Bluebell Forest

Mohain · 11 May 2006 at 11:27

I went back to the forest to see if the bluebells had come out last weekend and the place a riot of blue! ... and people with cameras!! :rolleyes:

Was bizarre, a bloke with a Large format 5x4 camera, professionals doing family portraits, artists painting, cameras on tripods everywhere! The light was quickly changing and I had to retouch people out of a couple of pics. These three pics were taken within an hour of each other before the light went really murky and it started to rain ...

C & C welcome.

Cheers,

Mohain

hoodmeister · 11 May 2006 at 11:31

Wow.
Kudos to you sir. Kudos.

Bluebells are, IMO, very hard to capture well - these are stunning.

I went to a local woodland yesterday looking to get bluebell shots. I came back with nothing but cr@p.

The light & feel of these is very different in all three, but I like them all. I reckon the first is probably my fave though - nice soft light, lush greens, just fab.
The second one seems to have a bit of a height advantage on the other two - could just be the lay of the land though. Regardless, you get the best view of the 'bells from that little extra height. Lovely.

steveo · 11 May 2006 at 11:32

quicksimon is that u :confused:

sorry thought u where a m8 of mine on devart who did a pic like that lol pic i mean

Mohain · 11 May 2006 at 12:18

Thanks Hoodi. I had many more crap ones than good ones. It is difficult getting a good shot of them.

Steveo, that looks like it could be the same place! This was shot in the Ashridge Estate in Herts (or it could be Bucks).

Cheers,

Mohain

tommy6206 · 11 May 2006 at 12:20

Fantastic thanks for sharing.

olv · 11 May 2006 at 13:02

The second shot has a real feel of 'House of Flying Daggers' to me. It works really well

King4aDay · 11 May 2006 at 13:08

I prefer the third one for the composition and more dramatic lighting.

yak.h'cir · 11 May 2006 at 13:23

Those are awsome! I love the way you captured the light coming through the trees. I think number 2 is my favourite.

Anyone know of a good bluebell type place near torbay, i've been out to have a look but they're hiding from me

Bluebells · 11 May 2006 at 15:36

Great photos, I love bluebells!

Richard T · 11 May 2006 at 15:38

Bluebells said:
Great photos, I love bluebells!

haha!!!

great shots... 1 and 3 for me

Spanker · 11 May 2006 at 15:42

Beautiful. :cool:

Mohain · 11 May 2006 at 19:35

Bluebells said:
Great photos, I love bluebells!

Haha, really?

Cheers for the comments peeps

nolimit · 11 May 2006 at 19:49

really nice photos. My fav is the 3rd.

Zheka · 11 May 2006 at 20:01

Wow, beautiful photos. Mohain can you tell me please what settings did you use?

Joe T · 11 May 2006 at 20:03

A tad oversaturated maybe?

cyKey · 11 May 2006 at 20:18

Joe T said:
A tad oversaturated maybe?

They don't seem to be. They seem more overly vibrant than overly saturated. Either way they're lovely shots.

Mohain · 11 May 2006 at 20:59

Zheka said:
Wow, beautiful photos. Mohain can you tell me please what settings did you use?

Thanks

1 & 3: f8, 1/10, ASA100 @ about 50mm
2: f8, 1/14, ASA100 @ about 70mm

All shot on s9500 with polarizer. Main processing (amongst other things) is a Provia action set layer at 40% and a gaussian blur layer at about the same. I like to present a pleasing photo rather than a faithfull representation of a scene. I know it's not to everyones tastes

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate them

Cheers,

Mohain

Zheka · 11 May 2006 at 21:22

thank you Mohain

themask70 · 11 May 2006 at 21:30

Nice ones