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How I took that Shot – R.J. Mani

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R.J. Mani took first place in Grade B in our recent ‘Winter’ competition with the clever shot above. This is how he made the image:

After announcement for winter competition for January I was a bit stuck, as for me winter was always snow and ice and this was impossible for me as we only got flood and rain here. After brain storming and internet search I decided to do a indoor shoot in front of the fire which we do in winter time here.

For this composition few things were needed like bottle of wine, winter feel looking socks and beautiful fireplace and fire. My wife and I manage to get all in order and used studio light shooting from the right back. Camera was placed in line with the middle of the fireplace with 50 mm lens tethering straight to the laptop in Lightroom. The camera was also placed on tripod with 2-second timer. After some trial and error I managed to get the right shot I wanted.

The image was processed in Lightroom with a minimal touch of clarity, contrast, temperature and crop.

Camera: Canon 6D, EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

Setting : Manual mode, 1/5 sec at f/8.0 ISO 640, centre weighted metering, Manual focus.

– R.J. Mani

See also:
How I took that Shot – Fidelma Read
How I took that Shot – Keith Johnson
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table 

How I took that Shot – Keith Johnson

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Keith Johnson took first place in Grade C in our recent ‘Winter’ competition with the beautiful landscape shot above. This is how he made the image:

The photo was taken on 2016/01/07. I had a couple of hours to spare in Killarney and luckily found I had the camera in the boot of the car. I headed up to Ladies View thinking the snow and sun would be better there but there was only a sparse covering so I headed back down and stopped at a flooded Long Range, to take a quick look.

It has never been my favorite place but it looked good so took the camera out and waded out till I could find a good view. I waited for the sun to show in the background and quickly took one handheld shot. My feet were freezing by now so I skipped back to the car pretty quickly!

Taken about 2 pm with a Canon 650d.. lens 18-55 ..f22, 1/13,100 ISO

– Keith Johnson

See also:
How I took that Shot – Fidelma Read
How I took that Shot – R.J. Mani
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table 

ECCG ‘Winter’ Competition – 19/01/2016

‘Winter’ was the theme of the first internal competition of 2016 held at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 19/01/16. Following two viewings of the eighteen entries, marks were awarded which yielded the following results:

Results

 

Fidelma Read took first place in Grade A with an outstanding portrait while Denis Barry was second and Anthony O’Connor, third, beating Finbarr O’Shea to the spot on the very last vote.

RJ Mani continued his winning streak by coming first in Grade B beating Joe Keniry and Noelle Lowney who came second and third respectively.

Keith Johnson came first in Grade C with a fine winter landscape from Killarney while Magda Mani and Jim Curtin took the second and third spots.

In the overall high scores across all three Grades, the Grade A results were replicated with Fidelma Read, Denis Barry and Anthony O’Connor taking the honours.

Well done to all entrants, especially those new members entering for the first time, and congratulations to those who gained valuable points towards this year’s Photographer of the Year competition.

The image below is the winning entry in Grade A by Fidelma Read. Click the image to see all the entries. Enjoy!

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See also:
How I took that Shot – Fidelma Read
How I took that Shot – R.J. Mani
How I took that Shot – Keith Johnson
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table

How I took that Shot – Finbarr O’Shea

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Finbarr O’Shea took second place in Grade A in our recent ‘Summer Fun’ competition with this fantastic family fun moment. This is how it came about:

I chose this shot for the recent group competition “Summer Fun” which I took at Fota Gardens, where my two granddaughters, two sons and myself went for a picnic.

Soon after, the fun started with rolling down the hills on the lawn, racing one another and jumping to see who could jump the highest.

I was hoping to do some macro photography but it was not to be as I was nominated to take the pictures. At least I didn’t have to do any jumping!

A few weeks later I was looking for a shot for the competition and thought maybe the jumping shot at Fota might fit the bill.

Taken with a Canon 6D with a 100mm Canon macro lens set at f8 1/400 sec 400iso.
I shot it at a low angle to increase the apparent height of the jump.I then tweaked it a little in Lightroom.

– Finbarr O’Shea

See also:
How I took that Shot – Kevin Barry (Not published yet)
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table 

ECCG ‘Summer Fun’ Competition – 15/09/2015

‘Summer Fun’ was the theme of the fifth internal competition of 2015 held at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 15/09/15. Following two viewings of the nineteen entries, marks were awarded which yielded the following results:

results

In a reversal of places from our last competition, Anthony O’Connor took first place and Finbarr O’Shea took second. Third place went to Fidelma Read.

Kevin Day took a break from the winners spot this time around and came second to Kevin Barry while Joe Keniry took the third.

Noelle Lowney had her second consecutive first place in Grade C while newcomer, Eileen Upton took a well deserved second with RJ Mani coming in third.

In the overall high scores across all three Grades, the Grade A results were replicated with Anthony O’Connor, Finbarr O’Shea and Fidelma Read taking the honours.

Well done to all entrants, especially those new members entering for the first time, and congratulations to those who occupied the first, second and third spots in each Grade who will get 12, 10 and 8 points respectively towards this year’s Photographer of the Year competition.

The image below is the second place entry in Grade A by Finbarr O’Shea. Click the image to see all the entries. Enjoy!

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See also:
How I took that Shot – Finbarr O’Shea
How I took that Shot – Kevin Barry (not posted yet)
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table