Critique Welcomed Returning Home to Ramsey

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David Jones

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Captured in the late afternoon light last Sunday while driving home, I have resisted the temptation to dramatise what we saw but tried to keep as close as I can to my memory of the scene. Normally we cannot see the Cumbrian hills but all the recent rain has cleaned up the atmosphere. Sony SLT A35, DT 55-200mm SAM at 300mm equivalent.


Motoring home to Ramsey by berriff, on Flickr
 
Thank you. I never know what other people are going to think. In terms of problems I like to have, I pulled back on the focal length to get more of the clouds in the frame. The trawler was then a bit on the small side but those amazing clouds were worthy of capture. It was also unusual to have such large areas of flat calm on the sea to contrast against the light winds elsewhere. To put things in perspective I think it is about 30 miles across to the Cumbrian coast:


Sailing home for Ramsey 2 by berriff, on Flickr

The images have a low range of tones but having spent some time this summer enjoying beautiful impressionist paintings over here in Douglas and at the Tate in Liverpool, I realise that this is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Dave, love them the second I do prefer because of the space. I enjoy space, to be far from anything. I went round cape of good hope through a storm and a very nasty one when I was sixteen, in the mid seventies. Good memories sailing across the Indian ocean. Have also traveled around the British coast to a point and enjoyed the sea so much. Miss being on it. These pics evoke all sorts of things for me including island maidens and all those wonderful people on those journeys one meets. Thank you.
 
Yep - loving #2 with the wind playing on the sea, and the tiny boat to give you mind the scale of the scene
 
David Jones said:
The images have a low range of tones but having spent some time this summer enjoying beautiful impressionist paintings over here in Douglas and at the Tate in Liverpool, I realise that this is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Couple of years ago when i was looking into different styles of photography i stumbled upon Pictorialism late 19th early 20th.

"a pictorial photograph appears to lack a sharp focus (some more so than others), is printed in one or more colors other than black-and-white (ranging from warm brown to deep blue) and may have visible brush strokes or other manipulation of the surface. For the pictorialist, a photograph, like a painting, drawing or engraving, was a way of projecting an emotional intent into the viewer's realm of imagination."

Pictorialism seemed impressionistic to me. Ive always preferred impressionist paintings & this idea in photography really appealed.
 
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