Wickwar

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• bracasha75 (12831)
• [2008-05-02 0:14]

Helo Bob
Realy lovely country scene and nice natural colors
Good work
TFS
Cheers,Braca

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• Stepan (25424)
• [2008-05-02 0:24]
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Why did you choose a blury foreground ? Not really sure about the fact it was the best choice. But except that, the place, the way you composed it and this church in this vegetal and yellow ocean are really great.
Stéphane

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• macondo (9006)
• [2008-05-02 0:38]

Hi Bob.
Well, if it's deliberate, that's alright then.
I was going to say you ought to stop down to f22 or something like that, when I read your comment.
It does look good. The church and the background landscape look very sharp in the very gentle light. The compositional elements are very pleasing, with the church nicely placed near the top corner. I think the sky is very nice in this photo; your 8 second exposure worked really well.
Regards,
Andrew

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• gildasjan (13717)
• [2008-05-02 0:51]

Bonjour Bob
Très cadrage de ce tableau printanier,le jaune du colza est bien rendu avec ce joli ciel plein de nuances.
Bonne journée.
Cordialement
Gildas

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• asajernigan (7710)
• [2008-05-02 1:28]

Bob,
This is a really lovely scene. The long exposure worked well for you here giving the shot outstanding sharpness and DOF. The lighting and colors are fine as well.
TFS,
Asa

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• JPlumb (3119)
• [2008-05-02 1:35]
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I don't know Bob, I stopped in because the colour and composition grabbed me from the thumbnail. I think I'd have tried a few more shots of freezing the Rapeseed flowers. You have great depth of field here with very excellent sharp detail, so I am a little surprised that you would throw that away. In any case I do like the shot, with this composition, the awesome colour, leading to the church and stormy sky. Maybe it comes down to a personal choice with that blur, you might guess how I would chose.

Thanks, John

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• abulafia (4463)
• [2008-05-02 2:12]

I like it Bob
Good choice with the movement of the flowers!
A very nice spring picture.
Harry

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• harlyn (334)
• [2008-05-02 5:23]

Hi Bob,

I never saw Wickwar like this..but then I wasn't a photographer when I lived there! It's a great image.

Regards
Lindsay

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• cbrman (13226)
• [2008-05-02 11:48]

Hello Bob,

Quel contraste ici ! Le jaune de ces champs de colza sont impressionante sous ce ciel gris.
Une très belle compo avec cette église qui semble perdue en pleine nature.
Bravo.

A+

Dominique

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• crhieatt (4297)
• [2008-05-02 14:23]

Bob,
Coincidently I've just taken delivery of a x64 ND for just such effects - possibly (haven't tried it yet!) I often have problems reducing my camera's shutter speed as it only does ISO 160 and F16.

This blur has certainly given you an good impressionistic foreground which actually works pretty well in creating a depth of field - literally.

It's very good - but I'm still thinking about that Bluebell wood shot! :0

Regards
Colin

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• Signal-Womb (9940)
• [2008-05-03 15:02]

Hi Bob, very nice capture and I love the motion effect you have achieved due to long exposure. Its a very charming country scene, very nice work.

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• geester (324)
• [2008-05-04 3:20]

Hi Bob,

You got a good sky there:-) I'm really into yellow right now and I love these colours. Well done.

Graeme

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• euryan (7720)
• [2008-05-04 8:28]

I really like the blur idea, but I'm not sure it worked out perfectly here. First off, the blur almost looks like it is from the foreground being out of focus, instead of wind movement. Second, the two-stop ND grad may have been too much as the flowers seem a bit over exposed. If it was breezy two seconds should have been enough to capture a wind movement, and you could have gone with a one-stop ND grad. The compo is perfect, and you really made the best out of a bad lighting situation. Sorry to be so picky again, it’s only the really good photographers that I nit-pick. :-)
Have a nice Sunday,
Ryan

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• Silversnow (1262)
• [2008-05-06 16:30]

Nice idea on the slow exposure, it does carry a sense of movement .
Unconventional, bold and effective.

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• jean11-3 (2327)
• [2008-05-07 1:30]

Hello Bob, I am glad that I read your notes before commenting,the first thing I saw was the blur, but now I know why.
I like the composition with the church, trees and cloudy sky in the bg,so many shots of the rapeseed fields are just that, so it is good to have a variation on the theme.
Sorry but I do not understand all the technicalities, I just know that I like this scene.
Tfs, regards Jean.

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• Rodrigues (899)
• [2008-05-08 2:42]

What an explosion of colour! I tried to find an effect something like this in my last session but didn't had enough flowers to do this "carpet effect".
The blurring works fine for me...unusual and suggestive, giving a dinamic feeling. Although almost 2/3 of the compo it's maybe a bit too much. I would try a vertical compo, giving a bit more importance to the church and less to the blurred flowers...don't know if you tried or even if it worked...just a thought.

Anyway it's a strong photo and don't regreat the blurring flowers...maybe it needs a bit of more work, but it's a wonderfull idea;)

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• SteveH (1895)
• [2008-05-09 22:08]

Hi Bob, Interesting idea, I wonder though... because of the long exp it isn't obvious that it is movement that has caused it, ie it is evenly blurred. Perhaps a shorter exp would have resulted in an image where the movement in the oilseed was more defined. The expossure of the BG is perfect, with that nice bit of red showing contrasting with the otherwise dark sky. certainly an intersting approach. cheers, Steve