West Cork - C&C

City-Exile

Pimped my own pics from a little wander around the coast today.
Got down to Castlefreake/Long Strand/Galley Head.
I know the second one needs the horizon straightened.

Ghost Train

Like them all, like you say the second could use a bit of straightening. The colours in the third look a bit off, like you turned down the red channel a bit too much because the colour of the grass doesn't look right. First one is super

Carrigman

Fine shots. Really love the first one. I agree with eolhc re straightening the second one. I'd have chosen a different border for the last one as the sky in the upper right just bleeds into the frame.

Calina

Okay.

I like number 1 a lot - I like the colours. There's a touch of oldpostcard about it. In saying that, however, I also find it a little bit unnatural looking.

2 I would have tried to shoot from a lower angle myself.

Number 3 - I don't know if it's my screen or not, but it looks a bit over burned topright which I find a little bit distracting. I do, however, like the crop/AR and the colour is wonderful.

City-Exile

I agree with you both.
eolhc, you're right about the colour.
It's not grass, but has a lovely green colour & I wanted to over exaggerate it.

I found it very hard to straighten the second one, because all the lines are coming in from different angles.

Carrigman, I'll try the third one with a black frame.

City-Exile

Calina, if I was to get down any lower, I'd have to have brought a sledge hammer with me, to remove the stone wall first.

With regard to the colours in the first one, I deliberately went for the old postcard look.

P.

Borderfox

Yeah real John Hinde look to them, very nice Peadar. Beautiful places too..

Calina

City-Exile wrote: »

Calina, if I was to get down any lower, I'd have to have brought a sledge hammer with me, to remove the stone wall first.

All in the name of art. I will be in Inchydoney on Sat and Sun probably surfing my little heart out or trying anyway...I think I will take a wander around the area when I have finished trying not to drown myself.

nilhg

A nice set, #1 would be my favourite, the composition and lighting are lovely, but I'm not so sure about the processing, there seems to be a slight overall softness and artifacts around the lighthouse and the keepers house.

#2 needs to be leveled, but the processing looks good to me.

#3 looks unnatural to be honest, it looks like it might have been a good candidate for HDR.

Really like the first one,colours are great and good composition,really like the kind of hazy look you've achieved in the background aswell.Second one is very nice again,the colours again make it for me.Although I would crop out the foreground just up to where the reflection of the bush is and then clone out the top of the remaining reeds.The third one however doesn't work for me.Composition is ok but I think you may have over processed it.The green looks a little sickly in comparison with the sea(on my monitor).I probably would have toned down the processing here and tried to regain the blown out sky.Great work on the first two though.

City-Exile

Here's another version of the third one...

A definite improvement with the sky.It doesn't look as blown out now.The frame suits it much better aswell.I can't help feeling that the green is a bit too strong for my taste but it's all down to taste really.

Dodgykeeper

Nice Pics real postcard feel to them! Whats the weather doing down there?

See you tomorrow, DCFC Allez Allez Allez!

City-Exile

Stop stealing our chants, Dodgykeeper!
The weather is grand.
Breezy, but grand.

City-Exile

This is another picture that I took of Galley Head Lighthouse.
The light was different & I processed it differently.

Calina

I prefer that last one tbhwy. I don't know if it's because it's a bit less soft...but it definitely appeals to me more. Not sure (sorry) about the black frame though - I sort of think white would be better with that.

just a feeling though.

Perspective is nice.

City-Exile

Calina wrote: »

Not sure (sorry) about the black frame though - I sort of think white would be better with that.

If you order a copy, you can have whatever colour frame you like!

Calina

Hmmm...

I'd think about it actually. Unfortunately any large print I buy at the moment is winding up in storage, but I do actually collect large lighthouse prints so could be tempted at some point in the future. Would have to be at least A1 though.

GristlyEnd

You might consider submitting that last one to Irish Lights as they print a calender every year with lighthouses being the theme.

City-Exile

Thanks for the tip, Darren.

These guys, is it?

abelard

I would have said #1 was a little soft too. I thought maybe the dof was a bit too narrow, but it seems it was the processing as the second version of the image looked much sharper to me.

For #2 I think there's a bit of an optical trick that makes me want to rotate the image very slightly anti-clockwise. The combination of the heights of the elements on the left and right, and the lines where land meets water seems to me to give a slightly unsettling balance. Did you try that one with a black border too?

I like #3 myself, again I thought the black-bordered one was better though. As said, probably a matter of taste, but I like the strong green

City-Exile

The first & second lighthouse pictures, are different shots.
I should point out that it was blowing a gale & I took those shots, standing on the edge of a cliff, with a non-IS 70-200mm f/2.8

City-Exile

How apt. There's a thing on RTÉ ONE now about lighthouses.

Ricky91t

City-Exile wrote: »

This is another picture that I took of Galley Head Lighthouse.
The light was different & I processed it differently.

I really like this one a really good feel to it very nice
The frame looks better in black too!
Keep up the good work

City-Exile

I was out again today.
Wrecked now from all the trekking!
Worth the effort though...

Ideo

No. 3 is very good! thats a great perspective of the trees, really emphasises the height of them! and ive seen 4 before, was there a photoshop challenge on it? and is the church still in use? nice captures!

Ghost Train

Love the second one, with the light through the trees and the stream of water, great shots

nilhg

Saw these on flickr, great set, can't say I'm mad about the border though..

kensutz

Second set of pics are really good. Now you're tempting me to make a trip down on Monday instead of the football.

nilhg

kensutz wrote: »

Second set of pics are really good. Now you're tempting me to make a trip down on Monday instead of the football.

I'm going to Clare for a few days on Monday, just looked up the forecast, don't know whether to bring the camera or a large supply of solpadhine........