[cian.m.hayes]

February 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm

I’d go for the one without the polariser. True, the polarier has brought out a lot more depth in the foreground but I think that detracts from the pumphouse as the focal point of the image. In the first image the building sits comfortably as the focus where as in the second one I find it isn’t as strong. I might also consider shaving a little off the bottom and left of the first image to help it a little further. I’d be curious to see it in a different light, the dull overcast sky isn’t doing the scene any favours but with a nice splash of dawn or dusk colours (orange building, blue sky + water) this composition might come into its own.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

November 29, 2007 at 2:26 pm

I’m in Dundrum and also own a 400D, I won’t be around this weekend, but if you’re still looking for some pointers next week I’d be happy to help where I can.

//Cian

EDIT: Oops, just noticed I have an extra 0 in mine. Oh, well, offer still stands.

[cian.m.hayes]

September 28, 2007 at 3:03 pm

Cheers! I didn’t notice that post, I checked in the for sale but not in the wanted.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

September 6, 2007 at 10:43 am

Ok, thanks lads, I guess in the volumes I’ll be using it’s not a big deal. Just thought I’d ask.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

September 5, 2007 at 6:12 pm

I’ve had a similar experience, I have a 400D and a couple of months back bought an old EOS 5, it’s 15 years old (I think) and it’s fantastic! It’s far nicer to use than the 400D, bigger view finder, nicer control layout and does 5 fps.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

July 24, 2007 at 5:10 am

I was strolling around Dundrum shopping center with my cmaera over my shoulder, I had no intention of taking photos because I fully expected to have a security guard kick me out. Interestingly, a security guard came up to me anyway and said that if I wanted to take photos I had to check in with the customer service desk. I was really surprised that they “confronted” me anyway but even more surprised that they allowed photography.

As for the shot, I agree that it would have been nice to see more floor.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

June 29, 2007 at 3:59 pm

Ah sure when someone throws down the gauntlet and all that . . .

It’s a nice shot too, I love the subtlety of the sky, it’s smoothness contrastred with the texture in the water. I would be tempted to try to tone down the red in the water, bring back just a little of the blue, or maybe just to make the lighter points of the water a bit more neutral.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

June 29, 2007 at 2:56 pm

Oh it gets worse,

How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
57006

:-)

[cian.m.hayes]

June 29, 2007 at 2:49 pm

I guess you mean the piece of land that appears to be sticking out over the water?

I can think of 4 options in increasing likelyhood:
1) atmospheric diffraction, like a mirage
2) it’s a tree line with sparse trunks and dense foliage
3) a not quite perfect attempt at cloning
4) it’s a beach, lighting post processing and compression made the sand look the same colour as the mountains.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

June 20, 2007 at 12:57 pm

There’s no difference between a green screen and a blue screen, it’s just a case of choosing a colour to give contrast between the subject and the background for easy masking, hell you could probably use an orange screen depending on the subject. I’m not sure what you mean by

I wasn’t aware that this could be done on digital

, I pressume you mean you didn’t realise this could be done on digital without photo-editing software, in which case I completely agree. Of course if the backdrop was only very lightly blue a little white balance and exposure compensation tomfoolery could make it look pretty white but that would look pretty obvious. I wonder though if this is a misunderstanding, the photographer not answering the question the client was asking but the one he thought the client was asking, some critical detail lost in the retelling. My money is on the photographer meaning “it’s still the same background, I just desaturated it”.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

June 15, 2007 at 12:28 pm

There’s a comparison of the canon 50mm f1.4 and 50mm 1.8 at
http://photo.net/equipment/canon/ef50/

Before reading this I could never really visualise what people meant when they said one lens had better bokeh than another. The first shot of the out of focus highlights is really good and lower down there’s a shot of a playground, both demonstrate the differences in bokeh.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

June 8, 2007 at 11:47 am

Hot tip, Bermingham cameras have a couple coming in this week or next.

EDIT: I’m not a plant, it’s just that one of them is mine :-)

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

June 7, 2007 at 7:17 pm

I guess you’ve provided a relativly clear warning that you retain ownership of the images but you haven’t stopped people from downloading your shots and using them without permission.

I now want people to contact me before downloading my images , i.e. take ownership of my own files.

I think the best way to do this is to create a group with yourself as admin, restrict uploads to yourself and restrict viewing to members of the group. That way you have a list of people who can access your shots and can remove people from the list at any time. It’s actually not that much work to manage once you get it set up, the only thing is that people will have to ask your permission before even seeing the shots.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

May 31, 2007 at 11:51 am

Thanks a million for the suggestions lads, I’ll be looking into both of them.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

May 29, 2007 at 4:51 pm

Compositionally great, the only thing I could think of to improve it would be a darker background to make yer man stand out a bit more. Either way it is really nice and the simplicity really works.

//Cian