It certainly works for the theme Andrea, and to be fair, I don't see anything wrong with it, at least nothing you could fix without make stacking it.
Great image for Sharp Andrea love the lighting
nice lighting, nice b+w conversion too, like it.
Hi Andrea, nice image for the theme, however the lack of focus on the pins at the bottom of the image spoils it a bit. Focus stacking or just removing them would improve it a lot.
I can't see any reflections on the background, I have not tried this yet so don't understand why they are not there, could it be the angle.
Pete
Age; nice idea and credit to your son. I like the head-on angle and agree with you on a colour image.
Sharp; nice image, good lighting and spot on focus too.
Sharp is a very nice image, good contrast and of course pin sharp focus
Missed this one - I like it a lot. You've gone to the effort, got the shot you liked and it's bang on theme
Nice one Andrea; bang on for the theme. I can't see the reflections but the whole thing works well against that background.
Hi Andrea,
Age came out well after all your effort I like the ivy round the edge and I agree it works best in colour. The pins look good nice black bg, the only one that slightly annoys me is the one pin on the left that sticks in from the side, but thats just being picky. Anyway I told you there was barbed wire next to my house and I think I almost got caught in the same blizzard
Nice one for sharp, well arranged and I like the light!
Interesting idea bang on theme as you say not technically perfect but it is nicely lit
Nice capture Andrea,like the clouds and the tower stands out nicely. Looks a lovely spot for a walk that does.
Sharp - yip that works for me, nice BG and them nails look very sharp and good lighting.
Guard(ed) - works for me, good sharp image.
Thick - wow that looks like a very menacing sky, you have captured some really good cloud detail, I love the ray of light breaking through the clouds and onto the sea.
As Mandy says you've captured that light really well Andrea. Some great shade of light and dark in there. Those skies always look so easy to capture but they never are; you've nailed it
Thick. Very nicely exposed and really quite a stunning picture. Well done.
Sharp is to the point and bang on theme Andrea, great dark BG really sets off the pins.
Guard is actually a beautiful shot imo, love how the eye just follows the wall round.
Thick and stormy looking clouds you had, and you did well not to blow the white bits in the clouds. Three great shots Andrea and all bang on theme
I like your Thick entry Andrea. As others have said, very nicely exposed. Love the rays/rain streaks
Guarded and thick two nice shots like the splash of red in guarded and the light breaking through the clouds in thick is superb
Guard has nice leading lines and a good sky, good choice of subject for the theme
Thick is an excellent cloud-scape IMHO, well done
That's a fabulous image. Love the black and white conversion, the streaks of ray and the dramatic moody sky.
Love looking at ans watching clouds and love the sea, the rays of light are really nice. A very pleasing picture Andrea.
Abundance of food is on theme Andrea, like the two sheep looking back at you, good colours too imo
Good to see you back, you've been busy catching up
Sharp ... good detail, light, focus .... not sure about the BG scratches ...
Guard ... nice/interesting idea, nice compo, fab colour & detail.
Thick ... absolutely glorious.
Abundance of sheep or hay? .... I really like, looking down on them like that. The muted tones adding to the cold feel.
Guard - Nice Image Andrea, the orange on the Hut and the blue of the Sky and water make a good combination. Nice detail in the clouds.
Second cloud shoot is giving good detail and contrast. It would be nice to see if having the boundaries between the sea/sky and sky/dark clouds on lines of thirds would improve it.
Abundance - the muted colours are no doubt due to the cloud coverage, not much you can do and I think they look true to life. Good on theme image.
Abundance - Abundance of food indeed. Love the sheep in the middle having a good old chew.
Abundance
Well they're not short of hay.
As for the colours, it's a tricky one and I can see why you may have had some problems. Sometimes you can play around with the sliders and still not get what you want. Maybe come back to it at a later date, just to see if a fresh look can help.
Looking at your photo (I'm by no means a pp guru), maybe there's a bit of blue in the whites. I don't know what software you have, but try and reduce the blues a fraction. I had a similar problem with a photo I took at the weekend, the air was full of mist and for some reason gave my photo a blue tint.
Edit- sorry for waffling on.
Initially, looking at the image I didn't get the theme until I read your narrative. Like the idea and the composition.
I like it, subtle colours and the sheep stand out well.
Hi Andrea.
Guard(ed) - Is this with the X-T2? It's certainly an interesting looking building, it kind of reminds me of the bridge of a tug boat, but on stilts. The sky certainly looks ominous.
Thick - That really is amazing lighting you've captured there, and those dark clouds, wow!
Abundance - Ah right, got it now. As you say, not many colours to work with, but with the sheep eyeing ewe up, I think you did alright.
Love the cloud shot for Thick, really nicely done.
Guard - the tower really stand out and the moody sky ads some drama to the scene.
Thick - a really dramatic scene well captured
Abundance - looks very cold, I didn't get what the abundance was till I read your description and now I see you are quite right.
Great submission for thick, I love that very moody photo of thick clouds and rain!
Great photo for heavy, right on theme, well composed and great lighting!
Nice photo for wet, I like the reflections!