[PeteA]

Here is a landscape shot I took when on holiday in Ireland using the Olympus OM4Ti manual film camera with Fuji ISO 100 slide film.

[marcinklysewicz]

i see 3 and 2/3. bit too dark but nice colours and light/shadow. very narrow composition.

[aboekman]

This is really interesting subject...great find! Looks like you're having great fun with your old camera.

I think that the sculptures look a bit lost in the shadows. The picture looks perhaps a little underexposed but I think that most of the issue is that they are in the shadow of the tree. Another 20 minutes and the may have been illuminated quite nicely.

It might make a stronger image if the heads on the sides weren't chopped. Increased separation between the subject and the background could help too (maybe with a new angle or a shallow depth of field.)

I'm interested to see what others think...

-Andrew

Here's another take:

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I think they lost a bit due to compression...they might look better with the full file.

[Rob Barron]

I definitely agree that lifting those shadows was important but Pete I think you did a fair job there. You were working with a nigh on impossible set of lighting to take and get all the detail in both the bright and dark areas as you can't expose for both at the same time short of doing an HDR.

Something a lot of people forget about might be worth considering: using your flash. Flash here would work as a fill-in to put a bit of light into the dark foreground and stones whilst not affecting the detail of the lighter areas beyond.

I can see why Andrew tried out a portrait composition, cropping off the two outer stones as the other two do make the scene look incomplete. I think you need to get them either fully in or fully out of the shot. In this case, moving very slightly to the left would have given you three full faces and put the right-hand one outside the picture altogether, keeping in mind the old photography adage that 3 of something is better than having an even number as it is more dynamic. Albeit in this case the three are on one line so it isn't quite as important.

Just some thoughts anyway, hope they help.

Cheers,
Rob

[PeteA]

Andrew - Thanks. Initially I thought it looked ok , but now that you altered the image I can see that mine was underexposed.

Rob. I agree, need to shuffle to the left. Great excuse to go on holiday again back to Ireland

[Rob Barron]

LOL Pete, I know what you mean. I love it over there myself