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Brixham
Posted by John Leech (Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom) on 1 June 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.
I'm sure most visitors to my pages will be familiar with Ian Bramham's photography Ian Bramham. I've followed his emerging talent since he first bought a DSLR - not that his talent took long to emerge. I'm sure any viewers who have not seen his work will appreciate this link.
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
Compositionally, I think the ropes in the foreground are a real plus but that the boat aerial at the top of the frame doesn't help at all due to the way it cuts across the sky and town.
Also I like the strong whites in the foregrond boats but the contrast is too much for me in the buildings of the town - maybe the larger and more graphic shapes of the boats can take the high contrast better than the smaller more intricate ones of the townscape? - what do reckon?
1 Jun 2009 7:39am
@Ian Bramham: Heh, hadn't noticed the aerial until you mentioned it - its not what I'd call ideal! The light was very harsh when I was there, far too close to mid-day. I tinkered with all my Brixham shots more than most images to get something from them. I was quite happy with the background, and how the church is the only black building in contrast to the others being washed out - they are actually a nice range of colours in the flesh. But the foreground was a real struggle. I had it much darker than this for a long time, then decided to try making more of the tyre, so lifted out the foreground ripples to the right at the same time. I think the boat nearest to us works well, but the other ones aren't particularly pleasant to look at or add anything much to the pic - other than the tyre. I'd have more enthusiasm for this pic had they not been there. Its a set I may tinker with in the future, though would rather reshoot at a different time of day... with different boats. I've been wondering how I would paint this one - and I still don't know!
Nikon D300
1/640 second
F/10.0
ISO 200
19 mm