Dunmail Raise,Lake District

[TYS1977]

Ok I've been promising to post some views for a while now,so this week as well as taking pics of aircraft, I purposely took some scenic shots too,
This one has been through HDR in photoshop,just learning the basics of the full blown PS as have only used lightroom in the past
CC always welcome
Kindest regards
Mark


P4075978duni view by TYS1977, on Flickr

[StephenL]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

A very nice view with good detail, and no obvious HDR side effects. Maybe lacking a little contrast (on my monitor)?

[catkins]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Oh come on Mark, there must be a mil jet somewhere in that photo but I still can't see it!!

What a fab view though and good to show to what extent you've had to go to to get those excellent shots looking down onto passing jets - that's a fair old climb and I know there's no road at the top to walk down from as at Tebay, so have you parked near the bothy to walk up here?

Only comments about photo would be to try to find something in the foreground rhs (such as the large rock outcrop perhaps that you can see in the centre right of the image) to give foreground interest, and possibly to try darkening the sky a little to give more balance with the valleysides and to also contrast with the white clouds and contrails.

Regards
Chris

[TYS1977]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Sorry for late reply, Flickrs been playing up,

Thanks for the replies folks appreciated,
Have had a go at darkening the sky like you suggested Chris, what d'ya think


P4075978duni viewa by TYS1977, on Flickr

This is where we go up on the west side,mine's the red car at the back of the line of 3 that are parked on the side of the road


P4075986a by TYS1977, on Flickr

And yes there was .........something that came through


P4075920a by TYS1977, on Flickr


P4075922 by TYS1977, on Flickr


P4075926-2 by TYS1977, on Flickr

Thanks for looking,
Back up Thursday,hopefully for more

Kindest regars
Mark

[rsh1960]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Very nice set of pictures

[TYS1977]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Thanks
Appreciated
Kindest regards
Mark

[catkins]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

I knew that there had to be some aircraft somewhere in there!!
Re altering the landscape, it looks like the software you use possibly has darkened the whole image and you'll probably find that some software like ACDSee Pro 4 or Adobe Lightroom can be quite useful for being able to lighten and darken just a selected few tones of lightness can be quite useful, so that the light sky is more easily darkened without darkening the correctly exposed hillsides.
I've had a quick play with your image, and although this is totally subjective, hopefully it'll give an idea of what I mean. I've also subjectively cropped it a little to concentrate the view on the valley and Grasmere but quite honestly the overall composition was not an issue. BTW - one point that I use a lot in my design work is to end lines in logical places, and it's interesting making the crop so that the road exits in the bottom left corner - visually it suits my eye, but then you lose a lot of the feel of the big climb up to your location! So I've cropped to the area of the stream instead.

Regards
Chris

PS - Hope you saw my rubbish Cougar shot on Duane's FC posting. Also had a cracking Typhoon photo opportunity on a separate posting of mine.

[Guest]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Sorry for late reply, Flickrs been playing up,

Thanks for the replies folks appreciated,
Have had a go at darkening the sky like you suggested Chris, what d'ya think


P4075978duni viewa by TYS1977, on Flickr


Kindest regards
Mark

Actually I prefer the original, the only thing I would suggest is a very gentle application of a noise program to remove the slightly spotty look to the sky.

Nick

[TYS1977]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Cheers Chris , Yeah I can see what you've done there,it does draw the eye more to Grasmere
Couldn't see your Tiffie shots mate,have you got a link ?

Thanks Nick,Appreciated will have a look at the noise,hadn't noticed that lol

Kindest regards
Mark

[catkins]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Couldn't see your Tiffie shots mate,have you got a link ?

For the Tiffie shots - quite pleased with these ones

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=31296

and for my rubbish shots on the same day have a look at the end of Duane's post at

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=31446

All taken with the Oly E-30 and 70-300mm.

Regards
Chris

[TYS1977]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Loving the Tiffie pass Chris ,with a bit of fluff on the wings too

Kindest regards
Mark

[catkins]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

Loving the Tiffie pass Chris ,with a bit of fluff on the wings too

Kindest regards
Mark

Ta Mark - certainly shocked myself getting the sequence (I did make a wider version with 13 shots in it but not much good for showing on webpages!), but really pleased to get the clarity and, as you noticed, the fluff (not often you want fluff in your photos but for aviation photographers it certainly adds a bit of extra impact). First time I've seen Tiffie in more a ground attack role over Spade and doubt I'll see many more in such conditions. Certainly made up for the duff Cougar shot!
But as with your shots too, it's good to see that the Oly can give good credit for aviation shots, especially as the Tiffie shots were with the Oly 70-300mm albeit in ideal light conditions. Been tempted for extra pro lenses yet??

Regards
Chris

[TYS1977]

Re: Dunmail Raise,Lake District

I have mate,but alas the 70-300mm is my limit at the mo,unless I suddenly come into some money

Kindest regards
Mark