Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Wast Water, The Lake District
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 29 July 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
A bleak day for sightseeing but great for photography.....this was voted Britain's favourite view on a national TV poll recently: http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/reality/BritainFavouriteView/default.html
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Links to the websites of other photographers whose work I love and who have all helped me enormously over a long period of time. I find the work of all 3 to be inspirational.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States
your landscapes have a vastness that is just awe-inspiring...!!! the sky here (again!) is such a force to be reckoned with! and i love how all the lines in this photo converge just left of center. amazing! bravo!
29 Jul 2008 5:21am
@dj.tigersprout: Thanks!....with a view as spectacular as this one it would be hard to take a poor photo!
bram antareja from Yogyakarta, Indonesia
BW with landscape that was beautiful. Angle very interesting and two people who stood to accentuation that was strong from this photograph. I love it. Regards from Yogyakarta Indonesia.
29 Jul 2008 5:39am
@bram antareja: Thanks Bram!......there's another photo here http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-02.html taken from almost the same spot but without the people if you would like to see what difference they make.
@Ted: Thanks Ted!
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Great scenery, Ian! The people really add to the feel here... How did you get such a natural expression from your models? Did they know you take their picture?
29 Jul 2008 6:55am
@Mirko Herzner: Hi Mirko!....no, they didn't know they were having their picture taken although I wasn't hiding the fact that I was taking photos. There's another photo here that I took without them: http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-02.html
@Vink: Thanks very much Vink!
@yz: Thanks yz!
@Marie Le Corre: Thanks very much Marie!
Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan
Great perspective, love the lines drawing us into the shot.
29 Jul 2008 12:11pm
@Daryl: Thanks Daryl!
IanSmith from London, United Kingdom
Hi Ian... another great composition! The scenery seems to converge on the people, including (what looks like) a beam of light from the clouds. Well done.
29 Jul 2008 12:47pm
@IanSmith: Thanks very much Ian...the sigma 10-20 lens used to take this photo has a natural tendancy to exaggerate perspective in the way you've described.
@Lorraine: Hi Lorraine :-)
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
I love the sense of depth in this shot. Love the tones.
29 Jul 2008 2:05pm
@Ana Lúcia: Thanks Ana...this 10-20 lens is great for lending depth to photos as it exaggerates perspective.
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Love it! Congrats to your success! But this isn't really surprising, is it? ;-)
29 Jul 2008 2:07pm
@MadScientist: Thank you very much!
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Great shot, you take profit of this day. Beautiful light and b/w. Very good composition also, with the figures in the left third of the image, creating human action. Very good.
29 Jul 2008 4:16pm
@Paco Díaz: Thanks Paco....the place was pretty deserted apart from this couple because of the 'bad' weather.
@missparis: Thanks Veronique...that's very kind of you!
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Beautifully composed! Lighting, tone, contrast... are all perfect!!!
29 Jul 2008 5:17pm
@hugo poon: Thanks Hugo....I've been practising my B&W conversions a lot recently since getting CS3.
leslie from norwich, United Kingdom
Great B & W, like the figures as they add to image...
29 Jul 2008 5:42pm
@leslie: Thanks Leslie....sometimes the human element really adds a lot to a landscape photo!
DonLon from Providence, RI, United States
Very nice. Love the tones. The sky is very well handled. I have added you to my favorites.
29 Jul 2008 5:57pm
@DonLon: Thanks....I'm really pleased that you liked the photos!
@bluechameleon: Thanks....Wast Water is a beautiful place!
Cheryl from Texas, United States
nice work, I like the "people factor" in this, really helps put the awsomness of the landscape in perspective. gives me a father, son day out kind of feel.
30 Jul 2008 1:02am
~Kylie~ from Richmond, United States
a truly magnificent capture Ian, it leaves you with a feeling of such grandness, great work!
30 Jul 2008 2:00am
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, Canada
That is an incredible landscape. I echo Cheryl's comment.
30 Jul 2008 2:00am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Excellent BW picture. I love the perspective and the position of the persons.
30 Jul 2008 2:17am
Jeff from Honolulu, United States
Your use of perspective is wonderful in this image. It helps that the landscape is relatively barren as that allows the lines of the geology to be featured in a way that a many-treed landscape could not. You've taken very clear advantage of your subject and achieved a terrific result.
30 Jul 2008 7:21am
Nikon D40
1/500 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)