Bamburgh Castle

A particularly photogenic place, but needs work and luck to bring it out properly. Your stunning shots do it justice.

addlightness wrote:

#2 is my #1 choice

Thank you.  I am slightly surprised as I considered that a more self indulgent shot, rather than a'crowd pleaser'.

It's also not very representative of the location.  The patch of course, black sand was only about 10 square metres in area

John W H wrote:

Great set. The 1st and 2nd are very very good imho.

John

Thank you John

I thought the first might be liked.  Dawn sunlight and mist are great elements to stir into a photo.

The second is (so far) my most heavily processed shot from the session.  I blended two or three layers to work the contrast.

tt321 wrote:

A particularly photogenic place, but needs work and luck to bring it out properly. Your stunning shots do it justice.

Thank you.

I was lucky with the weather conditions.

I don't do much landscape photography.  I tend to forget just how fast one needs to work to grab fleeting moments when they are offered.

P3T3S wrote:

I don’t know how many photos of Bamburgh Castle I have seen, so even competent photos can seem run of the mill. Then sometimes someone captures something a bit different and the beauty floods back, and yours are definitely in the latter category.

It is a very good set, but I particularly like the last two.

Pete

Thank you Pete

I was in two minds about going there because it is so popular with photographers and I doubted that I would get anything very different. I deliberately avoided looking for images from others although I was interested to identify some of the popular angles and locations.

If I have got something a bit less common in the last two, that will have come from playing to the strengths of the m43 gear. Many 'serious' photographers would use FF DSLRs on a tripod. Using a hand held OM-D it's tilt screen lets me get a lower angle. It's not all about megapixels and sensor size!

PhotoguyCanada wrote:

You did a great job!

Thank you.  It was a really enjoyable morning!

Thank you Yaelle

I tried to get a varied set of photos from the session.