Beach to Myself

Adrian.Sadlier

I just found out that I came 4th in this months round of Amateur Photographer of the Year competition (run by Amatuer Photographer Magazine - the oldest photography magazine in the world). The theme was "At Dawn and Dusk - Landscapes".

It was just outside the prizes but it made my day! Sorry if it sounds like blowing my own trumpet (it is - but I can't help it)

vicwatson

Congratulations, really nice pic.

Whats the camera set up? Any photo editing used?

Adrian.Sadlier

vicwatson wrote: »

Congratulations, really nice pic.

Whats the camera set up? Any photo editing used?

If you click on the photo and then on "more properties" on the landing page you will get the full exif data.

I used CS5 for processing. Most of the changes were in camera Raw with a subsequent crop in Photoshop. Oh, and I cloned out a few parked cars and people - did you ever see Bull Island with only one person on it!

But the basic shot is as captured, in camera.

vicwatson

Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »

If you click on the photo and then on "more properties" on the landing page you will get the full exif data.

I used CS5 for processing. Most of the changes were in camera Raw with a subsequent crop in Photoshop. Oh, and I cloned out a few parked cars and people - did you ever see Bull Island with only one person on it!

But the basic shot is as captured, in camera.

Actually I have, and I've been it:)

The title of your thread is wrong - if you had the beach to yourself, who's your man in the photo

Adrian.Sadlier

vicwatson wrote: »

Actually I have, and I've been it:)

The title of your thread is wrong - if you had the beach to yourself, who's your man in the photo

Artistic Licence

pullandbang

Good stuff Adrian. Nice shot and well done you sir!

djgaillimh

Congrats! I'm always looking at that power plant and thinking there's a good photo out there somewhere, but I could never quite figure it out... looks like this was probably it.

lisatiffany

Congrats its a beautiful image and credit is certainly given where credit is due.

CabanSail

Can't you afford more than one colour?



Well done.....

thatsnotmyname

Well done Adrian!
great shot...

paulusdu

i was there yesterday looking at a similar shot, but like most, could not figure out how not to make it look like the thousands already take.
really great shot, well done on it.

Adrian.Sadlier

Thanks guys.

Boardsie's must have similiar tastes to the judges - I got an Honourable Mention in POTY 105 for a shot taken 15 minutes before this one - and it has only one colour as well!

Might enter one of them as a montone in a competition for fun - get a rise out of the purists

K_user

Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »

I just found out that I came 4th in this months round of Amateur Photographer of the Year competition (run by Amatuer Photographer Magazine - the oldest photography magazine in the world). The theme was "At Dawn and Dusk - Landscapes".

It was just outside the prizes but it made my day! Sorry if it sounds like blowing my own trumpet (it is - but I can't help it)

Congrats, thats fantastic news! Great photo, blow that trumpet long and hard

Phil Taz

Congrats Adrian, Nice shot!!

dacogawa

Congratulations Adrian, really amazing picture! I haven't seen the poolbeg towers captured like that before & I've seen a lot of photos of them, well done.

mikka631

Well done Adrian, saw this in the mag yesterday. The judges comments "The colours, the background and the lone figure all come together to form a beautiful shot" say it all.

dinneenp

stunning photo, congrads. I'll have to check your blog/site

Can I ask did you set up with tripod, wait for light etc. or was just walking along and 'snapped' it?

Adrian.Sadlier

dinneenp wrote: »

stunning photo, congrads. I'll have to check your blog/site

Can I ask did you set up with tripod, wait for light etc. or was just walking along and 'snapped' it?

I don't have a blog/site :eek: I post on Pix.ie/asadlier, 500px, flickr etc. Most of my shots, as with these ones, are taken when I'm out walking the dogs - which means no tripod. However, I do plan in so far as I'll check tides, sunset times, weather forecasts etc and pick the walk accordingly

The biggest problem is keeping the dogs out of the shot and my hand steady - mind you this shot was taken at 1/1000 so no risk of that.

dinneenp

Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »

I don't have a blog/site :eek: I post on Pix.ie/asadlier, 500px, flickr etc.

What's your Flickr handle/account name?

Adrian.Sadlier

dinneenp wrote: »

What's your Flickr handle/account name?

Dineenp, its http://www.flickr.com/photos/asadlier/. I only post some shots there - I post mostly on http://pix.ie/asadlier