Lake District

ChristopherJAshdownChristopherJAshdown Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
edited July 9, 2010 in Landscapes
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I've been travelling through England last few weeks and found this spot in the Lake District, Coniston. It was about 7am.

I'm not sure the PP is right - will likely revisit this edit when I get home to Australia next week. Any thoughts are welcome.

f 18 | 0.8 sec | stitched pano
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  • DionysusDionysus Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2010
    beautiful work!
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  • bgarlandbgarland Registered Users Posts: 761 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2010
    It looks pretty darn perfect to me. wings.gif Nice work. bowdown.gif
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  • dogwooddogwood Registered Users Posts: 2,572 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2010
    Looks nice to me. And I'm totally jealous-- the Lake District is supposed to be awesome for landscape photography!
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  • nazquelnazquel Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2010
    i really like it... except that i find the rocks in the foreground a bit distracting. the breathtaking part of this pic is the cloudy hill and its reflection... so maybe you could focus more on that? just a suggestion...
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  • ChristopherJAshdownChristopherJAshdown Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited July 8, 2010
    Thanks for the comments everyone.

    I did think the same nazquel, so tried a tight crop. The scene lost it's depth and I preferred how the rocks and bank lead your eye around.

    I also tried this crop:

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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2010
    I like the pano the best. I think that the rocks in the foreground add to the composition. I'm not sure distracting is the right word, however. The foreground elements have very good contrast and your eye is naturally drawn there. They don't seem able to lead you into the rest of the picture, however, which is what I think you want. The bright water to the left will also pull your eye away. Perhaps try and reduce the contrast/exposure in the gravel on the beach and burn the water slightly to darken. The sky is also a little bright and a good trick to try may be to apply an exposure gradient from the top to about the bottom of the trees by the water. That might add some additional depth and help move your eye into the picture.
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  • nazquelnazquel Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2010
    i think its a question of "wandering" into the background or being "led into" it as hawkeye said. i would normally prefer the latter, but being surprised with an "OH WOW" was also kind of cool.
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  • dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2010
    I love the lake district and your shot gives a part of it great justice...nice shot
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2010
    Nice stuff. I like the rocks. If anything it might have been nice to use them even more prominently. Lovely as is.
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