Critique The view from the Devils Staircase in Glencoe

In 1 is that half way up or half way down :p

Like the colours on the top of the hills / mountains, & the lonely house in two
 
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Both good but I feel the second has more atmosphere.
 
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Great conditions to be out Steve, I would love to see some of these beautiful scenes you capture with the other two added 1, interest in the sky and maybe a little mist over the land, the joys hey!! thanks for sharing and are you on the road this year?
 
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Kevin O'Brian said:
Great conditions to be out Steve, I would love to see some of these beautiful scenes you capture with the other two added 1, interest in the sky and maybe a little mist over the land, the joys hey!! thanks for sharing and are you on the road this year?
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Yep, conditions were a bit too good. @ Daugirdas should have a better series. I had a whopper of a sensor bunny I had to compose around.

I'll be on the road this year...
 
A beautiful part of the world and a scene brimming with potential but I think the sky in both of these mean they are not your best work. If it had more cloud / colour to it then I feel that the shots would've had the missing link.
 
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That's the problem with Scotland. It is either too clear or just p***ing it down (more of the latter this stupid year). Getting the right balance between the two at a certain time of the day requires very careful planning and a lot of luck. The images from the wee lake round the corner were perfect, these - not quite there. If you look all the way left you can see there was some interesting sky further back. We climbed the wrong peak and got the wrong view.
 
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Agree it does not fix it
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However this is where photoshop comes in to rescue, if I eventually decide it is worth the time. I'm not 100% sure if I have a matching sky somewhere. It can be very tricky.
 
Then if you do decide to do that then you are not the Landscape photogrpher I thought you where, so you go on and add that sky via photoshop never used it myself and I hope you sleep well at night ;)
 
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Then if you do decide to do that then you are not the Landscape photogrpher I thought you where, so you go on and add that sky via photoshop never used it myself and I hope you sleep well at night ;)
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Whatever who cares. I am not entering that stupid money waste competition ever again.
 
I prefer the second one due to the colours but seeing as there's not much happening in the sky you could have given them tree's a little bit more breathing space in the frame. Touch hazy too, looks like the sun was on your right hand side, maybe could have used a polariser.
 
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oROSSo said:
I prefer the second one due to the colours but seeing as there's not much happening in the sky you could have given them tree's a little bit more breathing space in the frame. Touch hazy too, looks like the sun was on your right hand side, maybe could have used a polariser.
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Reading this, I wish I had. Iirc there was some messy foliage in the bottom of the frame so just cropped it off. Better view may help and a censor clear of dirt , the composition was based around moving a fairly central dust bunny to the sky to make removal easier in post
 
The 2nd ones a beauty, the light topping the trio of peaks really makes the shot
 
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The 2nd for me is the nicest with the redish light hitting the top of the peaks.
 
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Must be only me then, who prefers the song light and shadows in the first.
 
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