Hook Head

Carrigman

One of the advantages of the winter evenings is the ability to take low light shots at a civilised hour. Here is one of Hook Head lighthouse in County Wexford taken around 5pm yesterday. Canon 5D, Sigma 70-200 f/2.8, 15 seconds @ f/11. A car passed by leaving a red streak due to the long exposure.

mike65

I love that, on one hand the rear light trail is annoying on the other its a feature in itself.

My only (very small) grumble is that the light house is too central.

Mike.

PopeBuckfastXVI

That's fantastic!

Is that mist coming off the sea, or is it an effect of the long exposure?

Fingalian

Great shot, well done.

bradnailer

Nice job, spooky sea, I'd crop a little off the left close to the cottages.

ThOnda

Very good. I can imagine cropping a little of the sea at the bottom ;-)

Borderfox

Nice shot except for the light trail, I thought it was a horizon straightening device!!

RoryW

excellent photo

Dades

Very nice! Love the way the sea came out . Didn't know what the red line was at first glance though.

run_Forrest_run

very nice pic but damn that car tail light!

AnCatDubh

i like it loads - just wonder if there is too much sea in it? The slow shutter has given a wonderful effect on the sea and the lights. The tail light is kinda interesting but probably doesn't add to the image (at least in the right kinda way). Cheers.

snellers

nice pic - if you had the camera setup slightly to the right you would have 'moved' everything to the left a little taking away the space to the left of the houses that IMO isnt interesting and also brought into view the edge of the coastline which may have improved the overall composition.

ike

Lovely shot carrigman - well done!

I spend a lot of time fishing there over the summer months but never gotten around to photographing the lighthouse, I think the light trail adds to it, personally I would have cropped out a bit of the sea in the foreground, but i would have been happy either way!

mobileblog

Lovely shot Carrigman, The mist coming from the sea pushing up against the rocks and the star like light shining from the lighthouse is perfect.

Hugh_C

Very cool. Do you have any additional filtering on the lens other than (presumably) a UV?

Xios

I love it, don't change a damn thing!

Tarakiwa

Love it!
Well done!

beans

Ah it's grand, could do with a dog in frame though...

5uspect

I really like it but here's a mad idea:
Crop off everything above and including the red line leaving just the rock and the sea.
Gives you a very primordial looking sea scape with the cool surface reflections you've got.

Rob_T

Great shot, love the texture of the sea and I actually like the red streak.

Carrigman

hughchal wrote: »

Very cool. Do you have any additional filtering on the lens other than (presumably) a UV?

Thanks for all the feedback folks. There was nothing on the lens other than the UV filter which I use for protection only.

For what it's worth, I've posted a slightly different version - without the red streak - here:

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=2103121

Dades

Carrigman wrote: »

For what it's worth, I've posted a slightly different version - without the red streak - here:

Hmmm. Could use more colour.

Alanstrainor

All i can say is wow, i think it's one amazing shot, and i like the red streak too, i now have it as my wallpaper,

Alan,