[Daky]

May 13, 2010 at 4:04 pm

I’d agree with the crop. for some reason I keep getting drawn to the seaweed at the bottom left of the image.

Cracking image though, well worth getting up early (and being cranky due to lack of sleep) for.

[Daky]

April 27, 2010 at 4:29 pm

IRFU not happy http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_20710.php

IRFU Seeks Withdrawal Of Advertising Campaign
27 April 2010 2:37 pm

By Editor
The Irish Rugby Football Union has made contact, through its solicitors, with Largo Foods, the distributors of Hunky Dorys, and requested that they immediately withdraw the current advertising campaign, the strap line for which claims Hunky Dorys to be ‘Proud Sponsors of Irish Rugby.’
The Irish Rugby Football Union
The IRFU has today called for the withdrawal of a misleading advertising campaign
© IRFU
Padraig Power, the IRFU’s Commercial and Marketing Director, stated: “This advertising campaign is in very bad taste and one which the IRFU would not want to be associated with in any way.

“Firstly, its blatant exploitation of women is tasteless and base, and quite simply unacceptable. Irish rugby has a strong family focus and would not tolerate any connection with such an approach.

“Secondly, the claim that the product is a ‘Proud Sponsor of Irish Rugby’ implies that the company is a significant sponsor of the game in this country, through the IRFU. This is absolutely untrue and a cynical ploy in an attempt to capitalise on the popularity of the game.

“By doing so, it has the potential to undermine the legitimate claims of the many genuine sponsors and supporters of Irish rugby whose investment has been a key element in the success of rugby at grassroots level throughout the country, and of our provincial and national squads.

“In addition to pursuing the immediate withdrawal of the campaign through legal means, we are also writing to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland bringing to their attention the misleading claims.

“We would hope that the management of Largo Foods would withdraw the campaign immediately.”

Here’s the link to the campaign….. http://www.hunkydorys.ie/kit_bag/

[Daky]

April 23, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Hope all goes well at the weekend and at Ravenhill. Heading for Thomond at the weekend for a feast of rugby. Munster A Vs Ulster Ravens at 3.30 and Munster V Ospreys at 6.30 – hopefully I can get a few decent shots.

I must try out that Canon software.

[Daky]

April 22, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Some excellent shots. Love the action and the expressions. It might help to straighten them a bit, especially the try – looks like he had the hill with him.

[Daky]

April 14, 2010 at 2:11 pm

DougL wrote:

I really like the concept, and the expressions are great. I’m not a fan of the post-processing effect you’ve applied. I think it’s unnecessary and takes away from an otherwise excellent image.

-Doug

I’m not sure I agree. It would not work on an adult image but it adds a kind of fantasy style to the image that works well with a child.

[Daky]

April 14, 2010 at 12:43 pm

I love it. She certainly is showing plenty of character and obviously having a great time doing it.
Would look really great on the wall!

[Daky]

March 12, 2010 at 10:16 am

I’d be happy with the exposure and the sharpness etc. Don’t know if I’d class this as technical or pose, but in all three images some part of the girls is being cut off, the shoes in the second one for example or the elbow in the third.
Nice family shots.

[Daky]

February 26, 2010 at 10:31 am

When I saw the title “Ross Castle” I thought to myself “not another one” and almost didn’t bother to look. Living in Kerry, everybody around here has their own Ross Castle image. This, however, stands out. Great colours and sky and the HDR was handled perfectly. Excellent image (once you straighten it a bit).

[Daky]

February 19, 2010 at 10:26 am

I like that.

Was there during the middle of the day during the summer when the lighting was all wrong.

[Daky]

February 5, 2010 at 10:42 am

I like the first one. The only negative for me is that her shoulders seem to be a little hunched making the pose look a little uncomfortable.

In the second shot the I think there is too much out of focus foreground and the orange light in the background is distracting.

The shaft of sunlight on the face in the third shot is spoiling the shot for me.

Overall nice shots, with only a couple of small things stopping them from being really good.

[Daky]

February 5, 2010 at 10:28 am

Great shot! I was there during the snow a mont ago – even took some shots of the same boat but didn’t get anything a good as that. Nice.

[Daky]

February 3, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Sorry SRFC.

Maybe it’s my connection. I hit the link but when I had only about two inches of the image after about a minute I gave up waiting. you would be better off learngin how to post the image if you want people to comment.

[Daky]

February 1, 2010 at 11:34 am

Dee Dee wrote:

Paul Wh wrote:

Interesting what you can get from a compact, lovely deep view into this image, different time of day would make this a much better image, ie sunrise or sunset.

I shall be heading back there this summer with my slr !!!!! and all my gear so hopefully i can get a way better shot . :)

Very hard to get a good shot of Ladies View. Sunrise or sunset don’t work too well there because of the mountains on all sides.

[Daky]

January 7, 2010 at 4:44 pm

I like it too for all the reasons the others have given.

Don’t know if it would improve it much but if it were my image I’d at least play around with a crop – cut a bit of the top and the bottom and take a bit off the left too as the surfers are maybe a little too close to the centre of the image – the good old rule of the thirds. It might make it too “safe”.

Good shot, glad you didn’t delete it and that you decided to share it with us. Hopefully the first of many.

[Daky]

January 7, 2010 at 12:14 pm

If I’m on a “shoot” I wear daily disposable contact lenses, but if it’s just a case of pulling the camera out of the boot of the car for a couple of shots then I wear my glasses.

Most SLRs allow you make an adjustment for eyesight – the little knob on the eyepiece – adjust that until the readout in the viewfinder looks sharp.