Wheal Betsy Mine - Dartmoor

[pgosling]

Hi

I took this today on Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK.

It is the old Wheal Betsy Mine.

I was about 100ft above it looking down at it from the road.

Let me know what you think?



Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/3.5
Focal Length 10.7 mm
ISO Speed 64
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

[windrider86]

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[pgosling]

Please can you help me with ideas on how I could have composed it better, and also if the white balance etc seems ok??

[Krusty79]

I think your white balance is okay. I would look for an alternate composition where I can't see that road or path behind the mine. The mine might make a good B&W subject.

[pgosling]

Here is a B&W copy of the photo.



Any better??

I couldn't change the composition too much as I didn't have time to find my way to a different level - will have to go back and experiment when time allows?!!

[Krusty79]

Well, I have to admit it doesn't look quite as good as I envisioned. I think the shot needs more pure blacks and whites to work better in B&W. When I made the B&W comment, I meant when you recompose the shot without the road/path in the background. I thought you would have to get closer to the mine to exclude the road/path from the shot and I thought you could try some B&W from the closer perspective. Sorry I didn't explain that better.

[pgosling]

Thanks for that.

I will try a different composition and see what I can come up with!!

Thanks again!