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« on: June 09, 2011, 10:54:20 am »

Back shooting my favourite place all on a summer's night with Declan, this was the end of an exciting day of storms and funnel clouds, we were hoping for NLCs however it stayed cloudy all night so I took some long exposures of Dunluce Castle instead, the blue sky is nightime twilight and the pink is LP from Portrush. Lovely area this.



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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2011, 11:47:22 am »

Martin ive said it before this is one of my favourite locations you visit and each picture you submit tells a different story keep them coming. Love the first image with the blurred sea around the rocks, how long was the exposure for. When taking some night shots in Cornwall I noticed major differences in camera settings required to capture the light due to no LP normally I would use 400 – 800 ISO down there I was up to 3200 and at F1.8.

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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2011, 12:22:31 pm »

Thanks very much for your kind words Anton, the exposure was 149 sec's (first image) at ISO800, 18mm at F/4.5, second image was 120 sec's Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2011, 05:21:25 pm »

A fantastic location Martin and stunning pics again, hopefully the NLC will return soon!
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2011, 10:59:46 pm »

These are just class, agree with Anton here the location is stunning and the castle is a great subject. Its probably worth the 140mile+ round trip from Omagh, id really like to shoot it under moonlight, not a full moon but just bright enough to light up the scene maybe- it will have to be arranged  Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2011, 12:11:26 am »

Its probably worth the 140mile+ round trip from Omagh

Ok, I was oblivious to the geography here - 140mile trip - that makes it even more impressive.  I take my hat off to you  Cool
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 11:41:53 am »

Stunning photos -what wonderful lighting and the long exposure really enhances them -it would have been worth the trip had it been 240 mile round trip let alone 140 - People trail long distances to get shots like these and the key is knowing what you might get before you go so it's not a wasted journey,not  going on a wing and a prayer as they say.
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« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2011, 02:42:54 am »

Thanks everyone for the feedback on these, I guess it wasn't a wasted trip then  Smiley, I would sure love to see NLCs behind that castle...it has to be done this season  Smiley
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