Newcomer to East Cork Camera Group, Karina Leeson, had a fantastic run in her first competition with the shot below which won her not only first place in Grade C but also third place in the overall scores across all three Grades in our recent ‘Transport’ competition. Well done Karina! This is how she did it:

This image was definitely a lesson in patience as it took quite a few tries to get right. I set up the tripod in the back seat of the car with 2 legs on the floor and one leg on the back seat. I used a remote trigger and set a 10 second delay with the self timer in order to give myself time to start driving and get positioned steady before the shot. Each time I pulled the car in and hopped into the back seat to see the results.

I did this a few times as the exposure was turning out either too bright or too dark. I adjusted the settings until eventually I got an image that I was happy with. In Lightroom I adjusted the exposure a little bit as it was slightly overexposed. I also sharpened the image and increased the clarity.

Taken on Canon EOS 60D, Canon 18-135mm at 18mm. Aperture 5.0, ISO 100, 5 second shutter exposure.

 – Karina Leeson

See also:
How I took that Shot – Finbarr O’Shea
How I took that Shot – Keith Johnson
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table