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Three from a delightful summers evening when the temperature was at least in double digits. My camera will not leave it's bag now until May.

I arrived nice and early - maybe it was a tad flat but far too good to ignore

_DSC2300 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

Then it got properly nice

_DSC2309 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

Then it all died away thanks to a bank of cloud behind me...but the sky took a little colour

_DSC2337 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr
 
Cool....and a shot I have to bag, not got it yet.


I can't pick a favourite as they all have their merits. Number 1 has the best light on the hill but I prefer the sky in number 3.

I know this pool now, despite 2 failed attempts to find it, I just wasn't upstream enough. Next time ;).
 
Hard to pick a winner there. Number 1 light is great and it really shows the details of the mountain side. Have you made your own ripples though in the water possibly? I guess you are stood in the water and the slight ripples appear, it seems to me anyway, to be coming from where you are stood?
 
chriscross said:
Hard to pick a winner there. Number 1 light is great and it really shows the details of the mountain side. Have you made your own ripples though in the water possibly? I guess you are stood in the water and the slight ripples appear, it seems to me anyway, to be coming from where you are stood?
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With one and three i think they're my doing and well spotted
 
SFTPhotography said:
With one and three i think they're my doing and well spotted
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It's amazing how even a tripod foot can spoil a reflection. I really noticed it on my last trip, there's a pool near the bridge at The Kingshouse that was dead calm, but putting just 1 tripod foot in it meant I had to wait a few minutes for it to settle again.

Sometimes though, a slight ripple can work, I've found that perfect reflections can sometimes (not always) be a bit much as it can look like something that has been flipped in PS.
 
Dale. said:
It's amazing how even a tripod foot can spoil a reflection. I really noticed it on my last trip, there's a pool near the bridge at The Kingshouse that was dead calm, but putting just 1 tripod foot in it meant I had to wait a few minutes for it to settle again.

Sometimes though, a slight ripple can work, I've found that perfect reflections can sometimes (not always) be a bit much as it can look like something that has been flipped in PS.
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I usually let the tripod foot issue settle..and I know the pool you mean ;) - with that one I set up at least 30 mins before I need to be ready for this reason.

This is a river and there is always a slight bit of movement, it has to be at a very precise level to go glassy and it wasn't this time. Also due to slight winds you get these grasses that can move so I don't smooth it out with a long expo - rather time it for 1/shutter speed so I can be confident no movement whatsoever is in the frame. Get's a bit harder when the light falls away but take a few and you'll have one or two ok no movement in the grasses ones.
 
SFTPhotography said:
I usually let the tripod foot issue settle..and I know the pool you mean ;) - with that one I set up at least 30 mins before I need to be ready for this reason.

This is a river and there is always a slight bit of movement, it has to be at a very precise level to go glassy and it wasn't this time. Also due to slight winds you get these grasses that can move so I don't smooth it out with a long expo - rather time it for 1/shutter speed so I can be confident no movement whatsoever is in the frame. Get's a bit harder when the light falls away but take a few and you'll have one or two ok no movement in the grasses ones.
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It's a great place , can't wait to get back, although that might be a while as we can't leave our local area.
 
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