Jon--Hall

Blarney Castle HDR

An HDR attempt of Blarney Castle. I spent an age on this and still don't like it. The lighting was all wrong and I did it all hand held. Direct sunlight is b...
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An HDR attempt of Blarney Castle. I spent an age on this and still don't like it. The lighting was all wrong and I did it all hand held. Direct sunlight is baaaaad. A whole shoot and so far, just 1 picture and even that is something I don't like 100%. Cost me €24 entry too! :P
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NIKON D3100

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Aperture f/3.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/40

upload_date

Jan, 2014

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222

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+77

Awards

Superb Composition

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It is pretty nice photo but I think that you might be unhappy with the shot because it has too many focal points. The bridge does not lead your eye to the tower, rather it leads the eye down. The photo would be terrific if the bridge was cropped out!

Thank you for the feedback Marcus, I think I was just trying to force it to work after spending so long there and bringing back nothing really to show for it. Cropping the bridge out could be difficult as it takes up so much of the frame at the bottom. I will definitely try it though, I have lots of different shots so I might be able to salvage some! :)

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so drammatic hdr, love the editing here! And great "leading" and gradual composition! Lovely colours, too! And there is absolutely no reason not to like this photo, it is great!!

Thanks for all the nice words Tomek. :)

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stunning

Thank you smshaffer. :)