Viveca an I went to the NF for the weekend to stay at Sandy Balls (yes I know)! Primary reason was to get out of town and (of course) also to take some photos.
To start – here are some sausages.
For me, I wanted to try really hard to get some decent brackets sorted. Having been inspired by Stuck in Customs by Tery Radcliffe. I really wanted to raise my level with brackets and good quality HDR whilst not going too eye searingly bright. Some of the images I am happy with, others not so. Generally I find HDR fairly easy, however my chosen subject is urban exploration, so I’m not so used to trying to take landscapes. I can take them and imo am ‘okay’ but I just don’t find them inspiring unless the light is tip top and processing spot on. I’m going to have to have a go at some architecture around London I think as its more suited to how I like to shoot.
HDR wise the clouds weren’t really playing with mostly an overcast grey flat sky, however I have a few ideas and locations for the next trip. I think I really need to get up early and make the effort to get out during the golden hour at either end of the day.
Bottom line is – more practice required, both in choosing the subject, framing and composition . . basically EVERYTHING!
I really love the last one – it’s like a magic forest and has oodles of atmosphere!
I know what you mean about landscapes, I find them a challenge too, and reluctantly I agree that getting out of bed extremely early for the Golden Hour is probably the way forward. May have to let you do that one on your own though…
Hello Mark!
I like the framing and composition on these a lot! To me they need a little further processing (curves and /or levels maybe). They have the look to me of images straight out of Photomatix (which can be a little flat) and with a little tweaking should yield up contrast nearly as vivid as the suasages. 🙂
Sorry to offer up advice! I usually don’t but I really like both images and think they have further potential.
Cheers!
Barry
Thanks for taking the time to comment Barry, I’m more than happy to take advice and criticism. As I mentioned in the post, I’m not 100% happy with the images and agree that they could maybe do with brightening up a bit.
Its a shame that they didn’t come out exaclty how I wanted, I’m possibly trying too hard. I am no stranger to HDR and photomatix, been using it for a long time now with fairly decent results. However I really want to improve so need to put a bit more effort in and take more time in pretty much everything to get the shot exactly how I want it.