On one of the days while in Westport we climbed Croagh Patrick. What a climb that was and worth the effort to get to the top when you see the wonderfull views. As this was a clear day with just a handfull of clouds the views were amazing. As you can see from the image above we were level with the clouds at times which made for interesting images. I have a couple of images with no clouds in them but I think this one works better as it gives you a kind of scale to the height of the mountain and the view below. It was hard work to bring the camera gear and tripod up the mountain but came in very handy. I dont think I would have got a sharp image as it was windy but I was breathing very heavy ( not very fit ). But most of all the tripod was put to good use as an aid so I did not fall or slide on the way back down.
I was is Westport again last week with the family, but managed to get out and take a few images. The weather was great and we had plenty of sun, sea and sand. The above image was taken from the car park on Mallaranny ( or is it Mulrany, two different sign-posts and on maps ? ) beach. A funny sort of image with the rocks in the foreground. Not much to see over the rocks and the tide was at full-tide. We are looking over Clew Bay towards Croagh Patrick. I kind of like the way we have the smooth curves and surfaces of the rocks set against the mad scattered patterns of the clouds. I was going to crop out the sky to form a letterbox image but left it as is because that's the way I saw the image thru the viewfinder in the camera.
