A castle once...
by McJamweasel

Comment by ryand:
I actually like the high contrast in the shot, however it blew out the sky, maybe trying underexposing and then brightening the stones later in post processing. I think the reason it didn't do all that well in voting is that some people are opposed to high contrast shots such as this, I personally like them every once in a while and think it works well here.

Oh, to be aged 7-12 again.
by McJamweasel

Comment by ryand:
Very creative idea, and i like having the focus on the lego man, the lighting is a bit too harsh here though, maybe trying to light from the side. Adding some softer lighting would help a lot here, also adding a solid background of white or black would add a lot to the shot, very creative though.

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by McJamweasel

Comment by ryand:
This is really neat, love the lighting, cool composition as well. This also could have been entered into the "framing" challenge had you lowered your point of view just a bit to have the bushes climbing all the way up your photo. This is a very neat shot, and i really like the stuff going on behind the building.

Old boat-house
by McJamweasel

Comment by ryand:
This is a neat photo and could have been entered into the "framing" challenge. A few things that would add a lot to it would be making it a bit brighter and maybe adding a little bit of contrast. Very interesting building.

On the edge
by McJamweasel

Comment by ryand:
I also like the composition, really neat texture to the building as well, one negative to it is that the sky is a little blown out, which my best advice would be to underexpose the shot when composing, then brighten just the foreground in editing. Very neat shot.

On the edge
by McJamweasel

Comment by BAMartin:
The composition here is quite strong, but the focus seems a bit soft. I certainly wish you had some exposure detail in your photographers comments, might help the commenter's.

A castle once...
by McJamweasel

Comment by McJamweasel:

Originally posted by FrankRobinson: Can I ask (out of curiosity) why you used such a high ISO? I also have a Canon 400D and on the couple of occasions that I have been forced to ISO 1600 (indoor sports / really gloomy wedding etc) the noise has rendered the shots really hard to PP. Outside I would not have thought that it was necessary? Cheers!

A bit of a cock up really, I'd been shooting indoors the night before and didn't reset the ISO, probably because it was so windy up there and was beginning to rain so I was in a bit of a rush. Luckilly it didn't cause too much in the way of noise.

It is quite heavily USM'd, I know that it's not an effect that is to everyones taste but I quite like the the definition that it brings to the brickwork.

A castle once...
by McJamweasel

Comment by FrankRobinson:
Can I ask (out of curiosity) why you used such a high ISO? I also have a Canon 400D and on the couple of occasions that I have been forced to ISO 1600 (indoor sports / really gloomy wedding etc) the noise has rendered the shots really hard to PP. Outside I would not have thought that it was necessary?

Cheers!

Silver Lining
by McJamweasel

Comment by KarenNfld:
Pretty, and the lines of the clouds, horizon and mountain all complement each other.

Silver Lining
by McJamweasel

Comment by geoffb:
So simple, but I always love seeing these shots (though I never seem to have my camera for them!).

Very nice colours and composition. The foreground is a bit repetitive and doesn't serve to help the image too much, but there's not too much that could be done about that. Not bad at all!