First Landscape, Dunstanburgh
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Go easy on me, this is my first attempt at posting a photograph here.
This was my first early morning, with feet and tripod in the surf.
I know its become a bit of a cliched shot, but I come from Northumbria and love the place.
I now know how difficult is is to get a good landscape shot; timing, light, cold fingers, wet gear etc.
Taken with a humble D50, Sigma 10-20, C-pol and ND9 grad
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This was my first early morning, with feet and tripod in the surf.
I know its become a bit of a cliched shot, but I come from Northumbria and love the place.
I now know how difficult is is to get a good landscape shot; timing, light, cold fingers, wet gear etc.
Taken with a humble D50, Sigma 10-20, C-pol and ND9 grad
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Cracking shot IMVHO.
I think Steven may have a point as the suggested crop would mean that the two bigger rocks were your foreground and thus marginally stronger. I wouldn't have spotted it if he hadn't mentioned it.
If I'm forced to try and find ways it could be improved, I'd suggest that a position nearer the castle or longer lens to have the castle slightly bigger in frame might be worth considering. I wouldn't want to lose any of the great sky however.
There's so much that's brilliant though (composition, light is great, right choice of shutter speed to blur the waves and picking your moment to get the Sun as it is). I'm jealous.
Stuart
I think Steven may have a point as the suggested crop would mean that the two bigger rocks were your foreground and thus marginally stronger. I wouldn't have spotted it if he hadn't mentioned it.
If I'm forced to try and find ways it could be improved, I'd suggest that a position nearer the castle or longer lens to have the castle slightly bigger in frame might be worth considering. I wouldn't want to lose any of the great sky however.
There's so much that's brilliant though (composition, light is great, right choice of shutter speed to blur the waves and picking your moment to get the Sun as it is). I'm jealous.
Stuart
Thanks guys, will try with the crop.
It's difficult with a super-wide zoom as the foreground gives so much of the impact.
Trouble is, the foreground has to be perfect as everything is highlighted, even more difficult as its difficult to see anything so early in the morning!
I found the focusing very difficult, manual is almost impossible because of the low light levels, any tips?
It's difficult with a super-wide zoom as the foreground gives so much of the impact.
Trouble is, the foreground has to be perfect as everything is highlighted, even more difficult as its difficult to see anything so early in the morning!
I found the focusing very difficult, manual is almost impossible because of the low light levels, any tips?
Great pic! I didn't notice the chip until it was mentioned. I don't think it detracts from the image, but it would look better without it, IYSWIM 
focusing: try using the numbers on the lens and the hyperfocal distance - with a shot such as this you want as much in focus as possible (which is obviously why you've gone for a small aperture), so if you set the focus point at the hyperfocal distance, you will get everything from infinity back to x metres in front of the camera in focus. There are a few HF calculators on the net.
Can I ask what you think of the sigma? A wide angle is probably going to be my next purchase, and the 10-20 gets very good reviews
focusing: try using the numbers on the lens and the hyperfocal distance - with a shot such as this you want as much in focus as possible (which is obviously why you've gone for a small aperture), so if you set the focus point at the hyperfocal distance, you will get everything from infinity back to x metres in front of the camera in focus. There are a few HF calculators on the net.
Can I ask what you think of the sigma? A wide angle is probably going to be my next purchase, and the 10-20 gets very good reviews
bulb763 said:
Great pic! I didn't notice the chip until it was mentioned. I don't think it detracts from the image, but it would look better without it, IYSWIM
focusing: try using the numbers on the lens and the hyperfocal distance - with a shot such as this you want as much in focus as possible (which is obviously why you've gone for a small aperture), so if you set the focus point at the hyperfocal distance, you will get everything from infinity back to x metres in front of the camera in focus. There are a few HF calculators on the net.
Can I ask what you think of the sigma? A wide angle is probably going to be my next purchase, and the 10-20 gets very good reviews
focusing: try using the numbers on the lens and the hyperfocal distance - with a shot such as this you want as much in focus as possible (which is obviously why you've gone for a small aperture), so if you set the focus point at the hyperfocal distance, you will get everything from infinity back to x metres in front of the camera in focus. There are a few HF calculators on the net.
Can I ask what you think of the sigma? A wide angle is probably going to be my next purchase, and the 10-20 gets very good reviews
The Sigma 10-20 is a fantastic lens, for the price, can't rate it highly enough. Its very well made, quite heavy but balances well.
The only problem is at 10 its difficult with filters, you need to crop heavily.
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