A stormy day

Seamus

A stormy day in Ireland:

The coastline at Greystones, Co. Wicklow




Greystones harbour




Bray promenade:



A cold, wet swan :wink




More here:http://seamus.smugmug.com/gallery/411087/1

Shay.

Cosmic

Wow! What fabulous shots! So crisp!

I really like how you captured the lone gull in the first shot. Adds a nice touch to the pic. I really like the swan pic as well. Great saturation and clarity. You can actually see the individual droplets on his feathers. Gorgeous!

~Heidi~

Seamus

Cosmic wrote:

Wow! What fabulous shots! So crisp!

I really like how you captured the lone gull in the first shot. Adds a nice touch to the pic. I really like the swan pic as well. Great saturation and clarity. You can actually see the individual droplets on his feathers. Gorgeous!

~Heidi~

Thank you, I'm glad you liked them. Praise like that gets you a drink of your choice .

4labs

shay wrote:

Thank you, I'm glad you liked them. Praise like that gets you a drink of your choice .

Well in that case.. These are the best photos I have ever seen!

I think if you boost the saturation in the first couple you will see a big difference

Seamus

4labs wrote:

Well in that case.. These are the best photos I have ever seen!

I think if you boost the saturation in the first couple you will see a big difference

Thanks for the tip, I just use auto settings in elements and sharpening, I tried adding saturation to the first pic and it did improve it.

I will meet you at the local tonight to buy you that drink .

gus

Great shots shay...i love the 2nd last. A little diff to our beach

Was it shot in raw ?

Seamus

Humungus wrote:

Great shots shay...i love the 2nd last. A little diff to our beach

Was it shot in raw ?

Thanks 'Gus, we're going through a cold snap. The prevailing wind is from the east and has brought bitter winds.

I took these photos with the camera set on the auto settings and jpeg. I can't judge the correct exposure so I decided to try the in-camera settings.

The shot you like was auto-panorama. It got auto fix in elements and sharpening.

Shay.

Angelo

all nice shots Shay. They definitely convey a feeling.

Michiel de Brieder

yay Ireland!!
I love those coasts, it's why I go back to Scotland at least once a year... I really have to check out Ireland sometime
Thanks for sharing Seamus!

ginger_55

Those are wonderful photos, Shay!

I love YOUR stormy grey day.

I don't know where ours is coming from in Charleston, South Carolina, the southeast coast of the US, looks like it may be coming up from the New Orleans area and we are at the edge.

Out my window, it is grey and and kind of scary actually. I guess the wind is from the north, the radar doesn't look bad, but I don't think I will go out and look for photos.

One thing, you all have a lot of color where you are. Outside of the surf shot which I love. We have some color downtown. Our color is muted, yours looks bright.

really nice photos!

ginger

Seamus

Thanks for the feedback folks.


If you don't mind answering a question how do you work out which speed, aperature & exposure to use for each shot. If I have the camera ( a 20d ) on the auto settings and focus it at two objects which are reasonably close it will give different speed and aperature settings. If I put the camera on full manual settings I have to try to get the aperature and speed to coinside to get the exposure somewhat right. I am genuinely confused.

I took all the shots today on auto settings because I always get the exposure wrong.

Shay.

Michiel de Brieder

Trial and error my friend I always use Av mode (well, mostly, I use manual for flash pics though) with partial metering. Select focus, meter of that point that you want to have correctly exposed and recompose to shoot. Works for me mostly
Experiment a lot. It'll teach you a bunch about the camera, about the settings and it will make your life VERY easy in the long run!
Good luck Seamus!

Seamus

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

Trial and error my friend I always use Av mode (well, mostly, I use manual for flash pics though) with partial metering. Select focus, meter of that point that you want to have correctly exposed and recompose to shoot. Works for me mostly
Experiment a lot. It'll teach you a bunch about the camera, about the settings and it will make your life VERY easy in the long run!
Good luck Seamus!

I was hoping for a magical easy formula to allow me to take perfect pictures . Back to the drawing board. But.... when it is bucketing down rain, auto settings are very useful..... experimentation is for dry warm days .

Thanks Michiel.

Shay.

Michiel de Brieder

Well,

my easy formula is exactly how I said it focus, meter a spot you want to expose correctly, recompose, snap : It's quite easy actually, try it for some indoor shots and you'll see that setting exposure on a DSLR is just a matter of getting to know tha li'll bugga for a bit. You'll see! People say that the learning curve is high for a DSLR, to be honest, I don't think it's harder than a small sensor camera... If I look at my first shots in manual settings on my Minolta S404 :lol I've thrown away loads of pics, when I got to the DSLR world from a fixed lens cam, it was just getting to know the camera, nothing more nothing less. Every camera has it's quirks you'll do fine! And hey, you've got that nice instant feedback
Good luck!

Andy

shay wrote:

A stormy day in Ireland:



Greystones harbour

postcard perfect - love the colors!

Seamus

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

focus, meter a spot you want to expose correctly, recompose, snap : k!

I have one thing in common with Gus, when I start to ask questions I don't stop

In laymans terms, "meter a spot you want to expose" ...... if you wouldn't mind Michiel how exactly do you do this? For example I am taking a picture of a swan ( or an egret when I get to Florida ) , do I guess the exposure, aperature and speed settings for the swan then take the picture? I presume in time I will know the correct settings but atm it is pure guesswork.

Thanks for the feedback, it really is appreciated.

Shay.

Seamus

andy wrote:

postcard perfect - love the colors!

thanks Andy, I appreciate the feedback


Shay.

Michiel de Brieder

You are entitled to standard Dgrin member service :lol so ask away!! Here's my procedure im simple steps.
My metering is set to 'partial'.
Focus on the point you want to focus on (half press shutter)
If you're using a 20D (you are, right?) find the spot that you want to look 'correctly exposed' No blown highlights or underexposed areas for that spot. Aim the centre point and press *. The exposure is now locked to match the spot you've chosen. Recompose and depress the shutter further. That's all there is to it
Easy enough? Cheers

Seamus

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

You are entitled to standard Dgrin member service :lol so ask away!! Here's my procedure im simple steps.
My metering is set to 'partial'.
Focus on the point you want to focus on (half press shutter)
If you're using a 20D (you are, right?) find the spot that you want to look 'correctly exposed' No blown highlights or underexposed areas for that spot. Aim the centre point and press *. The exposure is now locked to match the spot you've chosen. Recompose and depress the shutter further. That's all there is to it
Easy enough? Cheers

Thanks for the help and your patience Michiel. You're on the list for a drink of your choice also

Shay

Seamus

A different angle of the promenade.





I took my time with this one and used layers to adjust levels, etc. It turned out ok I think.

Michiel de Brieder

shay wrote:

Thanks for the help and your patience Michiel. You're on the list for a drink of your choice also

Shay

Yay!!

Now I'm going to be very rude I'll have a Belhaven Scottish Ale please

Cheers mate!

Seamus

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

Yay!!

Now I'm going to be very rude I'll have a Belhaven Scottish Ale please

Cheers mate!

I will buy you that drink in Florida in September. (Dgrin trip II)