Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Crosby Beach
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 4 August 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
A photo from Crosby Beach in NW England.
I'm exploring ways of incorporating light & shadow in my B&W photos at the moment but it's a bit hit and miss as I experiment with some of the basics.
Hopefully I'll improve with a bit of practice as I think it's got a lot of potential.
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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.
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
Another beautifully composed shot, very carefully done!
4 Aug 2009 5:45am
@Daryl Johnson: Thanks Daryl!
Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom
Love the contrast of the light beach against the dark sky.
4 Aug 2009 6:35am
@Hoshisato: Thanks very much!
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
successful tries ! I love the contrast and the angle of view ! nice perspective !
4 Aug 2009 8:31am
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Excellent composition as always and a very dream-like sky. You are on the right way, I think, and I'm very curious what will happen next. :-)
4 Aug 2009 8:57am
k@ from Paris, France
Marvelous with the boat in distance, and that powerful foreground !
4 Aug 2009 9:18am
Marie LC from Voiron, France
J'ai été heureuse Ian de partager ta galerie durant deux années. Tes beaux nb ont été une de mes joies de venir chaque jour sur le site mais aujourd'hui je dois prendre un autre chemin. Alors je te dis bonne route.
4 Aug 2009 10:58am
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
Very nice perspective and your b/w are always great!
4 Aug 2009 12:21pm
Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States
man you do so much with 15mm...... stunning
4 Aug 2009 12:24pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Brilliant composition and perspective... beautiful play of light and shadows again! So wonderfully expressive!:-)
4 Aug 2009 2:07pm
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
This is just another STUNNING image from you Ian! Your humility is touching:)
4 Aug 2009 2:09pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States
Wow Ian, this is impressive. The pipeline just dances with your eyes, and they flow into the depths of this image before you know it's even happening. The light and shadow work here is superior.
4 Aug 2009 7:58pm
Frida from Sweden
I like the darker sky against the light beach. The pipeline gives so much deapth to the picture.
4 Aug 2009 8:45pm
Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom
Fantastic composition Ian. The shadow/highlight is spot on IMO. Well done!
4 Aug 2009 9:30pm
Sophie Asselin from Montréal, Canada
Very beautiful ! I like the contrast and the composition. Congrats !
4 Aug 2009 10:06pm
C.K.S from KL, Malaysia
Wow this is just a great shot. What sort of conversion do you use?
5 Aug 2009 4:01am
@C.K.S: Thanks!.....I shoot in RAW and process my Nikon NEF RAW files in their proprietary software 'Capture NX2'. I then export the file to Photoshop CS3 as a 16 bit Tiff file and convert it to B&W using CS3's excellent dedicated B&W conversion tool. I then add contrast and do some dodging and burning to get the depth and range of tones from shadows to highlights. Basically I do it by eye rather than using any kind of set formula.
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
The shooting angle, with the DoF, gives it a very nice look. Excellent processing.
5 Aug 2009 4:05am
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
Oops. Thought I'd commented on this already. Another magnificent shot Ian. I particularly love the way the sky came out, and that ship on the horizon is just the clincher.
27 Aug 2009 2:45pm
Nikon D40
1/125 second
F/11.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)