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Published: 2008-07-25 22:13:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 3314; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 178
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I have never been in such as strong wind as up on Ger Tor on an otherwise perfect summers day. I am not exaggerating when I say that the wind was actually blowing my lips open when I relaxed them, it must have been 60 knots which was just nuts. There was no way that I could leave my tripod, it was just way too unstable, I had to hold it down whilst taking the shot.I would be interested to hear opinions on this one.
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yeah, 'steady as a rock' springs to mind
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Those clouds are ridiculous! I love them. Plus the chaos of the piece...the wind in the grass, the clouds are getting tossed about, and yet I still feel like I'm moving in one direction - forward. The colours are beautiful too.
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Thanks very much. This is a personal favourite of mine, but it tends to be met with a relatively cold recption from the people I have shown it to who are not photographers
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What?!?! Are people crazy? Seriously...it's a gorgeous capture. Though I suppose a lot of non-photographers who I've shown my work or the work of others whom I adore to don't seem to get as keyed up as I do over it...well, poo on them! I wouldn't feel the exhibition was complete without it, which, by the way, I wish I could come to, but the pond lies between us, and I have an awful lot of stuff to do this summer concerning university. Anywho. I adore this photo, so turn that frown upside 'round!
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We'll see, I showed this one to my parents today and they both really liked it. I might just include it as a talking point.
Thanks
Alex
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This is the effect I was going for when I took Coastal Chill. I love it
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THanks Drew, I'm flattered, now stop copying!
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Whilst a focal point amongst the heather in the foreground would have perhaps perfected this shot, I still think it holds all that's needed for it to be stunning!
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The focal point is the heather! Thanks
Alex
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The movement and color immediately caught my eye! Nice work!
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Sky is wonderful! Grass etc. can go either way. For now I like it for capture of the motion!
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Thanks Eva, I must check out your gallery again at some point, I had a quick peak last night and liked what I saw
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Is the granite a little bright as looks like its in the shade? Is that due to the exposure time in daylight and/or the blueness of the sky?
Interesting motion. The clouds look like a pastels painting.
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It is all in the shade. Its an exposure blend but I didn't do anything selective tot he granite. Thanks
Alex
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That's amazing, never seen anything like it. Good thing you didn't lose your tripod. I can't get over how great of a capture this is.
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Looks quite surreal, cant explain why but I like it, i think its the clouds and the grass. Very nice shot.
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Overall I like the shot, its executed nicely, the clouds give the shot much needed texture. Compositionally I would have like to have seen more space on the right, it feels a bit crammed. Overall tho,
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Interesting Image, I like the light and the colors. The sky is excellent and it has a strong pictorial effect. This same effect though fails to conceive the ideas of "strong wind", I had to read the caption. I think it is too blurred (to render the wind idea).
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1/4?! No doubt was the wind violent in this one. Excellent frame Alex. Love the color tones and textures displayed here.
I've been experimenting with capturing the motion of grasses too. Such a variety of results.
Hope your well man.
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Thanks Justin, I am very well thanks
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I absolutely love it 
I very much like the composition 
great colours, too
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Sweeeet! I love the idea of experomenting with longish exposures during the day - I must remind myself to get some more filters.
I Love this shot. Well done
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Well it is only a quarter of a second actually, and I didn't use any ND filters, just a polariser, but I know what you mean, thanks
Alex
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I think this shot is growing on me, but I agree with steve that the eye get taken a little off to the right.
interesting shot nonetheless
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Great. The pic has a very unique feeling, as though you had blurred the left side with a brush, but obviously it's only due to the "long" expo.
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I'd like to see a bit more detail in the mid ground in a perfect world. Also the stone looks very blue.
I do love the effect and the sky though.
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well the stone is lit by a blue sky so....
Thanks
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brilliant ....lead ins lead off to the right a little .
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Amazing how much the grass has blurred with just 1/4s. Really interesting sky too
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Wow. I love it. This reminds of the movie "What Dreams May Come" - like a painting coming to life.
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Striking image! The clouds look so harmless and innocent, but the wind must have been lashing the grass so much! The blurred grass looks really cool :]
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that kind of motion blur from only a 1/4 of a second? I hope you were wearing lead boots up there. I'm liking this picture, but if I'm nit-picking, the clump of cloud to the left unbalances the sky slightly. Nit well and truly picked.
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yep I agree, I actually cropped fromt eh left for that exact reason
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This is a fascinating image. Really unusual. I love the "wind" capture.
For some reason the sky looks stitched? Almost like it is from another picture.
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I think the sky might look stitched because I was shooting up a very steep hillside so the sky appears flat, it has no perspective.
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To tell you the truth, I think this is really cool. Haha. Not something you normally see in a photo.
The clouds are amazing. The composition is good. Not knowing what all of the surrounding area looked like, I'm not exactly sure how I'd like it better.
I think with more rock with little areas of the blurred grass/flowers would me more appealing then a huge area of blurred grass.
I don't have much more to say than that. Haha. Good job.
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Yeah I agree, and I searched at the time too. I have a couple of similar shots, but they dont have the flowers which I think are an important element. Thanks Matt
Alex
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Oh yes. I wouldn't change the composition so much that the flowers' position was lost... the flowers are very important indeed. You're welcome!
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