Project 52 - Weekly Photos from Geoff F - Part 3

[Geoff F]

Once again, I will be attempting to post at least one photo per week throughout 2025. Part 2 is here

Project 52 - Weekly Photos from Geoff F - Part 2

Week 30 - The River Avon at Bantham. I returned to this location to cross the river by a little ferry then record insects on the other river bank.

Looking down the river from Bantham Quay.



7D with Tamron 24-70 lens. 1/640 F11 Iso 400. All these images are a merge of two bracketed exposures

[Geoff F]

After dropping off passengers on this beach the ferry returns to its base.



1/800 F11 Iso 400

Boats seen from Bantham Quay



And one of the buildings.

[billtils]

I like the figurehead shot Geoff!. I don't need to comment on cropping out the white at the top of the frame (but I just did ...)

[Geoff F]

I tried shooting several angles, Bill, but so much needed to be excluded. Maybe cropping square might be an alternative option.

I have cloned out a rough looking electricity connection box and an outside security light. Possibly the top could be reduced to just including the woodwork.

[Geoff F]

A square crop wasn't working exactly right for me and gave the image a rather squashed appearance lacking height so I tried a different approach. I often find that shooting in 2 x 3 ratio but thinking about 4 x 5 doesn't quite work out as I imagined the scene should appear.

[Cantab]

A square crop wasn't working exactly right for me and gave the image a rather squashed appearance lacking height so I tried a different approach. I often find that shooting in 2 x 3 ratio but thinking about 4 x 5 doesn't quite work out as I imagined the scene should appear.

Geoff, for the most part I think this crop works well. However, the very small patch of bright blue sky in the top right corner caught my attention. I'm wondering what would happen if you were to obliterate that patch of sky by extending the tree leaves with the help of PS.

[Geoff F]

Maybe a slight crop at the top with a fraction of clone might be worth trying. My original idea was to leave a bit of skyline there which was on the diagonal line, but it could be too bright I suppose.