My photos in real life...
Some sample pictures sent in by happy customers
Emmett Place, Cork City
This is stiched photograph of 6 separate images, taken from left to right and blended together afterwards using PtGui.
I used a B+W ND110 10 Stop filter to allow me to take a long exposure (1 min) during daylight hours which meant that it gave the effect of the street being empty when in fact there were people walking everywhere. Any person that wasn't standing still disappeared over the course of a 1 minute exposure.
Details :- Canon EOS 60D + Sigma 18-50 . Exposure 60 @ f22 iso 100
Ardmore Cliffs
I was out and about lookig for somewhere else and got frustrated when I couldn't find it so I abondoned the car and ended up on the side of this cliff instead looking south from Waterford towards Cork.
Incoming Tide
This shot is from Guileen in East Cork. It's a pretty rocky outcrop really which gets some stunning sunsets, although I haven't had time to get to try and catch one yet unfortunately. This was taken during the day as the tide was coming in and the waves were beginning to wash a little higher over the rocks. It's on my list of locations to get back to when I have the time again.
Details :- Canon EOS 60D, Exposure 0.4sec, F22 @ 29mm, ISO 100, B+W ND110
Sharpening in Photoshop
I have been looking for a method of sharpening images I am happy with for a while and finally settled on the method below. I hope it is of some use to someone else.
- Open your image in photoshop and click F7 to make sure the layers window is open.
- Control + J produces a new copy layer (called layer 1 by photoshop)
- Then click "filter" - "other" - "high pass"
- Set the radius to 4.0 pixels (MAX) i use aroubd 2.6 and click "ok"
- Now look at the layers window where you'll see a drop down menu with "normal" showing in it.
- Open the drop down menu and select "overlay"
- The photograph immediately sharpens. Look in the layers window for the "fill" drop down menu. Pick this and drag the slider anywhere between 100% and 0% depending on the degree of sharpening you want.
- Finally click "layer" and "flatten image" and save your changes.
Lighthouse Sunbeams March 2011
This is Roches Point Lighthouse in East Cork. I was in the area and decided to pop over to get a shot while I was there. The sun was just breaking the clouds as I arrived and the sunbeams were clearly visible. I took a long exposure to try and get all the colour and detail I could in and the did a little post processing on it to up the saturation and bring back some detail in the clouds and sky.
Details :- Canon EOS 60D, Exposure 15sec, F14 @ 18mm, ISO 100, B+W ND110
Beached Rock March 2011
It was a fairly dreary day and I wasn't busy with anything else so I headed off to the beach to see if I could get any nice images. The sky was pretty dull and lifeless so I took out my 10 stop filter to try for some long exposures. The water breaking around this rock and on the stones and pebbles around it was what I came up with!
Details :- Canon EOS 60D, Exposure 181sec, F13 @ 33mm, ISO 100, B+W ND110
St Kevin's Asylum Cork Feb 2011
St Kevins Hospital Cork overlooking the weir in the River Lee.
"Over the years the conditions inside Our Lady’s Hospital and St Kevin's was condemned and declared a total disgrace. The people incarcerated in the asylum were guilty of nothing. Vulnerable, innocent and harmless. They did not deserve what was done to them. Victims of misfortune, victims of illness and indeed, tragically, of abandonment. They were locked up in a vermin-infested, unsanitary, dirty, dark confinement” (the conclusion of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals 1940)
Details :- Canon EOS 60D, Exposure : 20sec, F13 @ 18mm, ISO 100 Filter B+W ND110