A solitary swan swims on the calm waters of The Lough as the sun disappears at the end of the day.
Believe it or not, this is a 10 second exposure that turned out much better than I could have hoped! I balanced my camera on the edge of the Lough, set it to Aperture priority mode at f/11, dialed the exposure down two stops, flipped up the camera flash and took the shot.
How does this work?
Hope that helps!
Tagged: Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, swan, swans, The Lough, Urban, Water
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Thanks for commenting! Luciano7 - I didn’t need to worry about the movement of the swan because it was so dark. Remember, this was a 10 second exposure, very underexposed, so anything that wasn’t emitting light itself would have been completely dark.From experience, I know that if I tried to expose properly the light in the background would have been blown out, and the swan would have been a ghost except where it is lit up by the flash. By deliberatly underexposing I got a really sharp swan instead!
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Flickr: xeer
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January 30, 2007 at
2:44am
this is sweet. thanks for sharing, and most importantly thanks for sharing the technique. the reflection really tops if off. congrats !
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Flickr: Ragorder.com
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January 30, 2007 at
6:53am
Fantastic shot! Don’t you just love it when things like that turn out so well.
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Flickr: corksurf
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January 30, 2007 at
11:22am
I agree with corksurf, a fantastic shot and what a feeling when the pic turns out better than expected. I like the night time yet with day breaking just over the hills. that swan was still for ten seconds??
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Flickr: luciano7
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January 30, 2007 at
11:39am
Stunning! Outstanding photo, and thanks for sharing how you managed to capture this, really interesting!
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Daze
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January 30, 2007 at
5:06pm
Hey cousin, I just wanted to let you know that I am enjoying all those wonderful pics that you take.
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Flickr: patio_
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February 02, 2007 at
9:18am
An unusual shot. I might crop it a bit differently, but I’m not sure. I really like the fact that I’ve never seen a shot of a swan at night before.
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Flickr: scribeoflight
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February 06, 2007 at
7:16am
Awesome image of the lonely swan! I really do love swans! I’m a swan!
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Edgar
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February 11, 2008 at
7:12pm
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