Kyleakin harbour.
Apr 13, 2016 13:19:08 #
Apr 13, 2016 14:59:47 #
R.G. wrote:
Kyleakin harbour and Loch Alsh.
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Hi, Coz,
Crossed Loch Alsh on the ferry four times...and each time the sky and light were exactly as you've pictured it. And there looks to be less of Castle Maol than when I last saw the ruin.
Good view across the Kyle with good depth cues and use of the boats' lines.
Apr 14, 2016 11:22:57 #
R.G. wrote:
Kyleakin harbour and Loch Alsh.
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Beautiful shot - love the foreground boats and the lighting on mountains in the rear really complements the composition.
Apr 14, 2016 11:23:31 #
Uuglypher wrote:
......Good view across the Kyle with good depth cues and use of the boats' lines.
Hi Colonial Coz. Thanks for commenting. Your last comments sum up nicely what I was hoping to achieve with this shot. I like that it has a foreground, middle ground and background. When I saw the distant cloud beams and sunlit hills I looked for a suitable foreground to lead into the middle field and beyond, and when I saw the jetty with perfectly placed boats I thought "That'll do nicely".
I was tempted to get rid of those ugly mooring platforms ( ? ) that interrupt the view of the far end of the loch, but I opted for the realistic option (now that I've satisfied that prompting I'll go ahead and get rid of them with a clear conscience :-) ).
Apr 14, 2016 11:26:11 #
Rathyatra wrote:
Beautiful shot - love the foreground boats and the lighting on mountains in the rear really complements the composition.
Thank you Rathyatra. As I said in my response to Dave, those were the elements that decided the composition. The remains of the castle in the mid-field were an added bonus.
Apr 15, 2016 17:12:36 #
For me RG, there is too much empty space in the middle without a dramatic foreground element. Might have been better if you had worked the scene and found a way to get one of the boats in closer, leaving the other out. As is, it's a little confusing to the eye.
Apr 16, 2016 04:41:22 #
Nightski wrote:
For me RG, there is too much empty space in the middle without a dramatic foreground element. Might have been better if you had worked the scene and found a way to get one of the boats in closer, leaving the other out. As is, it's a little confusing to the eye.
Thanks for commenting.. I like the fact that the foreground and mid-ground both channel the eye towards the distant cloud beams and illuminated mountains. If there was a dramatic foreground element it would tend to become the main subject of the scene, and the eye would be inclined to stop there. As a consequence the foreground element would become an obstacle blocking the way to the rest of the shot.
The way it is, whatever part of the image that the eye stops on, there will always be that channelling effect to lead the eye deeper into the image, with that pleasant reward at the end. I think that's what Dave was referring to when he mentioned good depth cues.
Apr 16, 2016 12:56:13 #
What if you had traveled a ways to your left? Those boats out there look interesting and they would have broken up the big expanse of water a bit. I just think there is too much empty space. I think you are right though. I don't think making one of those boats the subject would have helped for what you were after.
Apr 16, 2016 13:11:54 #
Nightski wrote:
......I just think there is too much empty space......
I think people expect to see large expanses of water when the shot's of a loch or a harbour. I think any attempt to put a main subject between the viewer and the distant cloud beams and hills would detract from the sense of depth they impart and would not be conducive to the eye being led into the shot. I'm very pleased with what the jetty provided.
Apr 16, 2016 13:42:47 #
R.G. wrote:
I think people expect to see large expanses of water when the shot's of a loch or a harbour. I think any attempt to put a main subject between the viewer and the distant cloud beams and hills would detract from the sense of depth they impart and would not be conducive to the eye being led into the shot. I'm very pleased with what the jetty provided.
I understand your point of view, RG.
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