Graeme Struthers

here’s a colour version of the same shot… took loads of different angles etc

the background is perhaps a bit cluttered so taking with a shallower depth of field might help put emphasis on the gang?

Thanks for the comments so far…Apologies for the lack of info… first post, read the rules, obviously not properly!!

Taken with Fulji S100FS, ISO 100, very sunny day (a rarity in the UK) F/9 1/320 21mm focal length. Originally taken in colour and converted to B&W. I was trying to use the posts as a lead in to the lighthouse in the…[Read more]

vignetting appears to have caught the top right of the butterfly wing? Perhaps leaving the butterfly clear of this would give it more impact/focus?

maybe take the shot a little later when the sun wasn’t so high and bright into the lens?.. the sky and right hand side seems too bright to me (I know that might be kinda the point as it is a sunset!) so you lose a lot of the detail in those areas..

I would agree with earlier posts.. taken from lower down to make the background more trees, less stones, and also shallower depth of field to put the background more out of focus would have give the rock tower more impact.