Blackrock Diving Boards - C&C

gary82

Hi all,

Haven't been around the forum for a good few weeks. Here's a C&C offering to get me back into it!

Thanks

Ballyman

Nice light and the sky is good. I like the gate open as well onto the boards.

I think a portrait shot would have suited this better and maybe shoot from a little lower down as the water seems very far away, if you know what I mean!! Still like it though!

ThOnda

One of the best shots for me in last few weeks - does not look (over) processed. No offence to other posters.

gary82

Ballyman wrote: »

I think a portrait shot would have suited this better and maybe shoot from a little lower down as the water seems very far away, if you know what I mean!! Still like it though!

Thanks for the feedback Ballyman! Not sure how a portrait shot would work? Unless a diver jumping off... but then I'd loose the symmetry, which I think's very important in this shot.

ThOnda wrote: »

One of the best shots for me in last few weeks - does not look (over) processed. No offence to other posters.

Wow thanks Thonda! Actually thought you were being sarcastic at first, but I'll take it as genuine!

(Not over processed? It was a macro shot of a flower when I started....:rolleyes::P)

thebaz

Great shot - there was an exhibition of shots of the baths in starbucks - but yours is wondefull

Cabaal

Very nice shot, B&W suits in down to the ground.

Would like to see a portrait version of it too as I think it would leed the eye more into the main part of the shot

Balfey1972

Great shot. lovely dark, storm is coming feeling. Great mood in the photo. Agree with Thonda. Best I have seen in a while.

PaulieC

I agree mostly with the above comments. Smashing image, the sky is really moody. I think this is what Ballyman meant by portait



I think the overall image would have been much stronger if you were closer to the ground, level with the railings...

gary82

thebaz wrote: »

Great shot - there was an exhibition of shots of the baths in starbucks - but yours is wondefull

Thanks. The baths? This shot if from Salthill, Co. Galway...

Cabaal wrote: »

Very nice shot, B&W suits in down to the ground.

Would like to see a portrait version of it too as I think it would leed the eye more into the main part of the shot

Thanks Cabaal, cambo_gueno has shown me now what you all mean by portrait! Personally, I still prefer the landscape(?) version, but photography would be boring if we all liked the same thing!

Balfey1972 wrote: »

Great shot. lovely dark, storm is coming feeling. Great mood in the photo. Agree with Thonda. Best I have seen in a while.

cambo_gueno wrote: »

I think the overall image would have been much stronger if you were closer to the ground, level with the railings...

I'll be out again soon so will give that a shot to see how the angles of the lines work, thanks.

PaulieC

gary82 wrote: »

Thanks. The baths? This shot if from Salthill, Co. Galway...

ah crap, I too thought it was Blackrock in Dublin...was going to pay a visit over the weekend as I'd never seen this before... :pac:

gary82

You'd have been looking for a while! :P

xshayx

cambo_gueno wrote: »

ah crap, I too thought it was Blackrock in Dublin...was going to pay a visit over the weekend as I'd never seen this before... :pac:

Me too! Great shot & processing

Morrisseeee

Great pic, very athmospheric, the way the light is shimmering on the sea. I prefer the original, not a portrait version for this reason. Was it taken with a bridge camera ?

gary82

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Was it taken with a bridge camera ?

It was yeah, taken with a Fuji s6500fd .

sineadw

cambo_gueno wrote: »

ah crap, I too thought it was Blackrock in Dublin...was going to pay a visit over the weekend as I'd never seen this before... :pac:

The panel competition at DCC a few weeks ago had a series of shots of dun laoire baths that were really amazing. And a small hop over a fence was all that was needed apparently... shhh....

@OP - stunning shot. I agree with the angle though - worth a reshoot at least to see!