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Title: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: Kirth on April 08, 2010

I went down to Newcastle this morning to shoot the Sunrise, Getting up at 4:00 am and heading down for 5:30am was not easy!

But well worth it. I didn't get anything spectacular, and when I was on the rocks I slipped and fell and smashed my new Wide Lens at £1300!!

After we finished at Bloody Bridge, we headed up to Silent Valley, then stopped off to shoot the Sky on the way back towards Newcastle.

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Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: robo on April 08, 2010

have to say mate their cracking pictures. Good one

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: MG1 on April 08, 2010

Crackin pics mate

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: RedLeader on April 08, 2010

Awesome pics. Sounds like a top day.

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: NeilB on April 08, 2010

great pics there kirth, wish i could take landscapes as good as that!

agree with j sounds like a great day, except the lens

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: Kirth on April 08, 2010

Thanks for your comments.

Some of those pics were taken on a simple Lumix TZ7 point and shoot, you just need to know how to trick it!

There's days you will head out and get nothing, other days it all falls into place.  I really liked Silent Valley, will defo head back up there again soon.

Gonna ring my insurance company tomorrow, hopefully it will be sorted for next week.

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: DryBag on April 09, 2010

amazing pics. 

Camera insurance must cost a fortune.  Every photographer I know seems to drop a £1000 camera or lens on rocks or into the sea at least once a year.

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: MikeD on April 09, 2010

Can I ask, how did you make the water flowing down the river, seem all foggy, if you know what I mean ?

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: RedLeader on April 09, 2010

Keeping the shutter open for longer causes stuff that's moving to blur but doesn't affect stuff that isn't moving. It's called long exposure.
Wikipedia has a good article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_%28photography%29

Quote from: MikeD on April 09, 2010

Can I ask, how did you make the water flowing down the river, seem all foggy, if you know what I mean ?

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: MikeD on April 09, 2010

Cool, I dont think my Sony Cybershot can do long exposures, but I'll check the manual !!

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: MikeD on April 09, 2010

And I'd need a tripod too....

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: pablo on January 30, 2011

neutral density filter will make the water blurry when used correctly.

Title: Re: Sunrise in the Mournes
Post by: Mourneman on October 21, 2011

Mate real skill you have there