Watendlath

[Black Pearl]

With an early start and some excitable driving - I do like the road down Borrowdale - we got to Watendlath just as the sun was coming over the fell tops and lighting the valley sides.

Couldn't have asked for better light:

 

A bit of HDR - a little OTT but I've had enough fiddling with it so I'm posting it:

 

The tarn:

[ChrisLumix]

Stunning, breathtaking. 

 

I see what you mean about the HDR in #1 but the composition is flawless. Any chance of seeing the original photo with perhaps just your basic PP on it but without the HDR?

[Heather]

i love these, ... if its not considered an insult i would love to do these as jigsaws 

[ChrisLumix]

i love these, ... if its not considered an insult i would love to do these as jigsaws 

 

You can. There are various apps around that allow you to turn any image into a jigsaw on your computer. The one I have (Jigsaws Galore) on my Mac gives you complete control over the number of pieces, the variety of shapes, the orientation, even the texture. And there is a satisfying little 'click' when you slot a piece into its correct place!

 

Here's one I started earlier :

 

[Martyn]

I could sit and look at #1 all day!

[Denis]

I agree with Martyn...... image N01 is absolutely brilliant!

[Leon]

love them all but #3 is stunning!!

[Charlie]

The tarn for me. I see there was even a Troot rising!

[Kobione]

Could sit and look at both of them anytime, anywhere - just lovely.  The sky in both is fantastic, love the bridge in the first and the clear reflection in the second. Well done BP

[NannyFerret]

Beautiful shots, BP.

[colinb]

very, very nice No.1 is certainly my potw so far

 

If I may be so bold ...a small slide of the left level ?

 

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[Guest]

And you nearly didn't go because of the forecast!

[Black Pearl]

Bill at the start of the week the forecast was for rain, rain and more rain but I checked every few hours and Thursday was meant to be dry (well dry for Cumbria) so I took the chance - couldn't have asked for a better day.

 

Colin you might be right - I'm still not entirely happy with the shot, still looks a bit too HDR but I'm going to work on other images and come back to it with a fresh outlook.

[Black Pearl]

Thanks

The trout were jumping and pooping the whole time we were there, the icing on the cake.

[colinb]

 

 

Colin you might be right - I'm still not entirely happy with the shot, still looks a bit too HDR but I'm going to work on other images and come back to it with a fresh outlook.

 

I'm not quire sure I understand why we convert to HDR and than do everything we can to make it not look HDR - as though we are ashamed of doing HDR?

 

it is well away from the over the top 'look' some HDR have (but even some of those look great) you should be proud of such a wonderfully composed, well taken and processed picture.

[Black Pearl]

For me HDR is exactly that - High (er) Dynamic Range - than could be achieved in a single exposure. If it looks like it has been contrived then I feel it has failed. 

 

The perfect HDR shot should be one that isn't labeled and isn't commented on as such. The one I have posted fails in that it looks unnatural and looks like I have fiddled with it. 

That is why I wasn't happy and was why I went back to basics and worked a single exposure.

 

I know what you mean though and the HDR look that is really Tone Mapping and not HDR can be very effective but it just isn't for me.

[ChrisLumix]

I'm not quire sure I understand why we convert to HDR and than do everything we can to make it not look HDR - as though we are ashamed of doing HDR?

 

it is well away from the over the top 'look' some HDR have (but even some of those look great) you should be proud of such a wonderfully composed, well taken and processed picture.

 

I think it's as BP says - the OTT look is really tone mapping and not HDR. If some ignorant clown hadn't stolen the term when it actually means simply 'High Dynamic Range' (i.e. compensating for what the eye can see but the camera struggles with), then I'm sure everyone would be happy doing their own thing.

 

 

For me HDR is exactly that - High (er) Dynamic Range - than could be achieved in a single exposure. If it looks like it has been contrived then I feel it has failed. 

 

The perfect HDR shot should be one that isn't labeled and isn't commented on as such. The one I have posted fails in that it looks unnatural and looks like I have fiddled with it. 

That is why I wasn't happy and was why I went back to basics and worked a single exposure.

 

I know what you mean though and the HDR look that is really Tone Mapping and not HDR can be very effective but it just isn't for me.

 

Hear hear!