Road to Kleinmond

[AllanBH]

Hi All,

I travel this road quite often to visit my son, and there are so many opportunities for land and seascapes. Incredibly beautiful area. Still quite new at Landscapes.
I would like to hear comments on all aspects of the shot but particularly on the composition and colouring. Did some basic PP using auto fix plus some saturation in PSE8.

f/l - 18mm
F/number - f/10
Exposure - 1/250
ISO - 110
Metering - Matrix
D3000, 18 - 55mm F3.5 - 5.6

From Landscapes

TIA

[barabe]

Breath taking scenery, i wish i had this around where i live.

[4ndrew]

Nice shot; it's nicely composed.

I think that it might be just slightly over-saturated, and the white sandy beach seems to be just a little blown out.

I'm not sure if it's just my blurry, late-night contact lenses, but the cliffs in the background seem to be slightly out of focus. A little bit smaller aperture would help here (or me switching to my glasses).

Overall, very nice shot.



andrew

[AllanBH]

Thank you both, I was a little concerned about the beach being blown, as well as the sharpness, will keep that in mind for the future. The western Cape in SA does have some spectacular scenery.

[Krusty79]

Welcome to DPS. I think you have a very nice scene there, but it lacks that focal point or subject that draws your eye. I believe that is needed to go from a good shot to a great one. We frequently get submissions like that on this site, so I started this thread:

Is a compelling subject required?

[AllanBH]

Thank you Krusty79. I read the thread and understand what your'e saying. I will definitely keep this in mind for future shots. I will be in that area over xmas and will be trying a lot of stuff I have learn't from DPS.
Much appreciated.

[EOBeav]

It's a nice comp. That's fantastic that you get to see this place quite often. Since great landscape photography depends so much on things we can't control (light, weather, etc...) you have a really good chance of catching it just at the right time. I would suggest trying to get here just at sunrise or sunset, and use your tripod to see how it looks in those lighting conditions.

[AllanBH]

Thank you for your comments, I will be around here on leave during December (Midsummer) and will definitely be doing as you have suggested.