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How I took that Shot – Kevin Barry

Kevin Barry took first place in Grade B with the stunning composite image below. The image was so popular indeed, that it took second place overall across all grades. Here’s how it came together:

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“I had great fun “making” this “shot”! There were three photos involved.”

“Photo-1
I took this shot of a full moon on a clear dark night. I used a sigma 170-500 zoom lens, fully extended to 500mm, camera on tripod, remote control activated to reduce camera shake. S/S= 1/800, F/stop=6.3, ISO= 250, F/L= 500
(I had tried many different settings, these seemed to work best, on the night).”

“Photo-2
I took this photo of a single tree on a hill in daylight. (This particular tree always looks sinister to me!) I got a friend to pose with the dog. I deselected the sky from the photo, in photoshop elements, converted photo to B/W and altered contrast and colour to create a full silhouette effect. I then imported it into the moon photo and positioned and resized it for best effect. S/S= 1/200, F/stop=8.0, ISO= 100.”

“Photo-3
I have hundreds of bird photos- not very good ones, but nature photography is what I like doing! I selected a silhouette shot of a rook in Photoshop, altered the size and imported it into the the moon shot, for dramatic effect. S/S= 1/4000, F/stop= 6.3, F/L=500.”

“The final result is some kind of “photo-art”, but not proper photography, to my mind.”

 

Well done Kevin.

See also:

ECCG ‘Silhouette’ Competition – 20/5/14
How I took that Shot – Karen Fleming
How I took that Shot – Trevor O’Connell

ECCG ‘Silhouette’ Competition – 20/5/14

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photo: Finbarr O’Shea

Thirty one members attended the third internal competition of the year at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 20/5/14. The theme was ‘Silhouette’ which had members practically gasping for inspiration when it was first announced a couple of months back but as you can see in the slideshow below, interpretation was diverse among the twenty-three entries received.

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Number crunching: Anthony OConnor and Denis Barry by Karen Fleming

Following two viewings of the projected images, scores were awarded, checked and entered into our new results program. 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each Grade and overall, were projected ‘live’ on-screen as the results were recorded which made for a fascinating spectacle as competitors in the top places changed and interchanged as the process developed.  There were some tight battles in some grades and it was great to see some of our newest members feature in the top three of Grade C.

With the final results computed and checked, the winners and runners up were declared and it was no surprise to anyone to see Karen Fleming make it a hat-trick of wins for the year in Grade A. The results were as follows:

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Above photographs of the winners and runners up with Chairperson, Denis Barry, by Finbarr O’Shea and Mervyn Daly.

See all entries below. Mouse over the image to see and activate the slideshow control buttons and photographer’s details. Well done to everyone who entered. Enjoy.

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ECCG ‘Decay’ Competition – 18/3/14

Tuesday 18/3/14 was competition night for ECCG with the judging of the second competition of the year which had the theme, ‘Decay’. There were twenty two entries, each with an interesting and unique interpretation of the theme.

The results were as follows:

Above photographs of the winners and runners up with Chariperson, Denis Barry by Finbarr O’Shea and Fidelma Read.

See all entries below. Mouse over the image to see and activate the slideshow control buttons.

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Well done to all who entered and to the worthy winners and runners up who each receive 12, 10 and 8 points, respectively, in each grade, towards the 2014 Photographer of the Year Competition.

See also:
How I took that Shot – Karen Fleming
How I took that Shot – Denis Barry
How I took that Shot – Joseph Keniry