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Night Sky in Cork

  • 20-07-2008 2:14pm
    #1
    Trojan911
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    Took these last night near to Cork City. Unforunately I did not have my tripod with me so lost a few to blurring. Other than cropping them, I have not touched them with Adobe PS, Cannon 400D Sigma DG 70-300 lens used.

    Is there anything more I could do to improve them? C&C welcome.

    Cheers.


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  • #2
    melekalikimaka
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    shrink them down... ad embed em


  • #3
    Trojan911
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    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    shrink them down... ad embed em

    Don't know how to do the above, tried and keep failing.


  • #4
    conkeroo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭conkeroo


    Trojan911 wrote: »
    Took these last night near to Cork City. Unforunately I did not have my tripod with me so lost a few to blurring. Other than cropping them, I have not touched them with Adobe PS, Cannon 400D Sigma DG 70-300 lens used.

    Is there anything more I could do to improve them? C&C welcome.

    Cheers.

    I would say first off, the tripod is a must for that time of day. The images look particularly noisy, the iso seems pretty high. What you could have done was (tripod permitting) take bracketed exposures and blend them in PS in order to get definition in the under exposed foreground. Or use filters.
    The colours look as if the contrast has been put through the roof so maybe lower that in your in-camera settings.


  • #5
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    conkeroo wrote: »
    I would say first off, the tripod is a must for that time of day. The images look particularly noisy, the iso seems pretty high. What you could have done was (tripod permitting) take bracketed exposures and blend them in PS in order to get definition in the under exposed foreground. Or use filters.
    The colours look as if the contrast has been put through the roof so maybe lower that in your in-camera settings.

    Thanks.

    The ISO was 400, but as you say, the tripod was needed. However it was an amazing sky so I took a chance. Will play with them in PS.


  • #6
    kgiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 694 ✭✭✭kgiller


    Where were these taken from? Im trying to find some good spots for taking sunset photos in cork.


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  • #7
    dazftw
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    1st one is good nice balance between the foreground and background! Composition is nice it rises up to the right!

    2nd has a bit to much foreground

    3rd has no foreground so its not doing anything for me!

    The sky is nice though, play with them in PS and post back up some!!

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  • #8
    Balfey1972
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    dazftw wrote: »
    1st one is good nice balance between the foreground and background! Composition is nice it rises up to the right!

    2nd has a bit to much foreground

    3rd has no foreground so its not doing anything for me!

    The sky is nice though, play with them in PS and post back up some!!
    agree with the comments here...


  • #9
    kensutz
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    This is the way it was in Waterford:

    2686844658_6cdf7aec48.jpg


  • #10
    Trojan911
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    kgiller wrote: »
    Where were these taken from? Im trying to find some good spots for taking sunset photos in cork.

    In the carpark of the greyhound track in Curraheen.


  • #11
    dazftw
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    kensutz wrote: »
    This is the way it was in Waterford:

    2686844658_6cdf7aec48.jpg

    Thats nice now!

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  • #12
    Thoie
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    Half of Munster must have been out with cameras that evening - here's one of mine (taken in Glounthaune for those who care).

    2690580410_3054d2f658.jpg


  • #13
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    Thoie wrote: »
    Half of Munster must have been out with cameras that evening - here's one of mine (taken in Glounthaune for those who care).


    Nice pics there Thoie & Kensutz.


  • #14
    sebastianlieken
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    I love photos 1 & 3. The first has a nice contrast between foreground and sky, however I prefer the sky in photo 3 as it's more zoomed, its bigger, it's more dramatic. Photo 3 really looks like the sky is on fire. shame there's no foreground with it for contrast. as dazftw said; PS


  • #15
    Thoie
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    kgiller wrote: »
    Where were these taken from? Im trying to find some good spots for taking sunset photos in cork.

    If you head towards Carrigtwohill and up the back roads a bit sunsets are easier, as the lights from Cork are mostly hidden behind the hills. Alternatively heading out the Mallow Road a bit does the same trick, but you have to go further out. Going west obviously puts the city lights behind you.


  • #16
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    sebastianlieken wrote: »
    I love photos 1 & 3. The first has a nice contrast between foreground and sky, however I prefer the sky in photo 3 as it's more zoomed, its bigger, it's more dramatic. Photo 3 really looks like the sky is on fire. shame there's no foreground with it for contrast. as dazftw said; PS

    Unfortunately the foreground came out blurred, thus the crop. I have the originals (uncropped) so I will have a play with PS & see what can be done.


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