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FollowTaken in Saltcoats, looking over to Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
Taken in Saltcoats, looking over to Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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DebbieKMiller81
May 29, 2015
Absolutely beautiful shot. I love all of the starbursts that you captured in the lighting. Well done.
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Location
This photo was taken in a small town in Scotland called Saltcoats. Over in the distance is the town of Ardrossan, hence the name of this photo.Time
This is a really old photo, so I can only remember vaguely. I think it was taken at around 10pm. It was a really nice and calm night, warm too. The calmness is what created the water to be so smooth, and the fact that the exposure was 138 seconds.Lighting
The only light I had was street lights. if you were here in person at the same time, everything around would be very dark. This is why I chose to do such a long exposure, so I could capture a lot more light and create a clean image instead of shooting my ISO up to 1600.Equipment
For this image, I used my Sony A77, Sony 16-50mm f2.8 lens, a Redsnapper tripod, no flash.Inspiration
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Yes. I mainly used Lightroom 5 to process this image. The sky and water was really orange due to the light pollution, so I slid down the temperature to get rid of the orange and made it blue.In my camera bag
The main equipment I always take with my is: my Sony A77, 16-50mm f2.8 lens. This lens is great for landscapes, as it has a very wide angle. It's also great for portraits with it's wide f2.8 aperture. My tripod is also always with me, as I am a fan of long exposure photography, so really need this to prevent camera shake.Feedback
Try get out on a cloudy night, this will render the sky to have a sense of motion. Also, a calm night would be on your list to, as this will keep the water from looking nice n smooth. Keep your ISO low, for this image I use an ISO of 50. See the start burst effect in the distance? Well, that was created with an f stop of f/16.