{"id":8380,"date":"2014-06-23T13:28:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T12:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8380"},"modified":"2022-11-11T20:12:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T20:12:36","slug":"rydal-water-tree-and-a-question-of-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk\/blog\/shoots\/rydal-water-tree-and-a-question-of-composition","title":{"rendered":"Rydal Water Tree and a question of Composition."},"content":{"rendered":"

On this particular day I had been shooting down at Waterhead and having made the shots I wanted I decided to take a drive north and see what I could see. There is an ideal parking place beside Rydal Water that is a moments walk to this location, however there is room for one car and that space is often taken by a white van belonging to a fisherman. On this particular occasion and for no other reason that the parking space was free I decided to mount the kerb and go for it.<\/p>\n

I guess my visit to the Rydal Tree was one out of convenience, I could easily stop and the light was fading fast, I suspect had I of carried on by the time I’d of got to the next place the light would be gone.<\/p>\n

I have been in two minds whether or not to post these images as I don’t think they are the best of this location<\/a> but they do serve as a exercise in trying to be unique, trying to find a different composition and a reminder that professional etiquette is a good thing.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I managed to capture from various angles.<\/p>\n

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The Very last of the evening light skimming the top of the Loughrigg in the distance. I was right, had I have kept going I’d have missed the light.<\/p>\n

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A wider shot, I like this composition better than the portrait format, however I think the scene is somewhat penalised with the weed in the water breaking up the reflections. However the reflection of the vapour trails adds a lead in line. Just goes to show you can’t control the environment or indeed the conditions. Jus make the most of what you’re presented with. Like life I guess.<\/p>\n

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Stepping back from the waters edge to include some of the grass into the foreground with a hope of detracting form the weed on the surface of the water. I had to recompose a couple of times as this place is littered in Swan droppings,\u00a0if that is indeed the right terminology.<\/p>\n

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With the sunlight gone from Loughrigg the scene is left a little flat and from now on its an exercise in composition and avoiding Swan Sh*t.<\/p>\n

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Out of all the compositions here I really like this approach. Ive not seen it done before, maybe because the tree doesn’t have as good a shape from this angle.<\/p>\n

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You need to get down low here to make sure the small tree breaks the horizon, without that it is hard to distinguish the tree from the background.<\/p>\n

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Now I have my Tilt and Shift Lens Id like to try this composition again as I could capture every part of this scene in sharp focus by tilting the lens down. Im not a fan of combining multiple exposures into one to get a greater depth of field. Maybe this show would benefit from more reflection of the tree in the water.<\/p>\n

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In orde to get the tree reflecting in the water and the tree itself breaking the horizon there is only one position to compose this shot and its here. I suspect this would give the best composition from here, just need favourable weather conditions, good light and a parking space to develop this further.<\/p>\n

I think since Colin took his shot from here, this location has seen a lot more visits from\u00a0photography enthusiasts. Rightly so, its a nice spot and one I will likely visit again, but always mindful of someone else creative efforts.<\/p>\n

You can see my current collection of Rydal Prints here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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