Lake District

PiKe said:
I just can't agree they look good, they look very grey and colourless, I'm not sure what screen you're using but I'm looking at them on a calibrated display, photoshop confirms that they are very neutral.

This to my eye looks a lot nicer.
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And you saw blue sky like that in the Lake District when?! ;)

I know what you mean, but I guess the photographer had his vision of what he saw at the time and what he wanted them to look like?

I'm on a calibrated screen also, and to be honest, both yours and the OP's version are good in their own way, but I just like the original and it seems more 'moody' and deeper somehow? That, and the fact that it looks as the OP intended...

That's the thing about photography though isn't it, it wouldn't do if we all liked the same thing would it? :)
 
To the eye, it would have looked more like my version, unless it's overcast, in which case, it's not photographic weather anyway.
 
PiKe said:
To the eye, it would have looked more like my version, unless it's overcast, in which case, it's not photographic weather anyway.
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Says who?? :confused:

Look, it's fine you don't like his picture, but I'm guessing only the OP would have known what it looked like at the time...?
 
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Nice shots and to me look quite natural which I prefer

wish I had my 5d with me at Crummock on monday as the sunset was lovely, my phone cam is just crap for such things :(
 
Just so I don't come across as a complete cretin, I do like the composition in the shots.
 
PiKe said:
To the eye, it would have looked more like my version, unless it's overcast, in which case, it's not photographic weather anyway.
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Actually 'to the eye' if it had to look 'more like one' it would have been mine. Perhaps its is too grey, although equally your colour is far too saturated ('to the eye') and it looks like a warm up filter has been applied. Your processing, whilst in its own right looks good, actually looks more like an idyllic representation, not what it actually looked like and equally not the mood I had intended to share. I used to immediately boost the saturation in every shot that was not colourful, but actually that often loses the drama. A perfect example is the Tarn Hows shot, as this is what my eyes saw. Many would just look at it and think 'saturation needs boosting', but that would not be true to what I had seen. The boost would look good, but again, not what I intended. I am starting to realise that to get 'drama' in a shot often means an idyllic sunny day is not the way to do it, but capturing cloud, mist, rain etc.

The weather on the day was very changable; a mix of sunny spells and grey clouds (so at times overcast); which is why you can see a mixture of white and grey in the clouds. I have dampened the saturation a tiny bit, but I am surprised that you have taken a dislike to them as I am really pleased with them.

:)
 
Oh ... and each shot was taken on a different day, so the skies look different as the weather at the time was different. This is why the Reservoir shot has a much more saturated sky ... it was a much sunnier day.

Critique is fine; I welcome it, so not offence taken. After all I do have the right to disagree. ;)

Thanks everyone for your comments :)
 
Just to echo what everyone has said, great shots.

I was there early on in the year and was so gutted that I had a stupid point and shoot, but next year will be another story.
 
Interestingly, I have just driven home from work down the M5 into Bristol and the clouds/weather was very similar. I think it all comes down to sun placement. On a very sunny day when the sun is behind clouds that have slightly grey patches in them, the blue sky directly to the right or the left of the sun is a touch grey. If you look round further, so sun is more at a 90 degree angle or more then you start to get that rich blue saturation. This is identical to the weather I had when that shot was taken. The sun was behind clouds marginally to the left. :)
 
PiKe said:
I just can't agree they look good, they look very grey and colourless, I'm not sure what screen you're using but I'm looking at them on a calibrated display, photoshop confirms that they are very neutral.

This to my eye looks a lot nicer.

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I prefer the original.
 
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