The beach - not sunny though

[willy b]

What do you think of this set of images then?

C&C welcome, and please tell me how they can be better

1http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/IMG_7596.jpg

2http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/IMG_7598.jpg

3http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/IMG_7601.jpg

4http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/IMG_7600.jpg

5http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/IMG_7617.jpg

6http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/IMG_7631.jpg

[vvilko]

2, 3 & 6 are abit too dark, try masking the lighter part and making the beach lighter by using gamma.

otherwise i love the skies. did you use a filter?

[willy b]

Thanks wilko, i didn't use a filter:( i need to get some bought!

I was trying to get the impressive sky correcty exposed, ad make it look impressive, but i shall try your masking off idea:)

Thanks again!

[vvilko]

no worries, ive just bought 2 filters off ebay this evening. i got a ND8 and a circlular polarized filter for under £20 combined.

post your corrected images.

[vvilko]

ive been looking for skies like that for ages.... its hard to come by even in sunny old Yorkshire

[willy b]

lol. There wasa huge storm coming over, had to make a dash to the car, twas worth it though:)

I'll get looking on the bay for filters thanks

[vvilko]

im waiting for a storm, ive just learnt how to take a good pic using long exposure.

you need a good tripod, paitence and thunder lol

[willy b]

lol

i forgot my tripod, i was rather annoyed otherwise i woud have tried soem cool long exposure shots!

make sure you post them up when you get the results *and how to do it, so i can "borrow" the idea*

[vvilko]

lol

you just have to wait till you hear the sound then press your shutter.
just make sure you have a long enough shutter speed and a stable tripod.

[willy b]

i guess you do these at night or not?

otherwise it would be far too overexposed, even if you upped the appature to 36, or woudl it not?

[Glenn NK]

Referring to No.1:

In landscape photography, a sense of three dimensions is vital. If objects in the distance aren't perfectly in focus, it can add to the sense of distance (our eyes don't see things as clearly at distance).

However, the immediate foreground MUST be in sharp focus because our human eyes can normally see things within a few meters very sharply. Anything right in front of us is expected to be sharp.

The foreground rocks in No.1 are out of focus; getting them sharp may require a smaller f/stop. This can lead to diffraction - but often the loss of sharpness due to diffraction is out-weighed by the gain in foreground clarity.

Professional landscape photographers virtually always use a tripod to enable slower shutter speeds, lower ISOs for less noise, and smaller f/stops.

In daylight with no distinct shadows, approximate settings might be:

ISO = 100, f/11, shutter 1/100 second, or f/16 and 1/50th. (Perhaps one stop slower).

[vvilko]

not really, cuz in lightning storms it gets quite dark.

anyway you usually get storms in the evening, im not gonna bore you with geographical nonsence. but yeah they usually occur in the evening after a period of warm weather (anticyclonic weather - see). lol

plus it depends on how long you expose for

[willy b]

Referring to No.1:

In landscape photography, a sense of three dimensions is vital. If objects in the distance aren't perfectly in focus, it can add to the sense of distance (our eyes don't see things as clearly at distance).

However, the immediate foreground MUST be in sharp focus because our human eyes can normally see things within a few meters very sharply. Anything right in front of us is expected to be sharp.

The foreground rocks in No.1 are out of focus; getting them sharp may require a smaller f/stop. This can lead to diffraction - but often the loss of sharpness due to diffraction is out-weighed by the gain in foreground clarity.

Professional landscape photographers virtually always use a tripod to enable slower shutter speeds, lower ISOs for less noise, and smaller f/stops.

In daylight with no distinct shadows, approximate settings might be:

ISO = 100, f/11, shutter 1/100 second, or f/16 and 1/50th. (Perhaps one stop slower).

:) Thanks alot for that, i'm going to tyr and do more landscape shots, so will bear all that in mind, thanks!