Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Enda Cavanagh on November 17, 2011, 12:11:41 pm
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This is another photo taken on the incredible Tory island. The place is a landscape photographer's paradise. My aim was to use the diagonal of the bottom right rock to lead your eye to the apparent meeting point of the distant cliffs and the large main rock in the foreground. I was shooting the scene, when suddenly the rays of sunshine burst through on the right of the image to complete the the image perfectly.
This is a good example of how incredible the 28mm Schneider is. Believe it or not the lens movements on this stitched image were down 8mm left 17mm than down 8mm right 17mm. Pretty amazing for a lens of such a wide focal length.
Enda
(http://www.endacavanagh.com/Enda's%20Images/Images%20for%20Luminous%20Landscape/Stone-Monoliths,-Tory-Island,-2.jpg)
You can view it on my website at 1800 pixels if you click here (http://www.endacavanagh.com/panoramic_ireland/cliffs_on_tory_island_donegal_ireland) and select "view larger image"
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It looks a fantastic shot of a wonderful place. The sky is lovely.
The smear produced (I think) by the ascender of your final "h", just to the left of the main rock, is really, really distracting, though. Couldn't you move the watermark a tad to the right? Please?
Jeremy
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Thanks. I removed that part of the Watermark
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Bonita panoramica. Buen control de grises, luz bella y definición perfecta. Enhorabuena.
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I love the way the light through the clouds points directly at the tip of the biggest rock.
Nice shot!
Eric
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Fantastic light texture and detail....awesome
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Really well done. Thanks for sharing it!
Mike.
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The adage, "Close, but not touching" is well done, as is the rest of the print. It's keeping the central rock from merging on its right that is one of the little details most will miss.
Well done!
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Thanks. I removed that part of the Watermark
Thank you!
Jeremy
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Hi guys
Thanks for all the comments guys. I really appreciate it :)
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I love the way the light through the clouds points directly at the tip of the biggest rock.
Me too. Good composition and timing.
Scott
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Apologies to anyone who can't see the image on the LL right now. I have changed my web hosting company so the FTP is out of action for a wee while. Not sure of the technicalities ??? The website it self has changed over so you can click on the link to the larger image fine. Sorry about the inconvenience
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Interesting to read on your website that you "find the photo quite peaceful" because to me that dark rock scape and dramatised sky combine with the calmed sea to give a photo that's dynamic, attention-grabbing, restless and far from peaceful. My gaze is pulled around from high contrast edge to high contrast edge without finding a place to settle. Maybe you had to be there?
Maybe I was biased Issac. I took it a week before the wedding and the place there is just so magical. I gave myself 4 days to shoot a small island so the whole experience was just very relaxed (unlike the week after!!)
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Great black and white shot. Very nice.
Do you use HRD?
VEry nice texture and contrast on the rocks.
Great work.
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I use Nik Software's silver effix pro. By the way I just tried to browse your lovely website again and I am getting a warning that it may be a suspicious malware site. I don't know if anyone else is getting that but you might want to check it out.
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I got a warnig from my firewall as well.
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Thank you guys I have fixed the site .
That is why i love the real print it will never get a virus unless ou spill coffee on it ;-)
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Really nice image, though quite dramatic, it does have a kind of calmness to my eye.
17mm shift you said? Does the 28mm go that far? I thought it was 11mm max.
Very nice indeed,
George
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Love the contrast and the sutile light coming through the clouds!
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Really looks great :D
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Enda you seem to be able to find the most dramatic landscape locations imaginable, thanks for sharing!
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It sure does and further. This shot (http://www.endacavanagh.com/architecture/terminal_2_at_dublin_airport_dublin_ireland) of Dublin Airport terminal 2 is actually up 11 right 15 than up 11 left 16 and that's huge. Anyone who knows the airport will know what sort of angle of view is in the shot. I had to apply some noise removal and extra sharpening at the corners but the end result is fine. You can also see 0 distortion along the image. The sign is perfectly straight. I love this lens so much and I'm not yet willing to upgrade my back to a larger sensor, higher res version. Looking at the IQ's in many ways my life would be so much easier but the end result wouldn't be the same. The Schneider lenses I use would be unusable with movements and the Rodenstock 32mm for example can't get the same movements. I had considered the IQ140 but than there's the bloody crop factor. Will be interesting to see Hassie's answer to the IQ now that they are under new ownership. I'm the 1st to admit I'm a pixel maniac but if they brought a new version of the H4D with at least one of them having a 49 x 36mm sensor but with loads of cool new features that would make me think about changing....oh ya and if my financial situation make a drastic changer for the better ;D
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It looks a fantastic shot of a wonderful place. The sky is lovely.
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