Ullswater

[gavdodgson]

Totally new to photography. Took this shot down at Ullswater the other night.



Canon 1100d
18-55mm kit lens
Aperture - F22
Exposure - 8s
ISO - 100
Hitech nd 0.9 filter


Would i benefit from using a grad filter as well on occasions such as this?
Could i also crop this to improve the composition?

[shruggy63]

I'm a newbie to digital photography but I think it might look better if you'd taken 2 or 3 steps to your left to get the jetty more central to the composition, the bush is very distracting. Perhaps even lowering your tripod right down? Also it's very dark on my screen, why did you use an ND filter with an 8 sec. exposure? I thought NDs were for when the light is extremely bright but as I say I'm a beginner. Hope you can revisit the scene, it's beautiful. Keep shooting mate!

[iluv2fly1]

I just love the colors on this photo!

I agree about maybe taking a few steps to the left and possibly zooming in to get the jetty more central.

[gavdodgson]

Thanks for your comments.

I was using an ND filter to smooth out the water because it wasn't still, however this was one of the last shots of the night and perhaps i could have got a long enough shutter speed without the filter. You reckon an ND graded filter would help because i took a few different exposures but in the others colour of the sky wasn't as nice.

[Krusty79]

An nd grad would have helped with exposing the foreground better, as it was relatively dark compared to the sky.

I think I would have taken the shot using the pier as a leading line into the image. You have a dark object in the foreground now, but I wouldn't consider it foreground interest because there is no detail and it does not lead my eye into the image. I also find the bush on the right distracting.

You've captured a nice gradient in the sky, but image does not really have a subject or focal point.