Trying out new camera around Galway

vulcan57

Got a new camera and took it around the River Corrib area to try it out. These are few.















And this one. These cute little Moorhens had a little chick and when this seagull came a little too close they attacked it viciously. they pecked it and stood on it to keep it under the water. I believe they would have killed it had it not escaped. Photo quality not that good but it's the only one I got as I only had one photo left on my card and it was all over in maybe 10 seconds .... typical. I was very surprised at how nasty they were, never seen them like that before.



Thanks for looking.

ger vallely

They are beautiful,so clear. makes me realise what a lovely(and cruel!)city I live in. Keep it up,i'd love to see some more.

landsleaving

Re: no 5, do graffiti artists have boats in Galway?

DoBhrionn

Great photos, very clear. What camera did you use?

My favourite three of the lot is No. 2, 3 and 5. Mainly 5 due to the odd placement of the graffiti and the blurred reflection of the stone ruin.
Maybe it was those innocent looking rowers who put the graffiti there :eek:

vulcan57

Thanks for the comments. DoBhrionn, I have just got a canon EOS 7D and that is the camera that I used here. Nice upgrade from the 350D I was using, and taken me ages to get it, but well worth the wait IMHO.

BlastedGlute

Nice one! Plenty to see in galway alright! What kind of lens are you using?

vulcan57

In these pictures was using the 18 - 135mm IS kit lens.

The head in the first photo is so odd. It just looks so out of place. In a funny/strange way, of course.


All nice photographs, and the 7D is a wonderful body. The third photograph is my overall favourite

TelePaul

These are crazy sharp! Are they JPEgs straight from the camera or did you sharpen RAW files in post-processing?

vulcan57

Small bit of sharpening of RAW in PP