IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by EL-ROI:
Lovely scene. It's a little soft and lacking sharpness. Too bad that s curve stope in the middle.

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by pixelpig:
What lovely light!

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by KarenNfld:
Stunning!

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by Giles:
No filters on this was before I bought them, framed to start at the cliff in front of me....

I like the horizon in the middle it's how I see it when I stand there bit ill try it see what happens, was shot at the end of the day for black and white sunset so that's why it's dark I guess.

Ivanhoe
by Giles

Comment by Giles:
Shot through the balustrade I was down the stairs so movement was limited, ill try to reshoot it :)

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by bassbone:
great composition to have the road pull the viewer in - and the HDR treatment works great here

Ivanhoe
by Giles

Comment by bassbone:
a great idea and one of those 'almost great' images. as others have said, placing the boy or the giraffe in a different location to allow both subjects breathing room would have make this magical. as it is, the horns on the giraffe seem to become your son's eyes.

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by hahn23:
Gorgeous landscape. I especially like the beautiful green foreground land with winding road. Doesn't get better than that. Here's what I would try to improve for the rest of the image. My eyes see an artifact of a hard line graduated ND filter just below the horizon.... about 40 pixels... stretching from left border to right border. By artifact, I mean it's unnaturally dark in that area, which is what a ND filter would appropriately do to the sky and hopefully not be noticed on the landscape. I may be all wet on that, but I've seen the same problem in some of my landscapes utilizing a hard grad ND. The solution is a soft grad, or a different placement. The other thing is the proportion of land vs. sky. While your image is spectacular and it's hard to argue for a different comp, the horizon line should move off of horizontal middle. Yeah, I know that means some of the sky or land needs to go... and it would sacrifice portions of grand elements of interest one way or the other. But, to leave the horizon line in the middle creates a quandary for the viewer, as to which element is the focus of the scene. It's all great, but I recommend trying to reframe to show less sky and more land to enhance the harmonious look of the image.

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by nam:
Sky is spectacular and I love the ribbon of road winding through and disappearing around a bend below. Quite a perspective.

IMG_9355_HDR
by Giles

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Spectastic!