Loch Ness

[IainMacD]

Here are 3 shots taken Wednesday evening, the first on my way to the camera club in Fort Augustus earlier on and the other two on my way back.


Shame about the over hanging tree - next time I'll take a chainsaw


One of my better attempts at the moon (quite heavily cropped)


Similar to a previous post, but longer lens

Thanks for looking

[OlyPaul]

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I envy your location Ian, I wish we had some old wrecks like that near me .

You have already made the most important comment on the first image yourself, so little more to add there, except that perhaps walking to the right around the loch and using a longer lens may have resulted in no trees in the shot and a out of focus background.

The other two are very nice, but the artist in me want to combine the two into something very special.

[Guest]

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Wot, no Nessie !

Iain, I like the way you captured the moon's reflection in 1., followed it with a moonshot, then closed with an appropriate nocturne.

[Chevvyf1]

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Iain, I LURVE 3. Great Castle where is it ? and the moon should be sitting to the right of the Castle ...

[IainMacD]

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Thanks to you all for your comments

Iain, I LURVE 3. Great Castle where is it ? and the moon should be sitting to the right of the Castle ...

Chevvy, it is Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness by Drumnadrochit - it'll be nice when its finished!!

I envy your location Ian, I wish we had some old wrecks like that near me .

You have already made the most important comment on the first image yourself, so little more to add there, except that perhaps walking to the right around the loch and using a longer lens may have resulted in no trees in the shot and a out of focus background.

The other two are very nice, but the artist in me want to combine the two into something very special.

Paul, there is definitely mileage in the boat wreck and i didn't have time to explore last night, it was the first time I have stopped so I will revisit in the future. I like the idea of some artistic dabbling with the castle and moon - if it is a wet weekend (and it looks likely) I may give it a go!

Wot, no Nessie !

Iain, I like the way you captured the moon's reflection in 1., followed it with a moonshot, then closed with an appropriate nocturne.

Mark, thank you for your feedback - it was purely accidental

[ardvorlich]

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I really like the last one,and I would agree the wreck deserves revisiting
Iain

[Gazza1]

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That wreck has some mileage and defo deserves a few more visits..

I agree about combining the moon and castle shots.

I like all 3 shots.

[IainMacD]

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My photoshop skills are not up to much but I managed to combine the 2 shots (I actually used a landscape shot of the castle to give more space) and here it is.
My initial thought was that it looks ridiculous, but I thought I would post it anyway and see if you have any advice on improving it?

[Chevvyf1]

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Iain, I think I would make the moon a little darker and put it on a background layer - to appear further away from the castle.

I would also put the moon more in the rop right of the shot

[OlyPaul]

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My photoshop skills are not up to much but I managed to combine the 2 shots (I actually used a landscape shot of the castle to give more space) and here it is.
My initial thought was that it looks ridiculous, but I thought I would post it anyway and see if you have any advice on improving it?

Not ridiculous Ian and you have combined them well indeed, it is just that colour wise the ruin and the moon are out of balance.

May I make a suggestion of changing both to something that resembles a moonlit night by reducing the brightness of the ruin and and bringing the moon and ruin into balance colour wise and brightness.

For your consideration

[Zuiko]

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I really like the composite of the moon and castle (that sounds like a great name for a pub!)

In No 1 you may have been able to avoid those branches by wading out a bit.....

[Zuiko]

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Not ridiculous Ian and you have combined them well indeed, it is just that colour wise the ruin and the moon are out of balance.

May I make a suggestion of changing both to something that resembles a moonlit night by reducing the brightness of the ruin and and bringing the moon and ruin into balance colour wise and brightness.

For your consideration

Now Paul's edit really has made this something special - that's an option which never occurred to me!

[IainMacD]

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Not ridiculous Ian and you have combined them well indeed, it is just that colour wise the ruin and the moon are out of balance.

May I make a suggestion of changing both to something that resembles a moonlit night by reducing the brightness of the ruin and and bringing the moon and ruin into balance colour wise and brightness.

For your consideration

Thanks Paul, that looks much better!
I think my 'ridiculous' comment is based on knowing too much about the subject i.e. if the moon did appear at the side of the tower like that it would be under water
If I take a step back and don't focus on the 'reality' it becomes a more acceptable composition.
Thanks for everyone's input.

[Chevvyf1]

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YES quite a WoW shot now and who would guess eh ?