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1 spot, 2 views (Samuel Beckett Bridge and the other side)
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Hi,
Took these photos yesterday at about 11pm at the Samuel Beckett Bridge. I’ve always wanted to take some shots from this spot. I was pleasantly surprised to find the other side has its own beauty as well. All the photos come straightly from the camera, Nikon 300D, with the Colour settting at Vivid. All comments welcome. Thanks.
I really like the second one, good spot and it makes for a nice looking image, just a bit of a shame about the nearest ridge in the glass, just takes away from the mirror effect I for me, 3rd one the base of the bridge at the base of the arch looks a bit blown out tome, maybe you had the exposure set a little too long, first is a nice shot, I fnd the line in the water a bit distracting, but I guess that’s just the flow of the Liffey and you can’t control that!!
Hi Kyl. Thanks very much for the comment, appreciate it. About the second photo, totally agree wit you But I didn’t realise it was actually very difficult to make a perfect reflection. If you use the tripod, you won’t get closed enough to the glass, so I had to handheld the camera against the glass for 20 seconds! Man, that was difficult. 3rd one, the base of the bridge is indeed over-exposed. I had to sacrifise it for the whole photo. If I had set the exposure based on the light from the base, the whole photo would come out under-exposed. Maybe I can try to merge 2 photos together? I didn’t realise the water being distracting until you mentioned it,I actually liked the colours. But now when I have a second look, I think you are right. But the only way to make it right is to take another photo with quicker shutter speed, so that the water would look not as distracting, and then merge 2 photos together. Cheers.
stone0046 wrote:
If you use the tripod, you won’t get closed enough to the glass
You will if you have a good tripod.
I agree the second one is a great view of something that’s been shot from nearly every angle. It was only when I read the comments I realised it wasn’t post processing trickery!
Another suggestion about the tripod. Even if you don’t have something fancy like this here why not use just two legs of the tripod and lean the camera against the glass. Might save the arms!
wirepic wrote:
Another suggestion about the tripod. Even if you don’t have something fancy like this here why not use just two legs of the tripod and lean the camera against the glass. Might save the arms!
Might save the arms but you might lose the camera.
PS: It´s nothing “fancy”, it can be bought for €170 http://www.connscameras.ie/manfrotto-055xprob/p-8024221517378vpd.html” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
Hi Guys. Thanks a lot for the sugguestions. Didn’t even know such type of tripod exist. Actually, I did use just 2 legs of the camera with my righthand pressed the camera against the glass window to get the shot. €170 worth of a tripod would be a fancy one now for any non-professionals, : )
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I’m seeing some strange artifacts in the photos. In the first one, it’s noticeable as blocky banding in the sky. In the second, you can see it in the bridge cables, and to a lesser extent in the sky. In the third image, it’s very noticeable in the bridge cables. I’m not sure why it’s there, as you mentioned that you didn’t do any post-processing, which is normally where this sort of thing is introduced. Did you choose a very low JPEG quality setting when resizing the images? That might cause it.
In any case, I really like the composition in these. The mirror image in the window was especially creative. If you can fix the artifacts, you’ve got some really good shots here.
-Doug
stone0046 wrote:
Hi Guys. Thanks a lot for the sugguestions. Didn’t even know such type of tripod exist. Actually, I did use just 2 legs of the camera with my righthand pressed the camera against the glass window to get the shot. €170 worth of a tripod would be a fancy one now for any non-professionals, : )
Do you think I am a pro? :D Moreover I mostly take documentary photos, I use this tripod (btw it´s Manfrotto 055XPROB) maybe once in a few weeks.
DougL wrote:
I’m seeing some strange artifacts in the photos…. I’m not sure why it’s there, as you mentioned that you didn’t do any post-processing, which is normally where this sort of thing is introduced. Did you choose a very low JPEG quality setting when resizing the images? That might cause it.
Hi Doug,
You are absolutely right about the artifacts. The original size of the photos is about 5MB, for uploaded and copyright purposes, I downsized them to about 400kb, I think that’s how the artifacts appeared. Good judgement though. Never know it before. Cheers!
What software are you using to re-size them? Most modern image editors should not introduce artifacts like that, as long as you choose something above 60% for JPEG quality.
-Doug
DougL wrote:
What software are you using to re-size them? Most modern image editors should not introduce artifacts like that, as long as you choose something above 60% for JPEG quality.
-Doug
I used the Microsoft Office Picture Manager to have them resized because I uploaded the photos at work where I do not have any other softwares (Yes, I did use the company resource while at work…like anybody else… : )
BTW, thanks for the tips about embedding images in posts. However, maybe I’m just being stupid, I do not seem to be able to find the Gallery function on this website. It seems that it has been removed somehow…
stone0046 wrote:
I used the Microsoft Office Picture Manager to have them resized because I uploaded the photos at work where I do not have any other softwares (Yes, I did use the company resource while at work…like anybody else… : )
You should definitely try another photo editor for resizing images. I’ve never heard of Picture Manager, but the results don’t look good. There are free image editors like Picasa from Google, or GIMP (a bit more like Photoshop). You should not get artifacts that bad from simply resizing an image.
-Doug
Hi Doug,
Thanks very much again for the advice. I do have Photoshop in the house, which is what I normally use to edit photos. But as I said I was working at the time, it was the only software we have at work place.
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