farnz Posted December 11, 2006 Share #1 Posted December 11, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Magic hour on a crisp December morning at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London. Comments welcome, thanks for looking. D2 1/160 @ F4.4 [ATTACH]18009[/ATTACH] Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Hi farnz, Take a look here Magic hour at the Royal Naval College. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Canfred Posted December 12, 2006 Share #2 Posted December 12, 2006 Hi Pete, the light and colour are just right it suits the room ,I like the small doorway in the far center picking up sunlight. Was it taken with a super wide lens I suppos you had to. I am sure I saw this image before somewhere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted December 12, 2006 Share #3 Posted December 12, 2006 Pete, A really pleasing shot; great use of the yellow sunlight, I guess this would also work very well in B&W? Cheers, Pete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 12, 2006 Share #4 Posted December 12, 2006 Very nice light indeed. (Just a shame about the litter bin.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinop Posted December 12, 2006 Share #5 Posted December 12, 2006 Enjoyable scene. Like the lighting tones + the DOF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share #6 Posted December 12, 2006 Thanks, All, for your kind comments. Canfred: The focal length was 14.7mm, which I guess is around 50 mm in 35mm-speak. Perhaps you're seen a similar image but not this one - it was taken 2 days ago and this is its first post. Pete: I thought the same as you because of the stonework and its age so I converted it to B&W in PSCS2 but I was disappointed because the stonework lost the warmth provided by the early morning light. (Then again it may have been my poor pp skills!) Andy: I could pretend that I'd left the litter bin there for realism but, alas, no. I'd already tucked it behind one of the pillars but a lurking security guard put it back and then told me I couldn't use my tripod. Ooooh no: thou shalt not use a tripod on much public land anymore because that makes you a Professional!! (Which I am not.) He proceeded to watch me as though I had my eye on the crown jewels so I had to shoot hand-held. Not petty at all really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 12, 2006 Share #7 Posted December 12, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes. Only pros are allowed to use tripods and I am sure you would have put the bin back afterwards Bloody ridiculous. BTW, this looks fantastic on the Mac at home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted December 12, 2006 Share #8 Posted December 12, 2006 Hello Pete, I really would like you to try out a crop for this FANTASTIC image. From the LHS, crop exactly all the bin out. From the RHS, crop exactly all the bench which is already cropped. You'll end up with an even better looking image IMHO. Just 3 benches showing. If you have time, try it out. You might even like it. Best Azzo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted December 12, 2006 Share #9 Posted December 12, 2006 One of my favourite places and this is a lovely shot. I might have been tempted to crop it so that there were same number of columns on each side and possibly rotate it a tad to the left. There again, I'm only a newb so I probably am making some kind of compositional mistake suggesting it. It could have been fun trying to clone out the bin.... What is it with the wave of tripdophobia? AP are going bonkers about it each week. LouisB Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted December 12, 2006 Share #10 Posted December 12, 2006 Thanks, All, for your kind comments. Pete: I thought the same as you because of the stonework and its age so I converted it to B&W in PSCS2 but I was disappointed because the stonework lost the warmth provided by the early morning light. (Then again it may have been my poor pp skills!) Pete, iirc this place is built of Portland stone; I've noticed elsewhere that when converted to B&W it loses it's glow; something which does not seem to happen with "more yellow" limestones from further North. I'm sure that a real digi-expert could sort it out. Cheers, Pete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share #11 Posted December 12, 2006 Once again thank you all for your kind comments. Azzo, I've cropped the image as you've suggested and I agree that it is much stronger. I took a little more off the RHS to balance it and rotated it a smidgen to the left as suggested by BigLouis. I much prefer it this way. [ATTACH]18219[/ATTACH] Pete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted December 13, 2006 Share #12 Posted December 13, 2006 Thanks for even trying it out Pete and i'm glad you like it. This is a very good image and it deserved attention and some minor adjustments. Very well seen and captured. Best Azzo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted December 13, 2006 Share #13 Posted December 13, 2006 Lovely light! While I am not fond of litter bins, too, I still like the original uncropped version better. To me it has more "impact", maybe due the extended depth. In any case a wonderful photo, thanks for sharing it. Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share #14 Posted December 16, 2006 Thanks for your kind comment, Andy, and I take your point about the extended depth. Having cropped it at Azzo's suggestion it seems more powerful as a square shot than rectangular - even though I'm not normally a fan of the square aspect ratio (like 6x6) because it doesn't look as 'true to life' to me. It's also why I've always used the Pentax 67 or the Fuji GSW90 in preference to Hasses et al for MF. For me, the elements in this image image lend themselves better to a tighter geometrical format as does the single-point perspective. Pete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted December 18, 2006 Share #15 Posted December 18, 2006 Both images have their different levels of appeal; it is very much a personal choice. I like the colour which is well captured. Good 'ole D2! David Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share #16 Posted December 18, 2006 Thanks for your kind observations, David. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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