Wales on Sunday

Steve M · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:06

After taking my new D5200 to Tenby, South Wales, I managed to get one of my snaps in yesterdays Wales on Sunday paper

An Exception · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:11

Well done. :-)

Sh4rkie · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:11

Well done, are you interested in any critique of the photo?

Steve M · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:13

Sh4rkie said:
Well done, are you interested in any critique of the photo?

Sure

Sky washed out?

Sh4rkie · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:17

Visually having the horizon on the centre line cuts the image in half. It would (imo) be better to get closer to the building enough that is pushes the horizon lower in the frame which would reduce the 'dead' space that is the grass area and incorporating more on the interesting sky.

It's not a bad photo, just a slight composition change could have made it a stronger image

Well done again though!

Steve M · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:19

Cheers, points noted

An Exception · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:46

Alternatively have the horizon line higher to emphasise the leading line of the path to the castle, also better positioning it vertically on the 3rd instead of just horizontally.

Steve M · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:48

An Exception said:
Alternatively have the horizon line higher to emphasise the leading line of the path to the castle, also better positioning it vertically on the 3rd instead of just horizontally.

With hindsight this is what I wished I'd done.

An Exception · 14 Jul 2014 at 17:06

If I would be ok with you, I'd be interested in processing the raw and posting a version here?
Like the below thread.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18609456

No worries if not though..

Steve M · 14 Jul 2014 at 17:15

No problem.

Original Raw: http://www.mediafire.com/view/wm9dt19owdkjqlh/DSC_1262.nef

An Exception · 14 Jul 2014 at 17:47

vsco kodak portra. shadows lifted and some clarity added.

redline · 14 Jul 2014 at 18:04

Well done for getting your picture in print... its a very nice shot.

AE's processing gives it a cool painterly feel :cool:

Steve M · 15 Jul 2014 at 08:03

Yep, also like the composition and extra detail on the building in his version.

ElDude · 15 Jul 2014 at 12:58

I like the composition in the edit, but the processing is horrid for that sort of image. The sky has been destroyed and it looks like an Instagram filter (which to be fair is what a lot of the vcso presets look like if not tweaked - I've got a few packs myself)

The original works best for the use it had, which was an as is shot of the area.

D.P. · 15 Jul 2014 at 13:30

ElDude said:
I like the composition in the edit, but the processing is horrid for that sort of image. The sky has been destroyed and it looks like an Instagram filter (which to be fair is what a lot of the vcso presets look like if not tweaked - I've got a few packs myself)

The original works best for the use it had, which was an as is shot of the area.

This, the composition is much better. The foreground is much more interesting than the sky. But the processing is ghastly IMO.

An Exception · 15 Jul 2014 at 14:00

Lol.
Looking at it with fresh eyes, yes it is a little much. Still I found this one hard to process, as the light etc was a little challenging.

D.P. · 15 Jul 2014 at 14:13

The lighting isn't very good no..

Processing is also fairly subjective