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St Kevins Way – Wicklow Gap
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Ok heres a few from a couple of trips up the Wicklow gap – the first was from last night. I had hoped to spend a bit more time up there but I was being followed by a ‘cartoon- style’ cloud of midges and had forgotten my repellant.
The bottom ones are from a trip back in May when the midges weren’t so abundant.
Not sure if these really make the grade but thought I’d pop them up anyway to see what you think.
Cheers
Gary
2 and 3 for me Gary the slow flow of the water through the stone takes you nicely to the bridge
did you have a cooling filter on in #2 its got a winter look to itCathal
I love your soft water, but the rocks are a bit too soft, specially the last one.
Thanks Cathal & Pixelle.
Interesting to hear the comment on warmth cathal – since getting the the 40D late last year I have noticed a tendancy to auto-wb on the cold side – especially in tricky lighting conditions. Anyone else noticed this? I’m always a bit wary of ‘over-correcting’ things like this in PS and guess i may not have gone far enough … I guess the same could be said of the sharpening Pix?
Cheers
gary
They’re 3 fine shots there Gary. Well composed and presented. It’s the sort of thing you’d see on a “Visit Ireland” brochure.
Re the softness – you know yourself that compression will take the edge form an image but I’d say, in my uneducated but purely hypothetical opinion that if these were printed they would look…awsome?
Lousy, Wexkel11 & nfl have been up that direction a couple of times. I think I may join them!
Alan.
Thanks for that Alan – “Vist Ireland” Brochure …. hmmm I don’t think so myself. That’s one of the problems with all this critiquing, it can make you a very harsh self critic. Does me anyway.
Yes I saw the shots from the lads, and griangraf had a great pano of this spot also. The midges clearly think its very scenic also. If you’re up at any stage give me a shout & I’ll see if I’m free.
Number three for me Gary. Just needs a tad more sharpening I reckon. Looking closely
at the second, it looks as though the softness issue with this one is a matter of movement
or shake, so I don’t think sharpening would rescue this one. Though I may be wrong…Rob.
Three fine images there Gary.
# 3 stands out for me, you’re exposure of the water works fine
and the sky is nice too.My own images of that particular location were not satisfying at all… but as has been
said by one of my mates..”I am my own worst critic”.Pat
Three very good images Gary. The 3rd stands out to me because of its huge depth. I’d say this one is so deep you were practically underwater. Perhaps you were coming up for air between the fights with the midges?
It’s a shame there isn’t a little more interest in the sky. Looks like super location.
Regarding WB. I assume you are shooting RAW anyway. But I always find that it helps me to stick to a single white balance under all conditions. I have my camera permanently set to sunny. Although this might slow down my workflow a tad, at least I know that I have a stable reference point on which to start any adjustment in post-process and one less variable to contend with in the field. My own exprience with AWB is that is is regularly confused by cool light and warm light.
Love the dept in no 3 the exposure on the water looks good and nice detail in the rocks.
Mick
Nr 3 for me too. I’m a fan of taking a landscape image in portrait format and it works really well here, great dof and something for the eye to look at back, mid and foreground. Well done :)
Many thanks Rob, Andy, Mick, Pat and Eva for your feedback and the tips on WB.
Interesting to see the preference for #3. It’s wasn’t quite underwater Andy…. I’ll leave that extreme photography stuff to you.
Gary
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