Long Exposure

Crescent Moon over the River Suir – 4/Project 52

Crescent Moon over the River Suir – 4/Project 52

This week I decided to take advantage of the recent crescent moon in our skies since Monday. Using the 75-300 Canon lens, tripod & cable release I got a few good photos of the waxing crescent moon (at about 19%) and did some work with it from there. The photo above was taken in Carrick […]

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Playing with Fire – Photo of the Week

Playing with Fire – Photo of the Week

Fire Spinning Recently we had a Carrick Camera Club shoot on Annestown Beach, and one of the shots involved lighting steel wool. It is called Fire Spinning and involves and doing some fast revolutions of the item while at the same time having the camera setup on long exposure. To get a good Fire Spinning […]

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St. Patricks Well, Co. Tipperary – Photo of the Week

St. Patricks Well, Co. Tipperary – Photo of the Week

St. Patricks Well, Co. Tipperary This photo is one I took a few weeks ago but only got round to working on now. It is St. Patrick’s Well near Clonmel in Co. Tipperary. An area which I never knew about, but one which is very beautiful and a must see if you are into photography, […]

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Moon and Weather Vane in Dunmore East – Photo of the Week

Moon and Weather Vane in Dunmore East – Photo of the Week

I took this photo on Tuesday night in Dunmore East as the almost full moon was crossing behind the weather vane on top of the Dunmore East Lighthouse. I though it was an interesting composition (as if you didn’t know where the moon was) with the arrow slightly out of focus. The photo of Moon […]

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Singapore by Night – Photo of the Week

Singapore by Night – Photo of the Week

I took a few night shots in Singapore recently and remembered some tips which Canon Cameras had in one of their presentations regarding the taking of night shots. I came up with the following shot of Singapore by Night. The shot was taken around 10pm from the 22nd floor of the Fairmont Singapore Hotel. In […]

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