[C&C] Laytown Sunrise

m_s_nixon

Hey guys, would love some c&c on these pics, if anyone has any input it'd b much appreciated, cheers :pac:

Pretty much a moronic amateur myself, so take my opinions fairly lightly.


With the first one, I think there's too much room at the top of the image. A tighter crop across the top could be a good thing in my opinion. The clouds seem to die off toward the top so it's just a lot of emptiness that could be sacrificed I reckon.

Theoretically, I like the idea of the statue as a foreground object, but I don't think it came out too well in practice. I'm not sure how you could improve it (possibly with flash? to make it stand out a bit more from the background?). Holding the camera slightly higher, so the statue's head isn't in the cloud would have helped I reckon


The second image is nice, but I think if the camera were lower down, then the whole image would be a lot nicer to look at. Also, the path coming in from the right is a little distracting and leads you out of the photo in my opinion.


The third one is nice, and as above, could probably just do with a tighter crop across the top.



As I say again, very inexperienced myself, so take my opinion lightly.

They're nice photos

Borderfox

3 shots are really nice, 1 is pick of the bunch though

Kazujo

Really like the first and the last shot. The first one would be even better if the cloud wasn't in the sculptures head and possibly rotate slightly more to the right to get some more detail in it's framework.

theboat

I really like the first and the third. (I actually like the space at the top of no.1!)
Lovely textures in the clouds and the beach.
Not so keen on the second one, though I'm not sure why. Maybe if you'd shot it from a lower position?

Very nice overall though

Xiney

I think the space on the top of 1 is necessary - the statue of the woman is looking up. I agree that it's a lovely photo.

The problem with the second photo is the tire track. Can't be helped on this day, I know. Better to try again on another day I guess - same as cathedrals with scaffolding all over them - it's not your fault but you're not going to get that shot (at least not of the whole structure)

The third one is lovely - the kind of thing people buy. (we could have a whole debate on whether or not people buy the right things... but if you ever want to make money at this keeping in mind what people like is a great idea :P)

Waking-Dreams

I agree that the tire track is off putting too. 1st one is the best. Nice work.

DutchGuy

1 and 3 are the best alright.

The only thing I would suggest for 1 is to, as Kazujo mentioned, try to get the head of the statue to not be in the cloud. It would look better if it was in the reddish sky as it would provide more contrast.

For 3, if you had moved forward down the verge/hill (where the stairs go down) you might have gotten a slightly better angle and the stair railing would not be included. Also, on a shot like this a neutral density graduated filter (or simulated version in PP) would be handy to just lighten the beach a little bit while keeping the detail in the sky.

On 2, I can see what you probably tried to do but the line of the posts seems to lead your eye out of the image instead of into it. If you try to take the photo from a few different angles you might one that looks better...

Anyway, that's my 2c. They're overall very good and to be honest I always forget the kind of things I mentioned when I'm out and about. It's much easier to notice these things after the fact unfortunately...

m_s_nixon

Cheers guys, I'm planning on heading back out there again so I'll have another go at these shots, hopefully the weather will be as good to me as it was that morning.