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Evening folks
Ok so theres a story behind this post.....
I had a customer who approached me who was interested in getting a sunset shot on the first green at Royal Troon with the sun setting behind the hills of Arran, I had a look and by luck the sun sets pretty much right where I needed it to. So Wed night I set off to do a quick rekki on location/set up etc and when I arrived realised I had to cut across some of the course and pretty much set up at the side of the green, not wanting to get in any bother I asked a couple of golfers if it would be ok to take some shots, they said as long as I wasn't in the way of anyone playing then it would be fine, after this group of golfers I didn't see any other players, I hung about with the tripod set up and fired off a few shots to get my composition right but the sunset wasn't anything great so I packed up and came home. Thursday night I set off again with the weather looking good for a cracking sunset, drove to Troon and parked up just around 8.45pm, walked over to the side of the 1st green and set up the tripod in the long rough making sure not to puncture any fairway or green with the legs, fired off a few tester shots then stood back to wait on some colour, just as the sun was about to drop behind the hills and light up the clouds I got the loudest shout ever of "Get of the f***ing course" with major hand gestures and arm waving from a guy in a club blazer and tie etc etc. I had to pack up and leave in a rush so only managed to fire off one decent shot which has major lens flare on it!
So 3 questions really....
1. Can you trespass on a golf course in Scotland? I'm aware of the Right to Roam law but not sure if that applies to courses?
2.Is this shot decent enough to sit and work on removing the lens flare? How do I go about doing that or is it just not worth the hassle? My customer wants the shot blown up to almost poster size so I'm a bit nervous to start working on the shot if its going to show up on the print??
3. Do i bite the bullet and risk trying for another shot and getting in to more trouble??
Shot below, I've processed it as much as I can before i need to remover the lens flare
Thanks for looking and apologies for the long post......I'm a bit annoyed how it all fell to bits!
Scott
Ok so theres a story behind this post.....
I had a customer who approached me who was interested in getting a sunset shot on the first green at Royal Troon with the sun setting behind the hills of Arran, I had a look and by luck the sun sets pretty much right where I needed it to. So Wed night I set off to do a quick rekki on location/set up etc and when I arrived realised I had to cut across some of the course and pretty much set up at the side of the green, not wanting to get in any bother I asked a couple of golfers if it would be ok to take some shots, they said as long as I wasn't in the way of anyone playing then it would be fine, after this group of golfers I didn't see any other players, I hung about with the tripod set up and fired off a few shots to get my composition right but the sunset wasn't anything great so I packed up and came home. Thursday night I set off again with the weather looking good for a cracking sunset, drove to Troon and parked up just around 8.45pm, walked over to the side of the 1st green and set up the tripod in the long rough making sure not to puncture any fairway or green with the legs, fired off a few tester shots then stood back to wait on some colour, just as the sun was about to drop behind the hills and light up the clouds I got the loudest shout ever of "Get of the f***ing course" with major hand gestures and arm waving from a guy in a club blazer and tie etc etc. I had to pack up and leave in a rush so only managed to fire off one decent shot which has major lens flare on it!
So 3 questions really....
1. Can you trespass on a golf course in Scotland? I'm aware of the Right to Roam law but not sure if that applies to courses?
2.Is this shot decent enough to sit and work on removing the lens flare? How do I go about doing that or is it just not worth the hassle? My customer wants the shot blown up to almost poster size so I'm a bit nervous to start working on the shot if its going to show up on the print??
3. Do i bite the bullet and risk trying for another shot and getting in to more trouble??
Shot below, I've processed it as much as I can before i need to remover the lens flare
Thanks for looking and apologies for the long post......I'm a bit annoyed how it all fell to bits!
Scott