Kentish fields

[bigbob]

Driving down through Kent today i could'nt resist those clouds over the haybales , is it me or has all the rain made harvesting a month early this year?

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[Pops]

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Those clouds are awseome and the sky itself looks like a gradient.

[Autumn]

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Beautiful photo Bob. The clouds have a pinkish tinge. The low aspect suits the sky with a lovely light on the bales.

[Caz]

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That is a fantastic image, the clouds actually look quite low. Not sure about the rain making the harvest early - they're still chasing their tails round this way to get the oilseed rape in although they are just starting on the winter wheat.

[bigbob]

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Thanks .
Pops i used a polariser so that would explain the ''gradient''
I also forgot to reset the white balance , it was on cloudy so that would explain the warm up look i think .
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[Stephen]

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A lovely view of the Kentish agricultural scene, though frankly Hops and Fruit orchards are the stereotypical ones for us oop north

In critique I would echo what you already know and suggest its a pity you didn't correct the white balance before posting. A single click from the white picker tool in levels sorts it perfectly. Also, my feeling is that its about 1.5 degrees leaning to the left. Its difficult I know with wide angle lenses and slightly rolling landscapes to get a good reference point, but I think the cloud base above the horizon is a good indication here. Finally, I'd have preferred to see the larger version here, it certainly has more impact.

[bigbob]

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Put this in critique for that very reason Stephen , i like the warm look but the pink tinge does look odd for a mid-day shot .
The rotation is very subjective , i think the wood on the right does make it look as if it's sloping , but the viewfinder grid was level
So i've lost the colour , rotated by 1 deg and posted it larger .

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[spl]

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I like the second take just posted - the earlier pink did definately look like a colour cast and not natural.

I was interested to hear that you use a polarising filter. I have one of those which I used to use on my film camera for the bright conditions in SA and was wondering if it could be used beneficially with a digital camera as well. Obviously you have proved here that it can. I wonder too how its action differs from the filter Stephen was using at Banburgh (forgotton what its called for the moment). That one as I understood it also darkened skies and had a differential action on less luminous parts.

[Stephen]

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I like the second take just posted - the earlier pink did definately look like a colour cast and not natural.

I was interested to hear that you use a polarising filter. I have one of those which I used to use on my film camera for the bright conditions in SA and was wondering if it could be used beneficially with a digital camera as well. Obviously you have proved here that it can. I wonder too how its action differs from the filter Stephen was using at Banburgh (forgotton what its called for the moment). That one as I understood it also darkened skies and had a differential action on less luminous parts.

I gave up using a polarizing filter for such shots, I found too often that the gradient was often created from one side to the other, depending on the angle you are to the sun. The filter Sue refers to is an Neutral Density (ND) Graduated (Grad) filter. They can be a bit fiddly though and sometimes its as easy to do it in Photoshop.

BB still think the new version is leaning to the left though. When you say the grid was level in the camera, what was it level with ?

[Andrew Thatcher]

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I've leveled it to the base of the clouds. Its looks like you lined it up in your camera on the end of the fields. But it looks like they slope down from the left. the foreground roll of hay is vertical now.

[bigbob]

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I gave up using a polarizing filter for such shots, I found too often that the gradient was often created from one side to the other, depending on the angle you are to the sun. The filter Sue refers to is an Neutral Density (ND) Graduated (Grad) filter. They can be a bit fiddly though and sometimes its as easy to do it in Photoshop.

BB still think the new version is leaning to the left though. When you say the grid was level in the camera, what was it level with ?

YOU should know Stephen that you can only use C/P successfully at 90 deg to the sun , any other angle will give you horizontal gradient , esp with W/a lenses .
Andrew it now looks to me as if it's running downhill from left to right now .
I lined the grid up with the straight edge of the hay field , NOT the tree lined horizon .

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Don't you love different views

[Andrew Thatcher]

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I lined the grid up with the straight edge of the hay field , NOT the tree lined horizon .

B..

Don't you love different views

Thats why it was not level, the field has a slope from the left to the right. I used the bottom of the clouds as a level not the tree line as they may be on a slope too

[Stephen]

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YOU should know Stephen that you can only use C/P successfully at 90 deg to the sun , any other angle will give you horizontal gradient , esp with W/a lenses .
Andrew it now looks to me as if it's running downhill from left to right now .
I lined the grid up with the straight edge of the hay field , NOT the tree lined horizon .

B..

Don't you love different views

Oh I agree entirely, which is exactly the problem, it never seems to work out that way
I have to agree with Andrew though, my attempt at correcting it, virtually mirrored his. Even the bales on the left are tilted to the right because they are on a slope.

Putting the horizon in the bottom quarter and pointing the camera up slightly is always going to create some barrel distortion. I sometimes wonder if my sensor is not 100% level as I'm sure I've got it right in the viewfinder.

[Tinka]

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A wonderful image, brings back memories of a childhood growing up in that wonderful countryside environment, and those long summer days of the school holidays, Oh well back to the present and reality.

[bigbob]

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A wonderful image, brings back memories of a childhood growing up in that wonderful countryside environment, and those long summer days of the school holidays, Oh well back to the present and reality.

Thanks Tinka , i was brought up very much the same ...ah the age of innocence .

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