In Photos dot Org » wide angle http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Windsor Leaves http://inphotos.org/2008/11/11/windsor-leaves/ http://inphotos.org/2008/11/11/windsor-leaves/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:53:50 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3154 Windsor Leaves

Down by the river in Windsor the ground was littered with autumn leaves and served as a perfect foreground for someone else’s castle..

That was a great idea of Matt’s to head down that direction!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/11/11/windsor-leaves/feed/ 0 Breckenridge Sunset http://inphotos.org/2008/10/20/breckenridge-sunset/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/20/breckenridge-sunset/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:31:15 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3067 Breckenridge Sunset

The sun sets early in Breckenridge Colorado, well slightly earlier than in Ireland anyway. Myself and Anthony were working on one part of our secret project, and Mike Adams was working on the other bit, when Michael Koenig jumped up and went outside on to the balcony. I looked up and saw gorgeous red clouds and followed him with my camera. This is the result.

Tall evergreen trees outside the house, and snow capped mountains on the horizon. The sun set behind them in a blazing ball of glorious colour. Beautiful.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/10/20/breckenridge-sunset/feed/ 5 Field of flowers http://inphotos.org/2008/08/12/field-of-flowers/ http://inphotos.org/2008/08/12/field-of-flowers/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:07:55 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2656

Floods, hailstones, cold. Another typical Irish summer but thankfully it’s nice ad bright here in Blarney. Here’s a shot I took down at Allihies in West Cork back in April. It’d be perfect if the flowers were more in focus but I still love it.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/08/12/field-of-flowers/feed/ 5 Pretty Yellow Flowers http://inphotos.org/2008/07/13/pretty-yellow-flowers/ http://inphotos.org/2008/07/13/pretty-yellow-flowers/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:38:34 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2519 Pretty Yellow Flowers

Pretty yellow flowers bloom in late April in the grounds of the Westlodge Hotel we stayed in while on holiday in Bantry. Spring was late coming to these gardens so it was nice to see a splash of colour!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/07/13/pretty-yellow-flowers/feed/ 1 Biosphere 2 http://inphotos.org/2008/07/07/biosphere-2/ http://inphotos.org/2008/07/07/biosphere-2/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:09:14 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2500

Biosphere 2 lies in the dusty hot desert in Arizona. It was originally designed as a self contained “world” where scientists stayed for an extended period of time. After going through the tour, there’s no way I’d volunteer to spend my time inside. It must have been very difficult being cooped up in one building. The Wikipedia page on the project has a lot more detail about what went on there.

Anyway, the building is very striking to look at, especially as the day was fine and interesting clouds added to the scene.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/07/07/biosphere-2/feed/ 1 Which way from Castletownbere? http://inphotos.org/2008/05/18/which-way-from-castletownbere/ http://inphotos.org/2008/05/18/which-way-from-castletownbere/#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 19:16:31 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=1952

There are so many places to visit in West Cork. Here’s a few of them. We didn’t visit Dursey Island but the beach at Allihies is lovely!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/05/18/which-way-from-castletownbere/feed/ 1 Clouds over the Conor Pass http://inphotos.org/2008/02/26/clouds-over-the-conor-pass/ http://inphotos.org/2008/02/26/clouds-over-the-conor-pass/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:51:31 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/clouds-over-the-conor-pass/ Clouds over the Conor Pass
Clouds over the Conor Pass

I’m loath to post photos from the same location day after day but I may as well call this “Conor Pass Week” and get the rest of them out of the dark where they’ve languished since 2006.

After the reaction to yesterday’s Conor Pass photo hopefully you’ll like this one too.

I have another 2 or 3 taken at the same time. The day was perfect for photography, the light was strong and to the side, there was an interesting sky and of course the scenery is beautiful. That was a very successful trip!

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Ballycotton Fishing Boats

Fishing boats crowd the harbour in Ballycotton on a warm August afternoon.

This was taken in 2006, when I think I shot the rest of my Ballycotton images. I love the imposing clouds and the leading lines of the bows.

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The hat and the smoke

I made this image of the guy in the hat on Patrick’s Street last February and I knew I had a great street shot. I have no idea what those people in the car are doing but they left shortly after.

Link love: Donal has a great portrait of some of the kids from his trip to Lesotho.

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Of course, I’m very keen on my own Sigma 10-20 wide-angle lens too. It’s great for street shots for two reasons:

  1. It’s so wide that I can be pointing at something else and still get some passers-by in the shot. Useful when I’m not feeling up to pointing my camera in their direction. I usually carry my camera about with me in my hand, in a vertical orientation. I don’t have to worry too much about missing the action with a wide field of view.
  2. Distortion! It’s not the most flattering in the world, but I just love the flat stretched look at the edges. People and objects lose their depth and become frames for what’s in the center of the image. See point 1 again.

There’s one bad thing about wide angle for street shooting, you have to get really close to get a frame filling shot. That person five feet away from you is going to be swallowed up by their surroundings. Get in close, they won’t hurt you! *gulp*

I had a great time at WordCamp this year, and I have a feeling you’ll see more wide angle shooting by a few people who were there!

What do you do with yours?

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