On Calton Hill

[Rob MacKillop]

DP3M​

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thinking of removing the bin in the first...

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I like them but, ( what a dumb word ), I love the last one.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Ivar. I was lucky (what a dumb word) with the timing in the last one.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Really love the last one Rob. So many things happening.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Glenn. Yes, it's a fun one.

 

[Pete Askew]

A very fine catch Rob. Love the man forever suspended!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

He might still be there...I'll go and tell him he can stop posing now.

 

[Douglas McMann]

First one for me...has a "smoothness" about it...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Dougie, you old smoothie...

 

[Keith Hollister]

The last one is very good for all the reasons already mentioned. I think the first one is also a fantastic composition, but I find the structure and surrounding bushes just too dark. I like the overall low key mood (and the sky is pretty perfect as is, but I would experiment dodging the columns and stuff some to get a little detail and sense of light in there.

And definitely lose the trash can.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Keith. Yes, I should return to that first shot, and work with the raw file. This was just the jpeg - I shoot raw + jpeg.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Yeah, well unless Sigma has been busy on their DP raw file software, I can understand trying the JPG first. Interesting sensors, awful software.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The software is not so bad, and for some things it is great. The whole Sigma experience is quite unique. If you just jump into it from outside, you might wonder what on Earth is going on. But spend some time with it, and you will get to see its positives.