Remote Bridge in the Lake District

[Ossyphoto]

An ancient bridge going into Hardknot pass. It was a gloomy overcast day but the definition seems to have come out really well. I await your critique would appreciate any feedback So long as it is good HaHa Please let me know what you think its the best way to learn

[Wavelength]

I think you are not in a comfortable position to click...you could have stepped more back to get it more right; the tuft of branches does not help the composition, i feel; do you have more images of this place?

[Geoff F]

Firstly, Gordon, what about some rotation? Difficult to be sure where level is on a scene like this but everything appears to suggest some anti clockwise rotation.

The bridge is reasonably sharp but the foreground is well out of focus and there is a distracting bit of a tree in the top right corner.

Often quite difficult to avoid this problem though. Composing to avoid foreground softness will help; or cropping tighter. But you are bound to have an issue with those branches in the bottom right corner, as Nandakumar has mentioned. A narrow aperture to increase focus depth can help, although that can have knock on issues with slow shutter speed and/or high ISO settings.

Quite often I look at scenes like this and try many angles before simply shrugging my shoulders going tut tut and walking away.

Sometimes, when there isn't a problem with movement I take with two or three shots with different focus points then merge them. But this means shooting on a tripod and having suitable software for the merging.

[Ossyphoto]

Thanks for your comments. In an ideal world I would always use a tripod unfortunately being on holiday in the UK from Australia I was severely restricted in my carry on luggage as it was I hah over the limit around 15kg of camera gear It was a gloomy day and I had the lens wide open to focus on the bridge. This image had very little PP and was almost straight from the camera. Thanks for your remarks it's the only way to learn. On another forum it received really good response now I know where to come when I am getting over confident Thanks once again

[Shadowman]

I think the slightly askew look would work well if taken at night and the scene was used as an illustration for a dark tales story. Agree with the others about rotation and exposure. Nice effort.

[JohnRostron]

This definitely looks askew, but knowing some of the Lake District bridges I have seen, I would not presume it was was the camera!

In a shot like this it is difficult to identify what would be the correct rotation. My way would be to find reflections in water and align these vertically. The two thick tree trunks to the left of the group do have reflections in the stream below the bridge. You can vertically align these, which results in quite a marked rotation, about 5 degrees or so.

John

[Rebel]

It looks out of focus, not sure about the POV... I'm not sure you what camera you have but I had a good tip on here before to up the ISO so you can increase shutter speed

[Dave A]

Outstanding subject matter so defiantly worth trying different angles to get the best out of it.

Dave

[IzzieK]

It looks out of focus, not sure about the POV... I'm not sure you what camera you have but I had a good tip on here before to up the ISO so you can increase shutter speed s

Mark...His camera is a Canon EOS-1DX and he used a 50mm, F5.6 @1/60 exposure time ISO 2000.

Gordon, sometimes you have to read between the lines of those who commented about your shot as beautiful...The scene maybe, but without the C&C here at CiC, it is hard to learn. You have to learn to also look at your image (as well as others) on your screen with a keen eye. When I first joined I was the same way, then I learned about rubbish bins, poles from behind people, bright objects and lights, etc. that distract from the view of the main subject. Members here can be harsh in a way when commenting on a shot but that is where you learn to improve your shots. Anyway, that over and done with, I agree with others about the OOF areas and the slight anti-clockwise rotation...add the that tree at the right hand corner of your picture and cloning out that reed at the left hand side in front of the rocks will help too...

Cheers...