A storm force wind is blowing. The sun is shining. And I'm walking on Portmarnock beach, just north of the city of Dublin. What a view. The Martello tower on Ireland's Eye is half lit by bright sunlight. Flocks of brent geese and oyster catchers struggle in the breeze. A fishing boat heads for the safety of Howth Harbour before the worst of the storm.
Eh! No, actually.
The photograph is made up of 10 different photographs. (Mainly shot on a Canon Eos 1DS Mk iii.)The back ground of sea, sky and island is a panoramic photograph made up of 4 different shots joined together using Photoshop:
The 2 flocks of birds were shot at the same occasion but are made up of 4 different photographs.
Each bird was cut out of the background and then dropped into the final seascape.
The little fishing boat being thrown about by a rough sea and strong winds was actually photographed 250km away, on the Atlantic coast a week later, in much calmer conditions with a nifty little snap camera - Canon G12.
And the boat's wake in the final photograph was made up of a composite of waves from the original shot.
And hey presto! Can we believe anything in a photograph?
Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:
Eugene Langan Photography
Studio Eight,
32 Northbrunswick St.,
Dublin 7.
Tel. 01.4163837
Mob. 087.2597907
e-mail. langan@indigo.ie
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