Beach Hut Tunnel

[ST1]

A bit of an abstract image from October last year, I was attracted to the different glowing colours in the huts. But I'm not sure that this image works and would welcome your thoughts on it.

[Geoff F]

A potentially good idea but, for me, it doesn't quite work. It starts off looking good, but about half way along the 'tunnel' your focus gets soft and everything becomes confusing. Maybe if you could have had fewer huts the effect would have been stronger?

[Manfred M]

Like Geoff, I like the idea, but the image itself is not quite there.

My suspicion is that there is a lighting problem; the light is very hard and we see areas of dark shadows with relatively hard lines. I wonder if this shot might not have worked better on an overcast day where the outcome is less visually jarring?

[Shadowman]

Its an explosion of color and for that I like it, the quality is a bit too sharp and too much dark within the layers. I would try rotating during the editing/evaluation process and see if it still holds up aesthetically or opens up new possibilities. Nicely seen though.

[mugge]

I do like the idea but the lighting is not good at all.
Cheers Ole

[ST1]

Thanks for all of your comments much appreciated. You are correct regarding the lighting. To demonstrate the situation I was making the image in this is the more normal view. As you will see the only lighting was from the promenade street lights.
I shall return in daylight to explore the potential. Thanks again for taking time to look and comment.

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[billtils]

... this is the more normal view...

And very nice too!

[Rufus]

I rather like the "normal" night view.

Only the post is included in the foreground lampost so there is no very large bright light demanding attention yet it illuminated the bench and its stong vertical line in conjuction with the leading line of the huts mitigates the effect of the other visible lights in drawing the eye.

If you return to the original concept and re-shoot, you could reduce the drop off in focus in the distance if your gear allows it.

[Manfred M]

Thanks for posting the second image. It really helps explain the lighting issues that we see in the first one.

I had trouble figuring out why we had hard shadows on some places and not in others and had assumed some sort of screen blocking the light in some places and not in others. I had not considered that this was a night shot, but now that is rather obvious.

I suspect an overcast day with fairly diffuse lighting might give you a more effective lighting situation, should you want to retry the first shot.

[Geoff F]

That second image is excellent.

[pschlute]

Liking the second shot too.

[mugge]

The second image is much better. Why not try the first idea again when the lighting is better?
Cheers Ole

[Wavelength]

Only after seeing the second image, i could understand the first; as everybody has expressed, second image is really excellent;first one is also good but i feel a less wider aperture for a more sharper outcome needed? what was the aperture used in both?

[ST1]

Only after seeing the second image, i could understand the first; as everybody has expressed, second image is really excellent;first one is also good but i feel a less wider aperture for a more sharper outcome needed? what was the aperture used in both?

Hi Nandakumar

The Exif for both images is the same, ISO200 at f8 six second exposure for the first and eight second exposure for the second image.
The focus point for the first image was on the the horizontal boards below the first opening (actually cropped off the image I posted) consider the orange coloured board at the base of the image as an approximation of where I chose to focus.
The focus point for the second image is on the nearest portion of the first bench seat.
IHTH