[JMcL]

November 3, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Hi Gary,

This one doesn’t work for me I’m afraid, largely I think due to the processing. The halo around the mountain I find really distracting, and after that, my eye’s pulled straight to the big light patch of water at the bottom of the nearest waterfal. I’d like to see a more natural processing of this one – maybe lightening the sky a bit with relation to the foreground.

John

[JMcL]

March 9, 2009 at 9:42 am

First one’s great Andy. I’ve never managed to get something I’m entirely happy with up there – there’s too much available, and trying to figure out what to exclude is the hard part! As Cathal says, I think our fearless Captain Caveman should find out for definite where the tunnels go (there were all sorts of tales, over to Burt castle for one, in which case the Irish government should hire the lads that dug that to build the metro). I remember crawling about 10ft into one of them when I was about 8 or so and crawling right back out of it again at double speed!

[JMcL]

February 23, 2009 at 11:15 am

A good read Andy. One thing I think is really important from a safety perspective is to know what the tide’s doing (going in or out), and to be familiar with your chosen location. Being cut off by a rising tide with a sheer 40m cliff to your back=not fun!

[JMcL]

January 14, 2009 at 2:14 pm

I have a HP LP2065 which is great for photo editing (if a bit small these days). If this is coming with the same pedigree (S-IPS panel etc), then it’s a snip at that price

John

[JMcL]

January 13, 2009 at 10:48 am

Well done, that works well. The contrast between the cool blue tones and the warm yellow works well for me. “Annie” hasn’t moved then

John

[JMcL]

January 11, 2009 at 5:21 pm

Phil,

Small apertures will give you this effect. It can be nice, as on the lights on the bridge, but it’s very distracting here in what otherwise is a cracking image. I’m pretty sure the The only way you’ll be able to avoid it is make sure the light source isn’t in the frame.

John

[JMcL]

January 9, 2009 at 1:17 pm

Darragh, low water is around 11am this weekend, so there’ll be a falling tide at sunrise. It’ll be high tide the week after that at around 8:30am, not sure about the following week as I don’t have my 09 tide tables to hand

John

[JMcL]

January 8, 2009 at 3:55 pm

I bought a cheapy from Gadget Infinity and it lasted no time. The last one I bought from these lads is going fine so far (cheaper and chunkier that the previous one).

John

[JMcL]

January 6, 2009 at 1:57 pm

Nice one Noel, lovely light on the rocks.

Lots of good low tide rocks on the beach just below the car park, also on the next beach over (go right when you come down the steps, and go past the 2 sea stacks). Be warned though – this does ge cut off!

John

[JMcL]

January 6, 2009 at 1:52 pm

nfl-fan wrote:

The item I was purchasing was set to rise by about €35 when the next batch was delivered to the store.

Typical. We still get screwed despite the fact it’s not our currency going down the toilet :(

[JMcL]

January 6, 2009 at 1:50 pm

I seem to remember a discussion on getting jammed filters off here some time back, have a bit of a search and you should turn it up. If it needs repairs, Hahnel down in Bandon are the official Sigma service agent here.

John

[JMcL]

December 22, 2008 at 5:24 pm

Maybe we should up the stakes in the campaign and try to get John Cale’s rather excellent version at #2 as well?

[JMcL]

December 16, 2008 at 9:35 am

Cheers Andy,

I’ll give you a shout when I’m next up. I’ll be up sometime between Christmas and new year, though it’ll probably be a flying visit

John

[JMcL]

December 16, 2008 at 8:36 am

Thanks all. I’m growing into the second one as time goes by. I had a niggling worry initially that it was a bit unbalanced, but glad ye like it!

John

[JMcL]

December 15, 2008 at 8:51 am

I don’t bother with them either, I’d be with Martin all the way. I did get one with my Sigma wideangle (a Sigma branded one) and used it for a while, but the filter is just a muck magnet. I spent all my time cleaning the filter (and once it had got a bit of grime on it, it was keen on holding on tightly) so I eventually stopped using it. I always keep the both lens caps on when the lens is off the camera, and the hood on otherwise. When shooting on the coast, more often than not I’ll have a polariser on anyway which protects from spray

John