water wheel
by itakephotos

Comment:
I had a great time when I visited the Noria in Hama - the creaking sounds were most memorable!

As I recall, there are a number of them - this looks like one of the bigger ones, but unfortunately the light is not great. The best time (though inconvenient for a day trip) would be at dawn or dusk, with the Noria in the light and out of the deep shadow. It might also be interesting at night - a long exposure of a moving wheel would be interesting.

London Skyline.
by Simms

Comment:
The arse end of London, perhaps.

Ah - this explains it - Location: Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex, England

;-)

Seriously - I think that this is the kind of image that would sell really well. I like the plane especially. I would be interested in seeing this with a bit more local contrast - but advanced editing prob required.

I like the full stop in your title. Kind of a Ramsey-ish "London Skyline, "

Silver Line
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
If only these were deer swimming through the lake...

Great series - as you say, made by the exquisite light. I might have to make another trip south of the river this autumn (I try to keep it to less than three times a year).

Cheers

M

The Water Tiger
by Simms

Comment:
Surely you know that to ribbon you need an underwater shot of a tiger. Fantastic image though if one is not too fussy about seeing only half the tiger submerged.

Journey Through The Undergrowth.
by Simms

Comment:
ah - what a shame. Just 0.004 below your stated target. I love the tones again - I think that a fraction more sharpening on the ladybird would have got you the extra vote you needed.

Message edited by author 2007-08-18 19:28:27.

Anand Karaj
by Simms

Comment:
I don't really like desat, but this works well - I love the muted tones.

The Summit
by MAK

Comment:
Well done! I need to get some tips from you on sharpening - you do it so perfectly.

Cypher
by e301

Comment:
Superb - good job, Ed.

Wells Quayside in the Evening
by SoulMan1978

Comment:
You have interesting subject matter and the light is not bad - an interesting contrast between the bright sunlight and the dark cloudy sky.

I think that you have not made the most of the subject matter for a couple of reasons. Your composition does not appeal to me. It is not clear to me what should be the focal point. The red boat at the front is half obscured by the quay, the other boats are receding in a line, the buildings are somewhat distant, and the leading line of the quay does not give any guidance. So I think that your composition fails to tell any story.

Things that you could have tried to do with this scene include making the red boat part of the focal point (moving so that all of it was clear), moving to make the interesting curve in the quay a more significant part of the picture (it happens on the edge of your image), making the line of boats properly lead to the buildings (the buildings are largely cropped out), or (my preferred option) choosing a wide angle and landscape format to make the most of the light that you have got (the best part IMO), Norfolk’s naturally flat and open landscape, and contrasting it against that dark sky, using the line of the boats to move the eye across the image along the bottom edge. I would place the line of boats on one third line and the have the buildings on an intersection of third lines. I would try and find an angle where I could have most or all of the foremost boat in shot.

I think that sharpness issues are minor – a shake of unsharp mask at 500% and 0.2 radius would sort that out. F9.0 is entirely appropriate for a landscape scene to maintain sharpness in depth. Blowing out some of the reds is also minor and would be largely forgiven outside DPC if the rest of the image were well composed.

Sin in Vegas
by loseme

Comment:
technical perfectiom is far overrated - this is a great shot. If you had time, a night time or dawn/dusk shot of this might work really well. I think that the grain works, though I would probably have tried a few different variations on the post processing just to see how they worked.