GolfGTIforum.co.uk

General => General discussion => Topic started by: Kerrse on 09 April 2012, 13:41

Title: Mountain pics
Post by: Kerrse on 09 April 2012, 13:41

Couple pictures from Ben Nevis, these were only taken on my phone will upload the ones from the camera when I get home


(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d110/kerrse/ff34800b.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d110/kerrse/b1820b70.jpg)

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Mr GTD on 10 April 2012, 16:29

:cool: I actually work for a company called Nevis Marketing, the company was named after Ben Nevis....

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Ridg on 10 April 2012, 17:07

http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/John_Longenecker/Rule_of_Thirds.htm

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Kerrse on 12 April 2012, 17:39

Quote from: Ridg on 10 April 2012, 17:07

http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/John_Longenecker/Rule_of_Thirds.htm

Thanks for the advice I took photos I liked & didn't realise I had to follow rules

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Ridg on 13 April 2012, 08:58

Quote from: Kerrse on 12 April 2012, 17:39

Quote from: Ridg on 10 April 2012, 17:07

http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/John_Longenecker/Rule_of_Thirds.htm

Thanks for the advice I took photos I liked & didn't realise I had to follow rules

lol it's not a rule it's a guide, if you like the photos you're taking fair enough; keep doing what you're doing.

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: T_J_G on 13 April 2012, 10:19

I'll be honest, I either want to see the Scirocco or the whole mountain not both together.

But photography is subjective, if you like your shots then :afro:

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Kerrse on 18 April 2012, 19:18

Some camera ones but not sure they follow the rules either

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d110/kerrse/IMG_2055.jpg)

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: shepgti on 18 April 2012, 19:28

they follow the rules of being fairly poor photos :undecided:

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Kerrse on 18 April 2012, 19:53

Quote from: shepgti on 18 April 2012, 19:28

they follow the rules of being fairly poor photos :undecided:

Thanks  :kiss:

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: DubFan on 19 April 2012, 08:04

Here's a quick edit of one of those, just tweeked the colours, adjusted contrast and cropped slightly.
But it's still not great.
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/anotherdubfan/IMG_2055a.jpg)


The big problem here is that the angles chosen do not allow one thing or the other to be the focus of the shot. You're trying to get a mountain in a shot with a car. You are too close to the mountain to get an interesting view on it, all you can see is green/brown hillside. You'd need to be a mile or two away to get the mountain small enough. You need distance to give you perspective and to get the two subjects to co-exist in the shot nicely. If you had to be that close to the mountain, you would probably need to shoot up from the floor with a wide angle on a portrait shot to get the top of the mountain in shot above the car.

Here's one of my old photos showing a relationship between the car and hills/valley around it (not perfect and the car isn't fantastic either ;) ).
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/anotherdubfan/102_2227c.jpg)

Here's another example from flickr: Close up of car but interesting rocks in the background, but the car is definitely the focus.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2539/4167283675_4c7af92f01_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/enduringpromise/4167283675/)
What is the make and model? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/enduringpromise/4167283675/) by Enduring Promise (http://www.flickr.com/people/enduringpromise/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Mountain pics
Post by: Kerrse on 19 April 2012, 08:48

Thanks for the advice i do understand what you are saying, it was just supposed to be a nice picture of the car with the mountain in the background but it was a little rushed to be fair as it was the highlands & it was hammering down with rain ! Im no photographer but didnt realise i was that bad lol