West Pier #1

Posted on Mon 8th May, 2006, 3:18pm
ISO: 100, Shutter speed: 1/100, Aperture: f/3.2,
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Flash: None, Cropping: None,
Lens: Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L, Focal length: 35mm,
Captured: 6th May 2006, 7:30pm,

I went down to Brighton at the weekend to take photos of hippies. Were there any hippies? Were there balls. They all stayed at home because of the weather. So I just wandered around with Ben taking random shots.

Since the weather was quite overcast, I've tried to go for a moody feel to the shots. Let me know if you think I managed it as I can't make my mind up wether it's moody or just boring.

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Comments

SysAgent, Mon 8th May, 2006, 4:33pm
It looks like a giant birdcage in the middle of the sea mate ;-) Nice depth of field though and good foreground interest... Moody nah.

Jamey, Mon 8th May, 2006, 4:48pm
Heh. Yeah, it's Gulliver's canary.

chris, Mon 8th May, 2006, 4:57pm
i love the colours of the stones and it has great DOF, you have made it look like quite a murky day which has given it a nice mood

JD, Mon 8th May, 2006, 5:01pm
I like it, there is definitally some mood about it, but I think the sea and the clouds could do with a touch of burning or something to exaggerate it a bit more, really nice tho

Jonathan, Mon 8th May, 2006, 5:13pm
Great DOF and a nice moody colour range, agree with JD that the skyline would look good with darker feel to it. Nice work though.

Jon, Mon 8th May, 2006, 6:56pm
I feel as though the dof is leading my eyes down but the composition is leading my eyes up. Argh, my eyes! Love the light and colours.

milou, Tue 9th May, 2006, 9:10am
Ah sunny Brighton - the vertiable jewel of the south coast. It's effective in that it encapsules Brighton on a dull day.

Jamey, Tue 9th May, 2006, 10:28am
Actually, I've checked this on two properly calibrated monitors and two non-calibrated ones and it does look very 'normal' on the non-calibrated ones, whereas it looks a lot more green and murky on the calibrated ones. So it's all your faults, for not calibratin' yo setups. Apart from milou, that is. :)

Seth, Tue 9th May, 2006, 8:13pm
Very nice use of DOF here. Great shot.

Kris, Thu 15th Jun, 2006, 8:02am
Great composition! I like your archive!

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