A few outdoors shots

[Genoma]

My last of 2013 taken around Ironbridge and the Long Mynd on a day out. EDIT: Oh comments and critique welcome - thanks

1.

Shadow Tree by ajyoung, on Flickr

2.

Old Pottery Barn by ajyoung, on Flickr


3.

AY_131229_1390.JPG by ajyoung, on Flickr


4.

Long Mynd Sky by ajyoung, on Flickr


5.

Canal Bridge by ajyoung, on Flickr



6.

House at the Long Mynd by ajyoung, on Flickr

 

[Genoma]

My self critique:

Generally not the most interesting subjects I was out on a walk day around Ironbridge and the Long Mynd, enjoy taking the camera with me and taking the odd photo. Wasn't set out to take specific shots, so this set is more experience for me than an amazing set

1. I like the contrast between the shadow waves in the ground and the light blades of grass. The tree in the background added a bit to the composition and I like this in B&W.

2. Wide angle shot and a bit of experimenting with film style / vintage look. I quite like the effect and the shot has a strange mood to it, almost surgical feel. The composition isn't great though, the crop on the right feels a bit awkward.

3. Just a pretty picture, I liked the swirly path and the background. Wish I had done this with a tripod and a smaller aperture to get more detail in. A bit boring though.

4. Just an experiment with B&W, I like the lights on the ground, the wide angle perspective on the clouds but it needs an amazing building/feature in it

5. Like the sharpness and the bridge as the focal point. Although I was happy with the PP, it just has a "seen it before" + clarity feel to it. It came out pretty sharp though and I like the colour of the canal vs. everything else.

6. Quite like how this came out. I think it's fairly well composed and framed with the tree. Quite happy with this one, like the contrast and the feel (pretty picture + spooky mood).


There are some more here if you fancy a gawk http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajyoung/sets/72157634126922919/

 

[Genoma]

I like the film effect on no.2 and no.5 is my favourite from them all but I would have got rid of the blue as I don't like it on the walls and windows in the top corners.

Like this:

Hope you don't mind me having a quick play with your image

Not at all, funny you should say that as I just added this hue to the photo before I uploaded it on the last review in Lightroom! I still kinda like it though

 

[Genoma]

I like this set.
The thing that stood out at me when I saw number 1 was the gradiated effect. It looks like you've used a radial gradiated filter in lightroom, if so I think it's too strong (although the halo around the tree is interesting, imo it gets much too dark toward the edges).
I like the film style processing of number 5

Thanks!

Going to have a play with the graduated filter(s there are a couple I like the glow on the tree, objective was to focus on it, but might be a bit 'unatural'.

 

[Genoma]

ElDude, I agree that these have been abused, mostly I'm trying to learn different styles, we recently had a party in which I did a few like this and in B&W which suited the vintage theme of it. I think the abuse is largely attributed to instagram!

It was taken at 10mm, probably why it looks a bit odd