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Sunrise – Black Castle, Wicklow Town
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The ‘Black Castle’, Wicklow Town, Ireland ~ 6:25am ~ Wed 22 Aug 2012.
The small beach below left of these Norman remains is called “Travelahawk” – and is where St. Patrick first landed into Ireland.
Canon 5DMKII & 17-40mm – Lee 0.9 Grad filter (soft)
Click on image for 1200×800 version
Thks for looking – Bren
Hi Brendan,
I think this is a good image.
Lovely colour and nice and crisp.
I thought the land jutting into the sea looked a little dark but in the larger version it’s lit quite well.
Well done.
John.
Lovely shot Brendan.
Not content with influencing me to add a Metz 58 to my wishlist, I now need Lee filters……..fast.
Lovely image Brendan. Colours, comp and exposure are great. However I do find the scene a bit empty.
Pat
lousy wrote:
Lovely image Brendan. Colours, comp and exposure are great. However I do find the scene a bit empty.
Pat
I really like it. I think the emptiness really adds to it to be honest – love the clouds!
What’s a Lee filter by the way?
Thks for your comments.
I did this shot from this angle as a request. I was on a 60 degree cliff looking northwards. I set up about 10 min before sunrise – and waited.
Its the only composition i could do using the “rule of thirds” formula. A tall ship on the right would have been nice though!
There are far nicer castles in Ireland i know – but this is my ‘local’ one….well the stump of it.paulocon – “Lee” make an enormous range of filters – and they are the best….by far.
I used Cokin filters previously with a sigma 10-20- but when i got a 5DMkii & 17-40mm – I changed to the Pro choice.You need filter holder, a lens adapter to hold the filter to the Lens (in mm) and then you can start building your filter collection.
They are pretty expensive – but give perfect results. ( approx €80 for filter and adapter – and approx €80 per filter afterwards)
I still make use of bracketing (-1,0 &+1 exposures) – even with the filters on as i think it makes gradients in post production easier to control – and come out much smoother.I have 5 in total
A 1,2, & 3 stop Graduated Neutral Density (Hard edge) (0.3, 0.6 & 0.9 in Lee terminology)
A 3 stop Graduated Neutral Density (soft edge) (0.9)
A 2 stop ND. (0.6)
A 10 stop (Big Stopper)The one i use most and would recommend as first purchase is the 0.9 soft edge….followed by a 2 stop ND (milky water effect etc)
Videos and more info here
http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera/index
bren
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