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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: elsa hoffmann on September 10, 2016, 21:46:42
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Cape Peninsula - Kommetjie Lighthouse.
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Nicely composed shot, very pleasing to the eye.
On a side note, Is the lighthouse operational or is what it once did now done by GPS? (I figured a technophile like you would know the answer...)
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Thanks Tom
Yup - its still manned and is the tallest cast iron lighthouse on the South African coast
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Elsa, your interpretation of natural-artificial contrast is marvelous!
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Very pleasing composition.
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Thank you Akira and Anthony :)
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Cast iron ? maintenance should be fun
What a fantastic spot Elsa, thanks for sharing the image
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Elsa, what a nice bright and well put together image to open up on what is a drab Melbourne day over here in my patch. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for looking and commenting Hugh and Armando :)
We have several lighthouses - seeing that we have such a huge coast line
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Beautiful as usual.3
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Velen dank Peter :)
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it seems to be a beautiful place - in spring
and your picture shows it very clear
do you as well have images showing storms in autumn or winter?
I think this view with the all white tower could be a classical 4 seasons series
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Thank you Thomas - I have winter stormy pictures - but not of the lighthouse.
That is/was a Lamborghini
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Cape Peninsula - Kommetjie Lighthouse.
I have the impression that you often use compositions like this, with most of the visual interest on the left. Of course, it is well known that when designing a web page you put the thing you most want people to look at on the left, because that is where they look first and longest, and you avoid the lower right corner where no one ever looks. But when you are designing an image you are not trying to make it easy for the viewer: you want them to work a bit, and that means you want some visual tension. You get visual tension by pulling the viewer's eye where it does not naturally go, which you do by putting things where people don't expect them.
I have taken the liberty of flipping your image horizontally, which to my eye has more visual tension and so is a more involving composition.
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Beautiful shot Elsa. Green grass, blue sky, white lighthouse, lots of flowers and a talented photographer; couldn't think of a better combination. :)
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The storm shots are impressive, i do not thing the house lasted much longer with waves like that, and what is covering the car, sea foam ?
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Hi Les - interesting thoughts and it looks good flipped! Food for thought - and thanks for that.
I have no issue with photoshopping and turning an image inside out :) The intended use for this image however is for my
Photographer Tourist website - so I kind of have to be careful - image I have a client wanting to shoot THAT scene only to arrive
and its flipped around ;D ;D ;D I would probably get sued for mis representation haha
Maybe I should put a disclaimer on my website in future ;)
Thanks Anirban :)
Armando - that is a restaurant - (one of a few right on the beach) that gets hammered year after year. I dont think the insurance companies covers them anymore, but they are so popular and busy - they dont care. After a huge storm - they just ask everyone to support them so they can re-build - and in no time - its back to business
The car - yep = sea foam
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Elsa, is that the Brass Bell? Wonderful shot. Very glad it's not my Lambo.
Also, was that shot of the lighthouse taken facing roughly south? If so, it might be a wonderful place for star photography...
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Peter - no to the west of Brass Bell - At Kalk Bay Harbour
re the lighthouse - yes - south-ish
the beach there is seriously beautiful - next time you are down here....
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Nice composition and the whites must have been a bit to keep an eye on. I am not sure about the visual analysis above but I like it better flipped as well.
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Never expected to see such a big difference when flipped.
So flipped it is, or go again and shoot it from the other side :)
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Never expected to see such a big difference when flipped.
So flipped it is, or go again and shoot it from the other side :)
mmmmm better one of YOU come out to shoot it :)
I prefer it unflipped - but I think it's because I was there so I "see" it in another light.
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A true postcard shot and PP!
Just for the record I see no major difference or impact between the flipped on and the original in any way.
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i like the storm pictures :)
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Thanks Erik - best you come take some then.... I am sure you need postcards :) (at least you can then send one to Bjørn haha)
Thank you Fons :)
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Thanks Elsa