[ror9696]

December 18, 2006 at 1:57 pm

last post read- It’s interesting that some respondants feel I most of the colour

Should have read- It’s interesting that some respondants feel I remove most of the colour

[ror9696]

December 18, 2006 at 1:55 pm

It’s interesting that some respondants feel I most of the colour in some of my pics-“just because I can”
I have to earn a living from my work and anyone who has tried to sell photography through galleries
will tell you it’s very difficult and even then they sell for very low prices-They like paintings.
My work sells for ?300+ per pic because they are different.
As an example here is the same pic, the original and the reworked one.
Guess which one sells.

[ror9696]

December 18, 2006 at 1:06 pm

Here’s one I forgot

[ror9696]

December 18, 2006 at 12:31 pm

This was one of a series that I did for an exhibition a couple of years ago, the others are spread across the ‘Hooker Art’ & ‘Connemara Sea’ sections of
my web site.
In the mean time here are some of the Christmas cards I’ve been sending this year.
Have fun.
Ric

p.s. The shot – good shot, has Paddy ‘Shoulders’ sitting in the boat whilst his mate handles the ‘Starting pistol’-yes, a shot gun, usually used by Paddy to get the respect the “Official Starter” deserves !!!!

[ror9696]

December 15, 2006 at 7:05 pm

Hi, I have 2 x 5d’s and a 1ds mark 1. The first chance I had to try them side by side was in July when I was over in Ireland photographing the Galway Hookers in the regatta at Roundstone Co Galway.
The results amazed me the 5d on which I used a new 24-105 f4 lens compared to the 1ds with a 100-400 was so much sharper, needed far less corection in levels later and gave better colour balance.
I did not try swopping the lenses over as I was out on a friends fishing boat and was certainlt not going to get dust/rain/sea spray/seagull droppings on the chips.
There are two things you have to watch with the full-sized chip cameras-
1_ They require the best glass, almost inevitably ‘L’ series lenses ) I had a canon 24mm tilt lense but the ‘Fringong” was terrible, so I sold it.

2_ They are far more susceptible to dust on the chip..a constant pain in the ar..

Best wishes
Ric O’Reilly
http://web.mac.com/ricoreilly