Today’s Bacon | Rohan
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
by Joe
The photo was taken on a boat trip in West Cork. The lighthouse is called the Fastnet. We were looking for whales and dolphins, but unfortunately we didn’t see any so the lighthouse was the main focus for the trip.
I asked the skipper to go this side of the lighthouse as I thought I might get a good silhouette with the sun setting. I used a canon 400d with a sigma 10-20mm lens. The boat was rocking in fairly heavy waves but managed to get a fairly decent shot. I then converted to black and white in photoshop and used levels to bring out the clouds and the waves.
Again, notice how the photographer used the strong back light, in this case the sun, to produce a beautiful silhouette of the main subject, the lighthouse.
Also, I would like to add that the Sigma 10-20mm lens is my favorite lens in the whole world. I use it everywhere I go and often times when friends ask me what their next lens purchase should be I always recommend getting this lens.
