[Conmike12]

August 30, 2007 at 1:34 am

RavenAsh wrote:

The second shot is a well caught moment and hopefully will be hanging on a wall.
Well done Conor.

Thanks Raven, I actually have a before and after shot to go along with the one of her blowing the feather, and thanks to the genius that is Lightrooms printing module , printing has become and absolute doddle. I have a relatively old printer but each shot comes out exactly how i see it on the monitor. Once you set Lightroom up , printing becomes so easy and you have so much control. Can’t recommend it enough. What used to be a nightmare has become a pure joy as each print reveals itself.

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August 24, 2007 at 12:42 pm

Cheers Robbie.Yeah , she has a fiery little temper on her for a four year old and it was me who was in for it !!

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August 23, 2007 at 3:40 pm

Thanks Simon. I agree, her position could have been better, but it was the only angle i could get at the time.There are ugly distractions to either side and her being four meant that there was no way she was gonna pose or stay still so i took what i could get. :-)

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August 22, 2007 at 8:25 pm

Merci beaucoup Luc :-)

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August 22, 2007 at 9:14 am

Cheers Robert.Thanks for pointing that out, I’ll remove it when I print this as you are right, it is a distraction.

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June 19, 2007 at 9:26 pm

Thanks Neil, i appreciate the feedback. It’s been said before so i suppose I’d better heed the horizon advice.What do most people use to correct for this, lens correction in PS or something like PTLens like john suggested in another post? I just tried your crop suggestion in lightroom but it doesn’t really work for me.
Myles, thanks for your comment. The exif for the fist shot is 10 sec f/22 iso 200 16mm , the second is 30 sec f/22 Iso 100 20mm

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June 18, 2007 at 7:08 pm

I like them.If it was me though I’d make them a bit more contrasty.I especially like that lovely curve of water at the top in the first one.

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June 18, 2007 at 5:40 pm

No, i didn’t drop it. I had the cam set up real low on the tripod trying to get this shot .It was windy and misty and the gulley i was standing in was only about 8 ft wide(you can’t really see that here) all covered in that evil bright green slippy sea moss. I was set up just so that when the waves broke, the biggest ones would come up around the tripod legs about 4 inches.Set the timer , , hit the cable release and stood back to let it do it’s thing. then a big mother of a wave broke up the channel.i saw it coming and went to get the cam, but i fell. Lol, i was lying there on the stones with the wave rushing around me and the tripod just in front of me, which i couldn’t reach. The water rose up to about 8 inches below the lens before it started to to subside, then i though it would pull it back out with it.By this time I had one hand on one of the legs. It was crazy… and all i could do was laugh at how mad it all was when i finally realised that the gear was safe, and i was only drenched. Crazy stuff, great fun, scary!!

There’s my curvy horizon again :-)

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June 18, 2007 at 1:45 pm

Thanks for the info John . I know how to do it in Photoshop but I’ll check out that PTlens you mentioned . I know it’s not the donw thing , but most of the time, ilike that curverd look across the horizon :-) . You’re right Andy , no matter what you do, she is the boss in the end, another morning near the same spot she demonstrated the ease at which she could easilly take 2 and a half grands worth of gear from me if she felt like it. I think she was just lettimg me know I was HER bitch, and not to forget it, Lol.
Thanks for the feed back lads.

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March 27, 2007 at 9:43 pm

My attempt.

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February 28, 2007 at 1:20 am

No neil, I don’t mind at all.All feedback,positive or negative can be learned from so thanks to you,and the rest of the guys for commenting on the shots .fishjam45, the shot was taken at f16, Iso 100 for 8 seconds . Cheers Hauke , it was at dawn though and it certainly didn’t feel very summery in the freezing cold !! :-)

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February 27, 2007 at 3:39 am

Thanks rod. The first one is my favourite too.I know a bit of the sky is burnt out but there’s just something subtle I like about it. That one was taken out in Skerries and the second one was taken oin the beach at Rush. Both locations are within a few miles of each other. Pm me if you’d like directions. Regards,Conor.

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February 13, 2007 at 12:47 am

those dust spots are actually midges,this was taken back in the summer. I spose I should clone them out though.

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February 12, 2007 at 5:07 pm

Really great shot.

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February 12, 2007 at 11:18 am

Yeah,i know what you mean about the angle,but believe me,this was the only one i could get.I was lying on my belly right at the waters edge for this.