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kjt · 13-02-2008 9:41pm #1

Good evening ladies and gents!

Welp after sleeping through the clock yesterday I made myself get up this morning. Up and out the door by 6am. Here's what I came across on my hunt.
I'd love to hear your opinions

Thanks for looking!!

(p.s. apologies for the watermark on the 2nd shot, still undecided whether to buy the program or not

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sasar · 13-02-2008 9:49pm

Few shots are really nice, especially the second one.
Where abouts did you take these pics?

kjt · 13-02-2008 10:00pm

Thanks Sasar.

The second shot is the run in to Jacksons (pix3). Lovely spot if your into Kayaking. It is at the back of Lynhams Hotel in Laragh, Wicklow

The other two were taken around Wicklow.

CraggyIslander · 13-02-2008 10:08pm

love the first two, very tranquil (sp?). The last one makes my head hurt

RoryW · 13-02-2008 10:22pm

Fred C. Dobbs wrote: »

The last one makes my head hurt

+ 1 !

Placebo · 13-02-2008 10:27pm

hurts my head too, radial blur

shepthedog · 13-02-2008 10:27pm

the first one is lovely but i cant help being distracted by the branches, as the shore leads your eye brilliantly into the photo it gets lost when you hit the branches. Still lovely work.

Carrigman · 13-02-2008 10:33pm

Fine shots. Well worth getting up early for.

kjt · 13-02-2008 11:07pm

Thanks folks!

Oh and the last shot was straight from the camera, nothing done in photoshop except converting from raw

hussey · 13-02-2008 11:20pm

I like the last one, I've been trying to do similar stuff myself but can never get the settings just right - what did you have?

longish shutter speed and zoomed in or out?

kjt · 14-02-2008 12:24am

Hey Hussey,
It was taken with a 30D and 17-85mm.
Shutter - 1/50sec
Ap - F/5.6
ISO 100
I was fully zoomed in to start and then a really quick zoom out.

This is what the road looked like without the zooming

evilhomer · 14-02-2008 12:26am

Love the second pic kjt, it has a great atmosphere to it. Certainly worth getting up early for!

kjt · 14-02-2008 12:32am

Cheers Ed

Dades · 14-02-2008 10:37am

I really like 1 and 3.
I'd have moved the stick at the bottom of #1 though!

Great work for that ungodly hour.

run_Forrest_run · 14-02-2008 10:59am

I love 1 & 4, the colours in the sky on 1 are amazing, I could look at it for a long time. Love the road one, I have tried the zoom technique a few times but you got great results. well done.

Third_Echelon · 15-02-2008 12:26pm

1 and 2 are great..... 2 especially...

PaulieC · 15-02-2008 12:38pm

1) Lovely exposure, but I'd crop out most of the foreground, up to almost where the shore and water meet. Oh and clone out that branch!
2) Beautiful scene and I love the rays, but again the HDR seems to have robbed it of it's contrast - the whole scene looks a bit washed out

Hope the weather is kind this weekend - it's the first time in ages that I have a chance to do an early morn trip

kjt · 15-02-2008 12:48pm

Thanks for the comments folks!

If your about in Wicklow Paul, you might see me paddling by on the river

Borderfox · 15-02-2008 1:07pm

Really the Photomatix one.

PixelTrawler · 15-02-2008 1:47pm

The third one for me. Very very nice.
A slower shutter speed version would have been really nice - the colours are amazing

About the 4th one - were u in a car with some one or did you get that effect by doing a really fast zoom (at 1/50 it must have been a fast zoom! - did u have many duds trying?:))

kjt · 15-02-2008 1:56pm

Cheers buddy!

I really like your sunset shot.
Yea I had about 5/6 other shots that didn't turn out as well as the one posted above. I'm still not 100% happy with it but I'll head back to the same place another day and try focus better

EDIT: Oh I was on the side of the road with a tripod, no car used.

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