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By the Old Canal
By the Old Canal
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Challenge: Foliage III (Standard Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: Helios 40-1 85mm f/1.5
Location: Llangollen, Wales
Date: Oct 9, 2016
Aperture: f/1.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Architecture, Rural
Date Uploaded: Oct 18, 2016

This shot really composed itself - as soon as I saw the scene, I knew how it had to be framed and shot.

The lens is the 50+ year old Helios again, of course my favourite, and it's previously proven its might as a distortion-free architectural lens when stopped down to around f/8 - however, this scene is to present it with a bit more of a challenge. This is shot wide open at f/1.5 - which, even at this distance, makes the depth of field shallow enough to separate the house and boat from the trees behind and the path in front. Focused in live view, as a standard modern focusing screen would not show the subtle distinctions in focus at this aperture.

Of course it also introduces a fair bit of chromatic and spherical aberration around the edges, but this only helps to emphasise the vintage feel of the scene that fits the content well.

Editing was intentionally restrained and under-saturated, avoiding the heavy dodging and burning that it would be tempting to use to bring out more colour from the foliage and contrast in general.

Editing: curves, cloning out a few distracting blemishes on the house and a logo on the boat, mild dodging and burning, resize and sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 80
Avg (all users): 4.8514
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7143
Avg (non-participants): 5.0313
Views since voting: 410
Views during voting: 115
Votes: 74
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0


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10/26/2016 12:07:13 PM
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

You’re definitely tugging at my heart strings with scene Eugene, having spent 15 years living on a narrow boat I wondered why I didn’t recognise this property but the Llangollen was one of the few canals I couldn’t get the boat up. Anyway, enough of me, you’re right there is only one composition possible because it works so well though I think I would have cropped the right between the chimneys in favour of more of the left, the natural part of the scene. As it is the house and the white rendering are very dominant and given the challenge brief you would have been able to display more foliage which may also have increased your score and voter participation. Thanks for your welcome reminder of many pleasant years past.
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