[daff]

August 8, 2009 at 11:47 pm

Hi Angela,
I like no.1, nice sky & waves in the sea
I agree with other comments on rotating/cropping 2&3 to level the horizon but I feel a lot of detail left & right would be lost, unfortunately
Cheers,
Joe

[daff]

August 8, 2009 at 11:30 pm

Hi Angela,
I have not replied to posts in this forum for a while :(
The edited version is overcooked imo
All the original needs is a slight boost in contrast & a little sharpening
Some foreground interest e.g flowers, rock, fencepost etc in the bottom left of the pic. would have greately improved the shot
Cheers,
Joe (a neighbour from Tralee) :)

[daff]

February 22, 2009 at 10:32 pm

MadeleineCalaidoWeber wrote:

oh i wasnt aware of it, that it is new? i would pass and ignore it or is there another one? i remember that there already was a wreck? i like it but i would watch the cyan sky ( ;

Cheers
Madeleine

Thanks for your reply Madeline. There was an article & photo about this wreck in Kerrys Eye newspaper on Feb. 12th last. It listed the names of ships that sank off Rossbeigh in the past 100 years & the year in which they sank. My understanding from the article is that this wreck was uncovered recently when a large area of sand dunes were also washed out to sea. Regards, Daff

[daff]

February 22, 2009 at 10:17 pm

kenh wrote:

Is this what you were after?

(Just cut and paste the URL from your personal gallery between the IMG here!)

PS I’m with Mark on this – get back there and shoot it from all angles – it’s a lovely subject, and your post is good!

Thanks, Kenh, for your advice. Regards, Daff

[daff]

November 8, 2008 at 11:22 pm

irishshagua wrote:

Everything seems very calm and surrene in the foreground but I think this calmness is interupted with the heavy liughts in the background.
I like the dark area at the top. Very tempting to crop it out but I think it adds to the shot leaving it in. Kind of frames the action nicely.

Brian

Thanks Brian. I agree about the powerful lights in the background. I increased/decreased AV to tone down the lights to give a “star” effect, to no avail. Any suggestions on which AV/ISO is best to achieve this effect. Regards, Joe.

[daff]

August 15, 2008 at 11:48 pm

sharonl wrote:

Thanks all for the feedback, I don’t mind at all joe, I was hoping someone would be able to shed some light on how to improve the noise in the sky, any tips on how you did it? I’ve only started using photoshop about 3 weeks ago so its new to me and I’m trying to learn how best to use it.

sharon

Glad to help Sharon. I have Photoshop CS3 Extended & rarely use it for noise reduction. For your pic. I used Noisware Community Edition which you can download for free from http://www.imagenomic.com/nwsa.aspx. Search the downloads & you will see the free “Noiseware Community Edition Standalone”. I find it brilliant as when you import your pic. it recognises the noise levels, click on “go” & noise disappears in seconds. Click on the pic. to see the original noise, unclick, no noise. P.S. dont forget to save the image. It will be saved in your folder as

---

filtered. You should give it a try. Cheers, Joe.

[daff]

August 14, 2008 at 12:31 am

Brickee wrote:

Thank you for your comment Joe, I used two filters on these, an Enhancement and a Circ. Polorizer combined.

Jim

Thanks, Joe

[daff]

August 14, 2008 at 12:04 am

Nice shot & B&W works well. The sky is noisy & as your edit box is ticked “Yes”, I had a little play. I hope you dont mind. Joe.

[daff]

August 12, 2008 at 10:24 pm

The nicest sunrise shot I have seen in a while. Yer man makes it for me. Frame it big & hang it on a wall. Joe

[daff]

August 12, 2008 at 10:06 pm

No.1 is fabulous. Wish I had a boat there. Joe

[daff]

August 12, 2008 at 9:49 pm

Nice set. The last one is my fav. Did you use ND Grad filters. I like the star effect from the sun in the 2nd. Joe

[daff]

August 12, 2008 at 9:41 pm

This is a lovely pic. of a lovely place. I love the colours esp. the vivid blue in the sky. You achieved good dof with an aperture value of f5.6. The shot would be much better if there was foreground interest e.g a rock, lobster pot, small boat etc. on the beach at the bottom of the pic. Well done. Joe

[daff]

August 9, 2008 at 11:33 pm

Nice capture. daff

[daff]

August 9, 2008 at 11:12 pm

Nice capture. Well done. A salmon leaping in the salmon run would have been a fantastic addition, however all is not possible at times. Cheers, daff.

[daff]

August 9, 2008 at 10:53 pm

I agree with derrycity & Big Fella, more of the water on the left could be included & a slower shutter speed would improve the pic. Cheers, daff.