Saunton Sands - something a little softer.

[ancient_mariner]

I seem to have been producing a lot of deliberately 'hard' mono images recently, and wanted to generate something a little softer.

I took these pictures back in Feb 2017 because, at the time, the light was quite lovely playing on these gently waving grasses, however when I got them home I really had no idea what to do with them, and they languished ever since on my hard drive. Since then I've learned a little more about processing and also had some fresh ideas about how they might look, so here's my take for a gentler image.

Open space by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

Path through the dunes by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

They are a little 'grey and grey' but that goes with the softness somewhat. C&C welcome.

 

[JohnFar]

I like the subtlety of both of these, and the slight vignette. Quietly moody in a pleasing way.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thank you John.

 

[gramps]

#2 - I can visualise myself meandering through there ... in a warm coat!

 

[Harlequin565]

1st one's a shade to bright for me but that 2nd one is lovely.

 

[smr]

I think the softer mono tones suit these images well, much better than a harder tone would.

 

[JasonPC]

#2 is lovely, a really inviting landscape. Quite like the first as well. Two really ‘relaxing’ photos.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Thank you gentlemen.

1st one's a shade to bright for me but that 2nd one is lovely.

For the first I was trying for something as minimal as I could get, and darker tones just made parts of the image intrude too much. I may have another go at processing, dropping all the tones a touch to see if that gives it more sense of depth. Thanks Ian.

 

[FishyFish]

I like them both, but the second especially. The detail in the right-foreground grasses, plus the path and fenceposts work really nicely.

 

[ancient_mariner]

I like them both, but the second especially. The detail in the right-foreground grasses, plus the path and fenceposts work really nicely.

Thanks Ian.