Leap Beach at Sunset (pic's inside)

blastman · 29 Sep 2008 at 17:21

hey all,

Went out with Slothmeister again last night and this time we headed down to Leap Beach (on the south coast)

I took loads of pictures but these are the cream of the crop... enjoy

1,

2,

3,

4,

5,

6,

7,

8,

9,

10,

blastman · 29 Sep 2008 at 17:22

Damm the 10-pic-per-post rule...

11,

C&C always welcome!!

blastman · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:03

nearly 100 views and no-one's got any comments for me

come on, be as harsh as you like. I can take it.

I've got thick skin

Willis · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:13

I like 4 & 9 but the rest are not really doing anything for me.

3 would have been nice too but it seems a little out of focus.

VFR_KID · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:54

Your first one looks like the loch ness monster. well in my imagination it does, nice shots tho plenty inspiration from them

blastman · 1 Oct 2008 at 18:58

DavieCramb01 said:
Your first one looks like the loch ness monster.

LOL, I never looked at it like that. Your right!!! GGrrrrrr!!

dirtybeatfreak · 1 Oct 2008 at 19:18

my critique would be that they look soft to me.. maybe how you saved em or my monitor but they do look soft mate

apart from that i think they are great shots.. (esp number 2

)

VFR_KID · 1 Oct 2008 at 19:24

alangelluk said:
soft

Can i ask what do people mean by the term soft?

robertgilbert86 · 1 Oct 2008 at 20:07

Out of focus or blurry or god-awful glass.

It seems you haven't used enough DOF in many of these.

RaV · 1 Oct 2008 at 22:11

did you have a tripod with you? looking at the Exif data, you mainly used apertures of around f/5.6. which isnt great for landscapes, though if you didnt have a tripod then it was the only way to get quick enough shutter speeds.
out of those 4 and 11 are my favourites.

blastman · 1 Oct 2008 at 23:45

Cheers for the replies guys.

Yeah, I'm still getting my head round what F stop I should be using when taking shots. I relise now I should have been using f11-16 or somthing.

But hey, thats how we learn, no?

robertgilbert86 · 2 Oct 2008 at 07:14

Yep good plan, you'll need a tripod for those apertures unless you use a really high ISO next time.
Velbon CX540 is a great budget option, can be had for less than £30.

D.P. · 2 Oct 2008 at 08:15

1,3,8 look soft (8 is a disaster)
Some other (6,7) would benefit form some USM

# 1,7, composure is not the best

6 subject not that interesting.

As above, generally too much OOF, need more DoF and a tripod.
4 & 11 have potential

VFR_KID · 2 Oct 2008 at 09:11

D.P. said:
(8 is a disaster)

I Know he said he had thick skin but that was a bit harsh. stil made ma lol tho

D.P. · 2 Oct 2008 at 09:28

DavieCramb01 said:
I Know he said he had thick skin but that was a bit harsh. still made ma lol tho

well I meant it was disastrously soft and unrecoverable for even small web viewing.

The picture had potential (albeit some composure and exposure changes) if the setting sun could have been captured framed by the 2 poles.

VFR_KID · 2 Oct 2008 at 09:35

Ahh i see what you mean now.

blastman · 2 Oct 2008 at 10:27

thanks for all the comments guys.

I don't mind negative comments, as long as people say why they don't like them. I can take that sort of information away with me next time I go out the camera and try to improve. (which is the whole reason I post them here!)

I did use a tripod for all of these images, however as others have noticed my F stop was completely wrong causing the bad DOF and the soft images.

Some of the composure is also bad, but that was due to me setting the camera up on the tripod for one pic and then seeing another. With the sun setting fast I simply rushed and didn't take my time.

My fav has got to be number 11. it's looks like two shot photoshop together, but I assure you it isn't!

Cheers again.

D.P. · 2 Oct 2008 at 10:41

Its always best to aim for 1 single very good photo when you take your camera out. Don't machine gun away and end up with a hundred mediocre photos which take space and editing time and don't really impress anyone. In fact I'm happy if I even get a single photo that really worth keeping after going out for a few hours.

Sometimes you can be caught off gaud and an amazing situation presents itself. Experience tells me more often than not that I'll flaff things up trying to take that elusive picture as I rush to change lenses and filters, and try to find a good composition. The trick is to keep thing slow, controlled and calm, if you manage to get the photo then it will be worth keeping, not a poorly composed soft image of the spectacle fading.

blastman · 2 Oct 2008 at 10:47

D.P. said:
Its always best to aim for 1 single very good photo when you take your camera out. Don't machine gun away and end up with a hundred mediocre photos which take space and editing time and don't really impress anyone. In fact I'm happy if I even get a single photo that really worth keeping after going out for a few hours.

Sometimes you can be caught off gaud and an amazing situation presents itself. Experience tells me more often than not that I'll flaff things up trying to take that elusive picture as I rush to change lenses and filters, and try to find a good composition. The trick is to keep thing slow, controlled and calm, if you manage to get the photo then it will be worth keeping, not a poorly composed soft image of the spectacle fading.

Thats good advice. Thanks.

I've luckily with my shots so far. As in I seem to manage to just pull them out the bag. But this luckily streak ended at leap and I'm left holding my camera wondering what to do next.

I'll keep on at it. I try to get out a few times a week for a few hours. So hopefully I'll have something to show at the beginning of next week.

Take your time, be sure of your shot, don't look for other shot until you have the first one nailed!! - This should be a motto somewhere!?!