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Capturing Vivid Greens Of Ireland’s Landscape
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On our upcoming first visit to Ireland, I’m looking forward to numerous memorable photos of landscapes of the Burren, Cliffs of Mohr, Dingle Peninsula, Ring of Kerry, etc. Obviously there’s more to Ireland photography than green, but pictures of fields in a light early morning mist are something to be proud of.
Some of the things I’ve learned include (and I do stand to be corrected on any and all, I don’t pretend to be a pro):
Early morning or late evening is best for lighting and shadow effects (when desired)
Tight arperture is best for full landscape pictures for maximum field of focus, so a tripod is a must as exposures may be 1/2 second or longer with low ISO and highest arperture setting.
Focus on a shade of green nearby to get proper exposure settings (light meter may help), and depending on light conditions, under-exposure can help.
Other considerations such as focal point, horizon position, etc that affect picture composition but not really colour saturation.
So, I ask what I’m missing or have wrong, and if there are any tips you might like to share with me.
Oh yeah, using a Canon T2i with Canon 18-55 3.5-5.6. I do own a longer lens but don’t really like using it for landscapes.
Thanks.
Jamie
A little underexposure, about a third of a stop, can help deepen colour.
The other thing you will find helpful, is playing around with the green/ yellow sliders under the hue or saturation tab if you’re using lightroom. Unfortunately I can’t remember which, as its been a while, but it was one thing that gave me the greens I saw, as the default processing tended to give me greens that had a little too much yellow in them.
Oh, lowering the white balance a little will sometimes help too with greens, as it seems to bring down the warmth of the yellow in the greens I found.
Hope that helps, as that’s what I discovered when seeing how I could easily replicate the wonderful greens one of my camera presets (Nikon D2x Mode 3) gave me :)
Thanks for the tips Murchu, appreciate it.
Does the amount of underexposure vary with lighting?? I.e.: more in low light and less in bright light, or the reverse??
I’m somewhat of a photography software idiot so I’ll have to play with settings there, and I’ll have to play with the white balance too before going over there.
Again, cheers!
Jamie
Hey Jamie,
Its a trick photographers used when shooting slides – underexpose by about a third of a stop to increase the intensity of the colour. With post-processing software these days, there are a lot more options, and if your software allows it, playing around with the hue/ saturation/ lightness sliders of the colours in question helps a lot. I wouldn’t go overboard, and usually find playing around with the parameters for one colour tends to do the trick. To help get your head around it, envisage something like a colour wheel, to understand what changing the hue/ saturation/ lightness does with the colour in question, I find this helps a lot :)
Get your white balance right and the rest is Lightroom magic. Oh and bring a rain jacket for you and your camera, given Irish weather. Finally give County Wicklow some consideration for your trip, with the 40 shades of green in Avoca and Glendaloch, they could be prise locations.
Was asking if coming north so that I could suggest some locations etc. Have a good time I would suggest good boots or wellies.
regards from Weeman (Nexus5)
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-Camera to manual and RAW
-ISO to 200 or 100 depending on how low your camera goes
-Aperture to F11 orF16
-White balance to flash (yes flash)
-Work on your shutter speed then increasing or decreasing depending on the lightThis leaves you more time to focus composition and light with only one dial to turn. After a while it’ll feel natural which is the way it should be.
-There are times when you’ll want to chop and change some settings for creative purposes but for 90% of the time when I shoot landscape I’m in the above settings.
Ollie
http://www.olliebyrne.com
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