[night86mare] Salisbury/Stonehenge

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Day trip over the weekend with some friends

#1

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#2

Panoramic crop of #1 as suggested by zaren

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#3

Alternate view - that's Stonehenge in the distance with tourists milling all around it

[Shutt3rbug]

very nice, love no.2
could see that the sensor is dirty from your photos

[zoossh]

tourists looks like mini-stonehenge from a distance. think the backlight casting them in silhouette without colors help in that.

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Originally Posted by Shutt3rbug very nice, love no.2 could see that the sensor is dirty from your photos

thanks shutt3rbug,

i think it's not sensor, is my silly filter, cos i cleaned my sensor the day before.. hahaha. but forgot to clean filter.. must have missed out the cloning of the dirty parts. having no clouds in the sky makes the filter spotting damn obvious.

Originally Posted by zoossh tourists looks like mini-stonehenge from a distance. think the backlight casting them in silhouette without colors help in that.

yeah, i couldn't avoid them, they were swarming everywhere because it was a weekend. stonehenge was somewhat of a letdown though, firstly because of the lack lustre lighting that day, which is no one's fault.. but also the fact that we were literally kept at arm's length from the stones. i guess is to avoid the problem of overzealous souvenier hunters taking out hammer and chisel to take away some keepsake, or to sell on ebay.

anyways, i have quite a few more shots from the salisbury cathedral (europe is literally full of cathedrals) and this ruin site called old sarum with many nice trees, will post them up as they come along..

[U-nik]

Nice pics of the stonehedge

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Originally Posted by U-nik Nice pics of the stonehedge

thanks.

#4

Area before entrance to Salisbury Cathedral

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#5

A bunch of statues at the cathedral's entrance

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#6

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by night86mare thanks shutt3rbug, i think it's not sensor, is my silly filter, cos i cleaned my sensor the day before.. hahaha. but forgot to clean filter.. must have missed out the cloning of the dirty parts. having no clouds in the sky makes the filter spotting damn obvious. yeah, i couldn't avoid them, they were swarming everywhere because it was a weekend. stonehenge was somewhat of a letdown though, firstly because of the lack lustre lighting that day, which is no one's fault.. but also the fact that we were literally kept at arm's length from the stones. i guess is to avoid the problem of overzealous souvenier hunters taking out hammer and chisel to take away some keepsake, or to sell on ebay. anyways, i have quite a few more shots from the salisbury cathedral (europe is literally full of cathedrals) and this ruin site called old sarum with many nice trees, will post them up as they come along..

perhaps you have alternative vision which the lighting is not compatible with it, but the first two looks great to me as per processed. i can imagine more variety and potential if you can get more vantage, but things has been like that since almost 10 yrs ago.

i got to say physical preservation of culture is pretty well done in UK. the ticketing booth and sourvenir shop must have been still in the "trough" hidden away from the horizon. the last time i'm there, they are worried about us stepping on the grass spreading the mad cow disease.... now i see the signs have changed.

things is hardly the same in asia; some even walled off the archaeological sites for dubious purposes.....

besides the tourists do add to your photo when they are backlit. like i say, mini-stonehenges... well, alternatively, we can imagine them as ancient celts on their way to worshipping... if there is further imagination and manipulation, let's add an excalibur in the middle of the stonehenge where there is a space.

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Originally Posted by zoossh perhaps you have alternative vision which the lighting is not compatible with it, but the first two looks great to me as per processed. i can imagine more variety and potential if you can get more vantage, but things has been like that since almost 10 yrs ago. i got to say physical preservation of culture is pretty well done in UK. the ticketing booth and sourvenir shop must have been still in the "trough" hidden away from the horizon. the last time i'm there, they are worried about us stepping on the grass spreading the mad cow disease.... now i see the signs have changed. things is hardly the same in asia; some even walled off the archaeological sites for dubious purposes..... besides the tourists do add to your photo when they are backlit. like i say, mini-stonehenges... well, alternatively, we can imagine them as ancient celts on their way to worshipping... if there is further imagination and manipulation, let's add an excalibur in the middle of the stonehenge where there is a space.

hahaha, yar, i was hoping i'd get god's rays but no joy, no clouds at all. i think some clouds would have added to the image, but then i am a real sucker for clouds.

yes, you are right, everything else is hidden from sight from all views. except for the tourists and a certain platform.. for which the sign is captured in #3

hahaha, an excaibur huh

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#8

Taken in the area of Old Sarum, the site where the original earliest recorded settlement of Salisbury was. There are many ruins (i.e. rocks and stone piles) located around the area, which has many trees, and very pleasing terrain.

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[droozy]

nice pics u have ! Wat camera, filter and settings did u use ?

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Originally Posted by droozy nice pics u have ! Wat camera, filter and settings did u use ?

thank you

pentax k100d, tianya graduated grey filter was on a sigma 10-20.. settings it all depends. most of the photos have their exif intact so you can look at it if you wish, i think. just save it and use the properties function in windows to see what fstop and shutter speed and iso was used. most here should be iso400 though.

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#10

[ghogho]

The last one was really good! I love the colours and the leading fence. You could use the fence to your advantage slightly more by going to the left alittle bit and isolating the tree. I love isolated trees bathed in golden light and that's rarely seen in singapore. Perhaps you can even use the branches of the trees to partially cover the sun to get a nicer "star" effect. =) just a suggestion. keep shooting!

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Originally Posted by ghogho The last one was really good! I love the colours and the leading fence. You could use the fence to your advantage slightly more by going to the left alittle bit and isolating the tree. I love isolated trees bathed in golden light and that's rarely seen in singapore. Perhaps you can even use the branches of the trees to partially cover the sun to get a nicer "star" effect. =) just a suggestion. keep shooting!

thanks for the constructive comments..

yes, i wish i had more time there.. at the moment i just took a few snaps, and had to move on.. the trouble of travelling as a group. i'm quite sure there would have been a stronger composition than what was depicted above.

well, singapore has a lot of isolated trees, but there doesn't really tend to be hills i guess.. you just have to search for them. a lot of the ir people know where to find the isolated trees hurhur.

cheers!