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  • Green glens
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    sinhob
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    Fantastic! There’s a great sense of peace in this photo. I only wish I could get such a shot!
    Sinead

    PD_BARBS
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    Nice tranquil shot, the slow shutter speed worked really well.

    Green glens
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    Thanks for the feedback Sinead and Peter……John!

    brendancullen
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    Hi Sinead – don’t “Wish” you could take such a shot – just GO take it this weekend.

    All you need is a camera ( i presume you have one), a tripod and perhaps a ND4 Cokin P filter system (approx £25 and available in Jessops).

    If you didn’t have a filter – take two exposures ( Sky & foreground and use Photoshop or Elements to blend them)

    Frame your shot in Live view if possible, AV mode at f/16, IOS 100, countdown timer or a wired shutter cable and bang.

    You live only 90 min from some of Northern Irelands most stunning seascapes ( Ballycastle, Portrush & Portstewert). I wish i did.

    Cheak out Gary’s site for all the right places to go.

    http://www.garymcparland.com/pages/viewimage.asp?idPhoto=365

    Tomorrow at sunset you could have a stunning image to.

    The hard part is getting the location and framing a good shot

    bren

    sinhob
    Member

    Thanks Brendan for sharing all this information. I plan on getting out to capture a sunset very soon; I did get a lovely one in Donegal a few years ago but as yet have been unable to replicate it – family commitments and lack of time being my real reasons!!

    However, I do have a great camera and a fab wide angle lens – but unfortunately a useless Jessops tripod which has never worked for me and no filters aside from UV. I’m also not very proficient on Photoshop just yet, although I have taken several evening courses which helped enormously and I have a couple of great books but I need to get around to practising the skills within!!

    I’m hoping to treat myself to a new tripod and a few filters soon and then there’ll be no stopping me! I’m going to keep a note of your suggestions so I can try them out and I’ll let you know how I get on.

    Thanks again for your advice :)

    Sinead

    miki g
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    Hi John.
    Lovely shot but I would get rid of the frame as I find it distracting on the right due to the highlights. Well done

    Green glens
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    miki g wrote:

    Hi John.
    Lovely shot but I would get rid of the frame as I find it distracting on the right due to the highlights. Well done

    Thanks Miki, your right about the border I must have stroked it before flattening the image :mrgreen: ….John!

    Sodafarl
    Member

    John
    Agree with the other posts a lovely peaceful image, you must be well pleased with it.

    Soda

    Green glens
    Participant

    Thanks Carl …..John!

    Enzyme
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    John
    Well done. You’ve got a really beautiful shot there.
    Enda

    Green glens
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    Thanks Enda……John!

    vividimages
    Member

    Stunning image, great use of the nd filters and long exposure.
    Gareth

    Green glens
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    Thanks for the feedback Gareth…..John!

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