Edinburgh Sunset

JMitchell · 22-02-2008, 12:23

Here's one from Edinburgh. I know it's noisy, and I know there are some halos, but I still think that the shot came out pretty well with a bit of editing.
Thoughts?

TFL

Jackl

robbo · 22-02-2008, 12:33

I don't know anything abouth the town, Jack. But the noise gives me a feeling of a dirty, hazy sunrise in an industrial town. I like it for that reason. I like all the peak and roof lines on the LHS.

ray · 22-02-2008, 15:08

That could be a postcard jack nice one for me

b.van_der_dylan · 22-02-2008, 16:09

you covered the nits and I agree but theres something about this shot I like big time.

fionaB · 22-02-2008, 17:18

hmmmm im on the fence on this one and im trying hard not to be biased, but i dont really think u have shown the city as it is. I think also that a letterbox crop may suit it better as Arthurs seat is looking a little lost in the huge expanse of sky.

Fi

JMitchell · 22-02-2008, 17:34

Thanks for the comments.
Fi I know this isn't what Edinburgh is like, and that's why I don't think I'm completely happy with it either, but I think that this sunset scene, after a day of the worst sky you've ever seen (just flat grey) is quite good, that's why I was so keen to capture it. But I agree with your comments, and might try a letterbox. Just need to get those damned film shots processed! (next week is when I'll do it)

marcinklysewicz · 22-02-2008, 18:29

JMitchell - sorry but i don't like it as much as others. great view (it is great) can't be used as excuse for quality. it really looks like some industrial town. it's interesting shot but i would like to see same moment with better quality.

_MB_ · 22-02-2008, 18:31

Nice enough pic but the crane growing out the steeple keeps dragging my eye back to it.

**Dabhand16** · 22-02-2008, 18:39

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Originally Posted by _MB_

Nice enough pic but the crane growing out the steeple keeps dragging my eye back to it.

Yes - clone tool needed

There are some halos around the church and on the rooflines, and as much as I don't mind the noise I think it would look better without it.

water · 22-02-2008, 19:27

Well,I think it's great.I love it and its grain

.I'd like to have seen a wee bit more on the base actually,a bit more of the buildings,but this has got something which really appeals to me

John..

JMitchell · 22-02-2008, 20:25

OK:
- Graham I know about the noise etc, but there isn't much more I can do without it looking like someone's smeared vaseline on it.
- John, thanks for your comments, I purposefully cropped the bottom as there were just cars in a carpark and some modern-ish buildingtops there...

water · 22-02-2008, 21:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by _MB_

Nice enough pic but the crane growing out the steeple keeps dragging my eye back to it.

Jack, after looking again I have only just noticed the crane

.My gaze moves with the left to right sweep,over the roofs to Arthurs Seat and the sky,and I never noticed it

.Perhaps I too would clone that crane out

.
John.

Charlotte · 22-02-2008, 22:03

Great sky (apart from the noise

)

I'm confused by the lighting. It's a sunset shot, but the FG buildings (houses?) seem too brightly lit for a low light scene, and only some of them are lit in this way

And they seem to have an HDR effect which serves to highlight the incongruity of the lighting on these houses as compared to the lighting on the rest of the scene, e.g. compared to the subdued light on the BG mountain + buildings on the RHS of the image. This HDR effect seems to have only been applied to some houses but not to others

Against the seemingly brightly lit houses, you have the steeple which is markedly dark by comparison, even though it appears to be geometrically close to the surrounding brightly lit buildings (although the close proximity may be an illusion owing to a long focal length - I've never been to Edinburgh + am not familiar with the scene). What I'm trying to say here, is that the lighting seems very uneven across the scene, so that it looks like you photoshopped parts of the image but didn't quite finish.

I'm ok with the composition, except for two small things:
1. Might be my imagination, but I think it could use a minute (as in 'mynewt'

) anti-clockwise rotation.
2. I'm not keen on the part-buildings on the LH edge. I'd say crop them out, except that would place the tall steeple too near the edge which would unbalance the compo. Maybe if you'd included the complete buildings, but it's too late for that now.

I like the scene in principle Jack, but for the uneven lighting, which doesn't seem to fit the sunset lighting scenario, and the uneven clarity of detail in the buildings across the scene.

Oh, and lose the crane