4-DSCN0495 The Gulls are Fully Rigged
such a fortunate shot as one gull landed startling the other who flew up!
such a fortunate shot as one gull landed startling the other who flew up!
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Pops1106
June 26, 2016
I am interested if you introduced the noise intentionally? At first I didn't like the noise but now I think it adds the old style look it should have being an old vessel. Birds and pylons add so much to this capture. This to me is outstanding.
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I was driving around Bantry Bay in Ireland considering where to take my dog for a walk when I spotted this majestic training schoonerTime
It was early afternoon on a typically cloudy, misty grey day but being so the grey backround emphasised the pristine white paintwork of the ship and threw the background into distant relief.Lighting
I had discovered that living in Ireland it was not very often possible to wait for better lighting which just doesn't happen! I had lived all my life in Africa under bright skies and was learning to appreciate the softer and duller lighting which gives give so much atmosphere to a story.Equipment
This was the first digital camera I had ever bought, I had never before been interested in photography and every time I'd bought a camera it was stolen in Africa. I was very new to the whole technical genre, plus very cash strapped!. I bought the lowest of the range Nikon S8200 because there were not many technical options to confuse me. I had a rescued labrador retriever on her lead in one hand and the little camera in the other. I can't give any more information on this question ..............Inspiration
To me having lived the whole of my life in a land locked country and being fascinated by ships and boats of any kind this was an opportunity I couldn't miss. It was before the days of cell phone cameras but already I noticed cars slowing down and stopping to snap this ship with whatever cameras they had. I moved to a place where the landing bollards gave me some foreground, there was a large black backed gull sitting on the end post when suddenly a herring gull startled him by landing next to him. The first gull flew up in surprise and the camera caught them when they were both mid air! I was very chuffed when the regional birdlife site chose this image as its cover photo ..Editing
As I've mentioned already I was new then to the genre of digital photography. Not being the youngest kid on the block someone had helped me download Googles Picasa on my laptop. Adobe and photoshop were in very scary new realms. Picasa had its own limited, but useful editing tools and I remember using some of those to try and enhance the whites. A long time ago now.In my camera bag
A decade after I ventured into painting with a lens I am still very much a happy snapper. I must have a zoom lens as I can't walk any distance and often try and catch landscape scenes from the vehicle window as my little jeep gives me an elevated view. I try and use some part of he car to steady the camera. I've recently bought a wide screen fixed lense which I'm getting used to and is giving me interesting results on my Nikon 5500. I always try and have my Nikon P520 with me for when I have little time to change lenses or settings.Feedback
The only advice I'd like to share is to use your eyes and LOOK don't just see. Our eyes are the whole secret to a successful shot. When we train our eyes on the lens nothing else in the whole spectre should divert our concentration. Getting the composition comfortable, looking at the negative spaces, deciding exactly what you want the camera to see can only come from our eyes. Tell a story rather than get bogged down in settings, take every chance you can regardless of light issues. Remember you have a chance to improve the settings in Lightroom but there is no chance to re-tell the story.
