Sluice Weir Sunday 8th March

dragon_lordMTB · 08-03-2009 9:00pm #1

Went walkabout in Lucan today and came accross these guys at Sluice Weir. Sun was not in a great position but anyways...

silverside · 09-03-2009 10:42am

nice action shots. thanks.

if i could be critical :

could you have used a faster shutter speed to get the "droplet" effect ?

would have been nice to get the expression on the kayakers' faces - but from your shooting position that may have been difficult.

dragon_lordMTB · 09-03-2009 11:15am

Thanks for the feedback. My shooting position was not ideal as I only had my 17-85 with me so needed to be close to the action. I've done some PP at home and sharpened some of the shots and they look much better. Will post when I get a chance. The rest of the pics are up on flickr with no PP.

Cheers,

Clive

silverside · 09-03-2009 1:21pm

cool. its even better if you can link to your flickr in your post (either in the photo urls themselves , or by adding a flickr signature like mine ) - i'm sure its stickied.

kjt · 10-03-2009 11:57am

dragon_lordMTB wrote: »

Sun was not in a great position but anyways...

Nice shots Dragon. The sun is never in a good place for here! I play at sluice most weekend and it's always tough to get a good photo as it's so bright with the foampile yet the walls, forrest etc are so dark. Good shots though. If you go further up river with a longer lens you can get nice close shots of the paddlers as Silverside mentioned. I've popped one in below

silverside wrote: »

would have been nice to get the expression on the kayakers' faces - but from your shooting position that may have been difficult.

Great facial expressions eh

Theirs plenty of more shots on my blog that might give you more ideas of where to shoot from next time you're there

If the waters low enough it's great to shoot from the island on the other side of where you were shooting. If you're adventourus enough to walk across the weir that is.

**if you don't know water too much don't attempt this as in very high water the weir can form a nasty stopped below!!**

dragon_lordMTB · 10-03-2009 12:34pm

Thanks for the tips.

with a longer lens

Just the excuse I needed to go and get a nice zoom lens. 70-200 L F2.8 here I come...once I sell that kidney.:p

Sluice Weir Sunday 8th March

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