Solent weekend

[Jeffo40d]

Guys,

Thought I'd post a trio of photo's for comments and constructive critiscm.

Dawn at Lymington


dawn by jefferson818@btinternet.com, on Flickr

Needles


needles 1 by jefferson818@btinternet.com, on Flickr

and one that I wasn't so happy with - the colours in the sky were much more visible than the finished photo


washout by jefferson818@btinternet.com, on Flickr

Thanks for looking - what do you think?

All taken with 40d and 24-105 L

[MX5]

Re: Solent weekend

I like yacht photography ... do it myself from time-to-time. I like this a lot ... the vapour trails add. But could only see the one photo 'dawn'.

[tesarver]

Solent weekend

Image 1: like the silhouettes of the boats.

Image 2: horizon to centered in the middle

Image 3: horizon slants left to right

Tom

[Jeffo40d]

Re: Solent weekend

Thanks guys,
The first one I was happy with.
In my rush to upload the photo's I uploaded an uncropped one of the needles (i took a chunk of the bottom moving the horizon down)
The third I was wondering if I could have done anything different to accentuate the colours in the clouds.

Thanks for looking and your comments.

[MX5]

Re: Solent weekend

Ah all three now. Like #1 and #2 (when horizon corrected). #3 (when horizon corrected you could apply some PP'ing to 'do the sky')

[DeeGee]

Re: Solent weekend

The dawn shot with the sail posts really as some beautiful colour in it.

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: Solent weekend

The third I was wondering if I could have done anything different to accentuate the colours in the clouds.

A little horizon straightening and a saturation boost really does improve #3
Like this


I actually like all three images and like the portrait crop in #2 & #3

[Jeffo40d]

Re: Solent weekend

Thanks Stephen,
I see what you mean.
Thanks for everyone's comments.
Hopefully I'll be out this weekend, so I'll have more to post next week.