On 25/8/06, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated, unleashed: >Neither one just jumped out and made me go 'wow!', but as I looked >further, they really started to grow on me. The first, I really >appreciate the issues with that kind of lighting (having my own >similar shots that look pretty bad). Very tough to show the details >that you have in that one. I would have loved to see a few more shots >of this one - slightly different perspectives and focal lengths. > >The second has such a strong sky - it is very good. > >I appreciate your sharing with us.
Thanks Bruce. Yeah, the lighthouse was shot perched on a steep drop, right on the cliff face, where 445 steps take you to the bottom (my lad counted them on the way back up). Seadied on a rock, right into the sun which is just out of frame a third the way in on the left. Assistant flagged the lens, although she doesn't like being called that. Because of the inaccessibility, there are no other vantage points unless lower, but I wasn't happy with the angle. As for focal lengths, I had some different lengths with me but once I see something in my head I tend not to shoot it like that. I see an image in my mind, and then bung on the right lens to achieve that on...I nearly said film...er, digitally. The only thing I thought of was a close shot of the lighthouse but the light was all wrong for that and balls to it. As I reached the top of the cliff, this was the sight that greeted me, and it impressed me the most. Everything else I saw was a 'co-star' and so I made a pic of that initial impression. Everyone who commented that it is not big enough is absolutely right - but to be honest looking at these things on a computer monitor is a load of tosh anyway. The real thing is the print. At A3 the lighthouse is pretty decent. If y'all wanna pop round and have a look, I'll get the kettle on. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
