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Valentia Island
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Valentia Island

by Maciej B. Markiewi

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 31, 2011110 views7 comments
Valentia Island cloudy evening catching the waves
Now this time no lighthouse so no problem with posting in a wrong gallery :wink: This photo was taken during the photo trip to Ireland to Kerry Co.

Camera: Sony DSLR-A900
Lens: Sony Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM
Exposure: 1/3 sec at f/11
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed : 200
Filters : Hard GND 0.6

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 31, 2011 at 9:49 AM
A very pretty and dynamic scene. Love the wave, and the water spilling back into the ocean on the right.
Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on August 31, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Very nice composition and mood and I love the way you captured that wave. The large version looks uniformly over sharpened. Gorgeous place and wonderful capture.

Michael
Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments
Comment posted by Maciej B. Markiewi on August 31, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Thank you for your comments. Indeed it looks like when I was exporting the image from Lightroom it was oversharpened. I will have to correct it :)
Registered on July 16, 2008, 23 Posts, 77 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 31, 2011 at 6:30 PM
I really like this image! It has a very nice feel that I enjoy very much. You captured that one wave just right!. It all works really nice! Great comp too. I agree with Michael about the sharpening, but you already know that. :toast:

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 31, 2011 at 10:56 PM
I like the scene and the darker sky created by the filter. The sense of a vast open space comes through here, and it makes me feel small compared to Nature as a whole, which is quite accurate, of course.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 31, 2011 at 11:59 PM
Maciej,

What happened to the lighthouse?? It's gone! :biggrin: I really like this image and what makes the image complete for me is the simple, yet perfectly timed capture of the wave. For me that just makes this image. Beautiful coast, a great and somewhat gloomy sky and nice depth with the distant mountains. The only suggestion I have would be some selective contrast adjustments - basically just tweaking an boosting the contrast mostly in the bg andscape and sky. The coastal rocks look good.

Well done - beautifully captured.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Jose Viegas on September 4, 2011 at 5:27 AM
I really like the foreground of the shot, great light and dynamics
Jose
Registered on August 26, 2011, 3 Posts, 66 Comments