Project 52 by Paul, Salemslot

[salemslot]

Sorry i have not been around for a couple of weeks we have been doing some home improvments and what have you, anyway here is one i took while on a little break from the DIY and what have you...



What are your thoughts please?

Paul.

[FrankMi]

Hi Paul. This image is fighting several battles. First, by having to shoot your subject into the sun, the subject is primarily in the shade but if you try to compensate for that, the already washed out sky will be a total loss. The sun is creating lens flair and with the exception of some cases where this can benefit as a form of artistic expression, removing the flair can be a pain in the patootee. Shooting a fountain into the sun provides an interesting but unrealistically dark subject. The rainbow is interesting as well but far too faint to be of benefit.

You can fight this one in post processing and if the image is irreplaceable, make some headway but if it can be reshot, I'd try again in the morning with the sun hopefully at your back. If you must shoot with the sun in this position, use a lens shade, experiment with a CPL filter and take bracketed shots to get both the sky in an underexposed image and the stonework in an overexposed image. Hope this helps!

[Goldcoastgolfer]

Don't have much else to add on top of what Frank has mentioned. Looks like an interesting place to take photos though - I"m jealous

[salemslot]

Firstly once again sorry i have not been answering in this thread the home improvements are still on going thank-you Frank for your input but it was one of my "mmmm i wonder if that would work... i will give it a try..." and so that's how that photo came about as for the PP advice i thank-you and i may have a go at try some of the ideas you have put forward some time in the future. But for now i just think it is a decent attempt at a arty-farty shot... and as for what Mal has said i have loads of images of this Hall as it is just about a couple of miles away from our house and it is set within a local park.

I have put one image in the last monochrome mini comp elsewhere in the forums.

Paul.

P.S. I will post some more images soon

[salemslot]

Here is this weeks post... hope you like it

[Geoff F]

For me, Paul, it would have worked if you had taken a chainsaw with you.

Those branches in front of the bridge are spoiling what could have been a good photo.

No easy answer I'm afraid. The only option involves quite a lot of cloning to remove them.

I often find scenes like this; walk around looking at all the angles, then just walk on past muttering to myself.

[FrankMi]

Would it have been possible, Paul, to get in front of the branches or perhaps down on the rocky bank of the river to get this shot? Perhaps that would have put the shooting angle too low for your purposes.

How about shooting from the other side of the bridge? Sometimes an image that looks impossible can be obtained by simply walking around looking for alternative shooting angles if you are not in too much of a rush.

[salemslot]

I will have a few back on here soon hopefully, now that the work on the house is more or less finished.... hooraahh!!!

Paul.

[salemslot]

Here is one from last Sunday hope you like it, this was at Oulton Park race track on qualifying for the British Super Bikes



I will try to get some more that i have put a little more thought in to i promise...

Paul

[Wendy Stanford]

Hi Paul, well captured action shot, good composition with the rider facing into the space, is it my screen or does it have an overly green tinge to it, perhaps a crop to fill the screen a little more with the rider,

[salemslot]

Hi Paul, well captured action shot, good composition with the rider facing into the space, is it my screen or does it have an overly green tinge to it, perhaps a crop to fill the screen a little more with the rider,

Thank-you for your kind words Wendy it is not your screen it is a little bright with the green a mixture of the very bright sunshine we got at the time of this particular race, and, a little bit too much work in Lightroom with the brightness and colour sliders

Paul.

[salemslot]

This was taken on a walk around Blackburn Lancashire with the camera club just 4 of us snook out for an improptu shoot around the town after getting bored sitting around while the weather is decent at this time of year.... By the way don't ask me how i got this shot handheld it was a pure fluke of a shot...



Yes i know there is loads of camera shake i was laughing and trying to take a shot of a mate before the heavens opened... and this was the result when i got home

Paul.