dhspeck wrote:
I find the first the most satisfactory. It seems balanced regarding highlights and shadows and the color is more prominent, but it also appears that the first had full sun, while the second must have had the sun partially obscured by a cloud.
You're right the clouds kept obscuring the sun, taking the cameras off and on the tripod took a few minutes each time so the lighting kept changing.
It was a tricky shot to take with the bright white of the windmill compared with the shadowy lifeboat house.