tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71575889262085162512023-10-11T11:32:32.427+01:00MononeilA Black & White PhotoBlog from Ireland by Neil McShaneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-57372220297276678592014-12-30T00:04:00.001+00:002016-12-03T13:48:29.114+00:00Looking Back, Looking Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That time again when I look back that the year's takings. It started off pretty good but ended not so good. However the year as a whole was very productive. I narrowed the selection down to 10 and picked the Top 5 over Christmas. There are as follows, in no particular order :<br />
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The introduction of a new camera system, lens and filters helped me out with the lack of motivation during the second half of the year after a death in the family. It was hard to get back out and start shooting as Tim wasn't there to see the results when we went to visit. </div>
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<i>So that was 2014 and now for 2015.</i></div>
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Well now for 2015, what's in store for "The Mononeil Process". I have made a list of locations, some old ones for a re-visit, which I would like to capture their beauty and then transform into an image worthy of a place on my website ( <a href="http://www.blackandwhite.ie/">www.blackandwhite.ie</a> ). </div>
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- Lough Aughawoolia, Galway</div>
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- Ashleagh Falls, Mayo</div>
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- Horseshoe Valley, Sligo</div>
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- Fermoyle Beach, Kerry</div>
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- Novohal Cove, Cork</div>
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The list will change as we go through the year but you need to start somewhere right?<br />
I have my fellow photographers to thank for these locations as they have posted images which I feel is just right for me and my "style".<br />
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<i>See you all in 2015.</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-23602198958620111562012-07-30T18:09:00.001+01:002012-07-30T18:11:10.427+01:00Google +As you might know there has being no activity on this blogger site thats because I have moved over to Google+ and have stopped publishing my work here<br />
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Also my website is still in operation here and there a blog linked to this site<br />
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<a href="http://www.blackandwhite.ie/">http://www.blackandwhite.ie</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-26319097145768111472011-11-29T11:26:00.001+00:002011-11-29T11:27:08.830+00:00Reflections Gougane Barra<br />
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Gougane Barra, is located 5km west of Ballingeary on the road to Bantry, Co Cork. On this fine morning on my way home form my good friend and fellow photographer Peter Cox, who lives next door so to speek. I stopped by Gougane Barra only to be greeted by a wonderful reflection in the still waters of the lake. The sun had risen and burned off the last of the low lying mist. It’s a perfect reflection and have fooled many by turning it upside down.</div>
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This was the start of one fantastic days shooting and only stopped by the fact I was running out of power for my camera. Remember to always charge batteries even on the last day before heading home.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-45094638614593994472011-11-29T11:25:00.001+00:002011-11-29T11:25:27.141+00:00The Gap of Dunloe<br />
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The Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co Kerry is one of the must see location on the tourist trail in Ireland.</div>
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If you have ever being up at The Gap you will have gone passed this lake, Coosaun Lough, on your way to the bridge for the “normal” view of The Gap. Not me, I’m not normal !</div>
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On this afternoon I was down in Killarney to meet up with Peter Cox and Roger Overall to talk business about the upcoming new Episode of Circle of Confusion video series. When the elements are right don’t put if off to till tomorrow as I was going to do here. The choice: bit a small bit late for the meeting or miss this photo op. Sorry lads but you lost out and boy I was glad I when up to the Gap. It was magic and spent an hour photographing from this location and another one from the other side of the bridge. More about that image in a later post.</div>
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I love the reflections of the mountains and the water lilies in the foreground. The clouds and light were perfect for the composition.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-37666816698552402842011-06-27T14:18:00.000+01:002011-06-27T14:18:05.863+01:00Dinish Island Sunrise<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://mononeil.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dinish-island-kenmare.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1873a1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1239" height="200" src="http://mononeil.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dinish-island-kenmare.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" title="dinish-island-kenmare" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Just as you think your never going to get that image….</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On this trip to Kenmare the weather was mixed. Not great for photography as we had too much haze mixed with low clouds all during the day and not much better in the mornings for sunrise either. On the last day of the trip all the elements came together and I got the sunrise I was after. This image shows Dinish Island, which is in the middle of Kenmare Bay, lit by the early morning rising sun. I used this wonderful side lighting to bring out the texture of the stone slipway and used the slipway to lead you into the image.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three days of sitting and waiting for the light was worth it me thinks.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-16790419128690226052011-06-27T14:16:00.000+01:002011-06-27T14:16:45.528+01:00Blurred Forest<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://mononeil.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/blurr_trees_djouce.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1873a1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1231" height="300" src="http://mononeil.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/blurr_trees_djouce.jpg?w=286&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" title="blurr_trees_djouce" width="286" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not your pin sharp wonderful B&W landscape that you come to expect from me, but something different.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first Sunday in every month is set aside for a family walk up some mountain. Come rail, hail or shine, and in this case low clouds and mist, we go. All manor of clothing is packed into the boot of the car which leads to very little space for my big camera bags (must get bigger car not ). So I always carry my trusty Canon G10 with me on these trips.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last Sunday the 5th June was such a walk ( <a href="http://instagr.am/p/FMPxu/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Link to pic </a>) up Djouce Mountain in the Wiclow Mts. After a couple of wonderful sunny day with temperatures in the high 20′s, the sunscreen was packed. I can tell you now that never came out of the boot. At times you couldn’t see 20 meters in front of you and the higher you went the worse it got.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The challenge was on – to come away with a couple of image from the walk.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One such image is above titled “Blurred Forest”. With very very very bad visibility what are you to do ? During the walk through the forest the light levels very low and hand holding a camera to get a sharp image was impossible. Use this camera blur to your advantage. During the 1/6th second exposure I moved the camera in an upwards motion. The result was, I think, great. This got me think and I started to play with the different camera setting to produce my images and not the usual Landscape images I take.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I love the way the forest floor and the tree branches are completely blurred while the tree trunks are still visible. I also like the triangle shape the trees make which draws you into the image.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So if you go down the wood today…………..</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure you have low light and don’t bring a tripod.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-91395517241438360092011-05-26T23:17:00.000+01:002011-05-26T23:17:32.048+01:00The Long Range<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LEgvkVrTsoA/Td7RXx4y70I/AAAAAAAACTw/egf6HkR9jZk/s1600/the-long-range-killarney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LEgvkVrTsoA/Td7RXx4y70I/AAAAAAAACTw/egf6HkR9jZk/s320/the-long-range-killarney.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Long Range is a stretch of water that joins Muckross Lake to The Upper Lake in Killarney National Park. It’s the same water in this image as in the Eagle’s Nest post <a href="http://mononeil.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/eagles-nest/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> (link here)</a>.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This time however I had a boat beside the foreground rocks which makes for a nice composition. The lines on the rocks lead you to the boat which leads you into the rest of the image. The weather, clouds and light was just right and I had to stop the car yet again on my way home from Kenmare. Well not directly home as I had planned to stop off at Peter Cox new Gallery in Killarney and give him a hand with framing a few images before the grand opening. This didn’t go to plan in favor of Peter as the light was to good to miss and being a photographer I knew he would understand.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also my battery run out and this was the last image of the day. Another reason for a trip to the gallery to charge the battery for the afternoon shoot. As I have already said, the Eagle’s Nest is just off to the right and I was standing right where the boat is to take that image.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a classic example for returning to the same location again and again. You will either see something different or the conditions will be different and come away with another image as with me in this case.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-31450198844385006002011-05-16T18:24:00.000+01:002011-05-16T18:24:29.180+01:00Coornagillagh, Kenmare Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RKkNv2nFRwQ/TdFdu36ceeI/AAAAAAAACTs/anCfZ747oX4/s1600/coornagillagh-kenmare-bay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RKkNv2nFRwQ/TdFdu36ceeI/AAAAAAAACTs/anCfZ747oX4/s320/coornagillagh-kenmare-bay.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I came across this location on the evening before but the clouds had rolled in and that was the end of the sunset. However the next day I came back this time a little earlier to see what it was like and go for a little walk around. The tide was low which made for so interesting foreground rocks to help in the composition. In the image above you are looking straight out along the Kenmare Bay with Iveragh Peninsula on your right and the The Beara Peninsula on the left. You can’t really them with this portrait format but I think it helps the composition with the way the rocks in the foreground led you into the image.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There is only one problem with this image- no sound. You can’t see them but you could here the Seals making some wonderful sounds. It added to the atmosphere and will be added to the list of locations for the next episode of the <a href="http://www.circleofconfusion.ie/?page_id=2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Circle of Confusion</a> Video series. Can’t wait to hear the sound on the video in the background while we try any part with some advice.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-89518358508180135162011-05-02T22:25:00.000+01:002011-05-02T22:25:07.372+01:00Lackeen, Kenmare Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h1BOg_bC84Y/Tb8g-vrg_7I/AAAAAAAACTk/IRwl7r4Fi5I/s1600/kenmare-bay1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h1BOg_bC84Y/Tb8g-vrg_7I/AAAAAAAACTk/IRwl7r4Fi5I/s320/kenmare-bay1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I usually use Killarney as my base and travel from there when I’m down Co Kerry way, but not this time. Kenmare, Co Kerry was to be my base for this Co Kerry trip.<br />
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I now think after this trip that Kenmare is the best location as you can travel north to the Iveragh Peninsula or south towards the Beara Peninsula. Also the drive from Kenmare to KIllarney ( N71) is much better in this direction. We have had some of the best weather of late and I was hoping that it would continue for my trip. It was good and bad. Too much haze. Clear blue skies and strong haze might be good holiday weather for the beach etc… but not us landscape photographers.<br />
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The image above was taken one morning after a short drive out on the Iveragh Peninsula along “The Ring of Kerry” road to a place called Lackeen. I found this small Quay and stopped. The clouds were starting to break up so I decided to stay here and wait a while. In the image I am looking sound across Kenmare Bay towards the Caha Mountains on the the Beara Peninsula. I like the peaceful scene. The different shapes and tones of the trees and the cloud patterns. I bit of a difference between this image and the dark moody one from the previous post ( <a href="http://mononeil.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/castletownbere/">Castletownbere</a> )<br />
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So the first image in the bag from this trip. Hotel was great. Food was great. Kenmare has jumped to the top of my list of landscape locations. I have only just scratched the surface of wonderful locations to photograph, so will be back again and agin me thinks.<br />
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More to follow from this trip including : Coornagillagh Quay, Cloonee Lough, Darrynane Bay, Glanbeg to name just a few.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-35218477703520390802011-04-21T23:46:00.000+01:002011-04-21T23:46:40.509+01:00Castletownbere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zL_v9OIY0YY/TbCv2JXN2dI/AAAAAAAACTg/OU-avbMvTY4/s1600/castletown-bearhavan-harbour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zL_v9OIY0YY/TbCv2JXN2dI/AAAAAAAACTg/OU-avbMvTY4/s320/castletown-bearhavan-harbour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
The one that nearly got away.<br />
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After we finished filming the morning sequence for the <a href="http://www.circleofconfusion.ie/?p=538">The video</a> we made our way back to Castletownbere for some breakfast. A hard thing to find - a coffee shop open on a Sunday morning at 8:00. So we waited and did a bit more filming down at the harbour. We also started doing the backup of the compact flash cards onto the laptops in the back of the jeep. The clouds were starting to break up at this stage which would lead to a very productive late morning and afternoon shooting. While the backup were being copied I noticed some wonderful light starting to appear over the harbour in front of us. A quick camera setup and a couple of images taken before the clouds and light changed and the show was over.<br />
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I love the mood in the image. The ripples on the calm water in the harbour and the single boat just on the edge of the light. Ok I did darken down the clouds and foreground a bit but this adds to the mood of the image. After a poor start to the day, getting up at 4:00, driving for 1.5 hours to capture the Super Moon set only to be greeted with the same clouds in the image above. This time the low lying clouds make the image.<br />
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Bad weather is good weather. It all depends on your mood.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-24090393836644945072011-04-15T23:45:00.002+01:002011-04-16T00:06:55.394+01:00The Reeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKU_OekEF5I/TajIY0b0FvI/AAAAAAAACTc/uMtcZrUWgcM/s1600/the-reeks-%2526-gap-of-dunloe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKU_OekEF5I/TajIY0b0FvI/AAAAAAAACTc/uMtcZrUWgcM/s320/the-reeks-%2526-gap-of-dunloe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
The Reeks or there full name The Macgillycuddy Reeks Mountain Range on The Inveragh Peninsula, Co Kerry. This image above shows The Reeks and The Gap of Dunloe from the main road ( N71 ).<br />
If you are one of the many people who have download the video ( <a href="http://www.circleofconfusion.ie/?p=538">Photographing The Landscape - Episode 0: Cork & Kerry</a> ) then you will have seen how the image was captured.<br />
And if you haven't why not?<br />
We had wonderful light and shadows with the passing clouds to play with at this time of the day compared to the weather conditions for the sunrise early that morning.<br />
Listen the best thing to do is download the video because, well read the DVD cover notes :<br />
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<i>"Follow Landscape photographers Peter Cox and Neil McShane as they plan a dawn shoot in Cork. Despite being frustrated by the weather, they will show you how to work with the conditions instead of against them and come away with some good images.</i><br />
<i>For the rest of the day, they take in some of the highlights of the Cork and Kerry landscape, revealing tips and tricks of the trade along the way. Oh, and there's plenty of banter and good humor as well.</i><br />
<i>Some of the things you'll learn in the episode:</i><br />
<i>-Ways to plan for the best photographs.</i><br />
<i>-Tips for getting great black & white landscapes.</i><br />
<i>- How to use graduated neutral density filters to balance exposure.</i><br />
<i>-How bad weather can make for good photographs.</i><br />
<i>-Shading your lens without a hood to prevent flare."</i><br />
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So there you have it, all my secrets are out for you to learn from.<br />
Over the coming weeks I will post more images for this trip which didn't make it into the final cut of the video. Not that there not any good, it's just we had to stop some where.<br />
I look forward to your comments on the video if you have downloaded it and if there is anything would guys would like for us to cover in the next episode, please let me know.<br />
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</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-60672603707393843972011-04-01T21:28:00.003+01:002011-04-01T21:38:33.596+01:00Landscape Video<div>I am please to announce I have teamed up with Peter Cox and Roger Overall over on The Circle of Confusion website to star in a video series about Landscape Photography.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can learn more about it on The Circle of Confusion website : <a href="http://www.circleofconfusion.ie/?p=538">HERE</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21751998" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/21751998">Teaser - The Circle of Confusion: Photographing the Landscape, Episode 0</a>.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-59619258874502806952011-03-12T00:13:00.007+00:002011-03-12T01:09:03.288+00:00Glenbeg Lough<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QozM6gR0mjI/TXq60OPqAnI/AAAAAAAACTM/cQUcMQdfQlg/s1600/glenbeg-lough-%2526-skellig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QozM6gR0mjI/TXq60OPqAnI/AAAAAAAACTM/cQUcMQdfQlg/s400/glenbeg-lough-%2526-skellig.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582980094418879090" /></a><br /><div>This is one of my favorite images from the four days down on The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Beara</span> Peninsula and it came out of disappointment. Let me explain:</div><div><br /></div><div>The weeks leading up to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Beara</span> Trip were spent looking over the Discovery Series of Maps from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">OSi</span> (Ordnance Survey Ireland) to find suitable locations to shoot. One such place was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Glenbeg</span> Lough, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ardgroom</span>. We have the lake surrounded by mountains a river flowing into the lake and a bridge over the river. All this looks like an interesting location. Looking at the details on the map and seeing the real life are two different things.</div><div>We had finished shooting up on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Healy</span> Pass and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Lauragh</span> Forest and started our journey further west for sunset when hunger struck. Stopping at a coffee shop in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ardgroom</span>, Peter noticed a painting on the wall of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Glenbeg</span> Lough. Now don't get me wrong but painters have it easy. They start with a blank canvas and add or remove thing at will. Us photographers have a completed canvas and have to use whats in front of the camera lens. What greeted us on the drive up to the lake was nothing like the view in the painting. Missing was the car park, rubbish bins, public signs and the pipes going across the side wall of the bridge. And they say using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Photoshop</span> to edit your photos is wrong but.....</div><div>What a disappointment. We didn't even get out of the jeep and to top it off low clouds started to roll in and this put a stop to sunset. We did however drive along the shoreline to find a point to turn the jeep around and head home. Oh, but wait. I spotted the view above with the reads in the foreground and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Skellig</span> Mt in the background. </div><div>Not the images I pictured a week ago looking at the maps but I think a came away with a much better image. Once again a portrait format helps in the composition. The slight blurring or the reads from the strong wind blowing down trough the valley and the dark clouds, helped by the filters, hanging over the tops of the mountains adds the drama of the image.</div><div><br /></div><div> I have a hard drive full of image to post still from The Beara Peninsula. </div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-34605683304608776822011-03-03T22:09:00.003+00:002011-03-03T22:31:26.383+00:00Lehanbeg Pier.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sgWwUZW_DwA/TXAR-Afbf1I/AAAAAAAACTE/0FpsYkeCIvI/s1600/lehanbeg-pier-portrait.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sgWwUZW_DwA/TXAR-Afbf1I/AAAAAAAACTE/0FpsYkeCIvI/s400/lehanbeg-pier-portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579979695293431634" /></a><br /><div>Here is one of the first images taken form the Friday's evening shooting location, Lehanbeg Pier, Beara, Co Cork. The bad weather I was talking about in the previous post was clearing eastwards. We didn't get the full intensity of the setting sun due mainly to the low cover mist and fog which was to our benefit as we are shooting directly into the setting sun just out of the photo to the right. Long shutter speeds and a couple of ND Grad filters made for interesting effects on the water as it crashed over the sides of the pier walkway. The composition is helped by the mirroring angles of the foreground rocks and the pier itself. We came back to this location a couple of hours later and the water level had dropped by about 3 meters so it was safe to walk all the way out the the end of the pier.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-20685982881012156152011-02-24T01:08:00.006+00:002011-02-24T01:47:56.962+00:00Eagles Nest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mDLwlEWWzvs/TWWv4Q5nKKI/AAAAAAAACSk/GTTZTO59LVA/s1600/eagle-nest-killarney.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mDLwlEWWzvs/TWWv4Q5nKKI/AAAAAAAACSk/GTTZTO59LVA/s400/eagle-nest-killarney.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577057094712371362" /></a><br /><div>I'm back from a 4 day trip down to The Beara Peninsula with a good friend and fellow Landscape photographer <a href="http://www.petercox.ie/">Peter Cox</a>. The weeks leading up the trip were spent looking over maps and we came to the conclusion that the Beara would be an ideal location.</div><div>The trip down is a 4.5 hour drive but I was going to make a detour on the way and stop off in Killarney. Leaving my home at 5:30 in the morning with clear skies above me. Short lived as I was driving into the bad weather. </div><div>If you are following me on Twitter or Facebook you will see some of the images taken with the iPhone. One such image<a href="http://instagr.am/p/BrUOf/?ref=nf"> link here</a> was taken out the car window from the very same spot as the image above. However in that image the rain was coming down very heavy. Not a great start to the trip and was this a sign of things to come? You will just have to wait and see. </div><div>I have started the series of image posts with the last image taken on the trip. It's an image of Eagles Nest in the Killarney National Park from Five Mile Bridge along the N71. This is a image I have being after for a couple of years now as conditions have not worked out in the past but this they were perfect. A clear sky with the cloud pattern following the lines of the mountain. Some ripples in the water made by me standing in the water ( wellies, a photographers best friend ). I like the way the ripples make your eyes flow into the image. The looks I was getting from the many tourists taking their snap shots. What must they have being thinking?</div><div>Did I get any more images? Just lets say it's taken me a few days to go through the images and start the conversion process. </div><div>Stayed tuned over the next coupe of weeks to see the rest of "The Beara Trip"</div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-58052695955457480582011-02-06T14:18:00.005+00:002011-02-06T15:30:43.292+00:00Bundoran Sunset<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TU6t09eLB9I/AAAAAAAACSc/N8ynGu0etwc/s1600/sunset-bundoran-rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TU6t09eLB9I/AAAAAAAACSc/N8ynGu0etwc/s400/sunset-bundoran-rocks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570580914469799890" /></a><br /><div>What a sunset. Pure magic.</div><div><br /></div><div>Light, texture, shapes and tones by the bucket load.</div><div><br /></div><div>This image was taken last year from the trip to Bundoran, Co Donegal. The amazing thing about this image was that I had the place to myself. Nobody around to get in my way. A ware occurrence for a landscape photographer. Did I have to travel far? No, out the hotel door turn right and down the steps. </div><div>I typical sort of Irish day with all the seasons during the day and come the magic hour the clouds lifted the the sun came out to play. It makes up for all the waiting around during the day. The last time I was up here I had perfect weather all day and it was going to be a wonderful sunset. But........</div><div>You see the dark rocks on the right? There is a diving board on the rocks and it's in constant use. On that evening the people got stranded on the rocks as the tide came in and the Air-Sea rescue helicopter and fire brigade were called out. No sunset image that time but on this evening I got the image I was after, OK a year late but very happy all the same. </div><div>A couple of ND Grad filter were used to balance the image. Using the Lee filter system you can angle the grads to suit the image which I had to on this image.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you do a search with the word Bundoran on your left you will find a few more images.</div><div>Two weeks and counting to the West Cork/Kerry Trip.</div><div>Enjoy the week.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-71514079599930129232011-01-23T11:30:00.004+00:002011-01-23T11:59:27.719+00:00Sunrise on the coast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TTwRwrA-AwI/AAAAAAAACSI/KhJwyTdpyF4/s1600/wicklow-coast9_sunrise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TTwRwrA-AwI/AAAAAAAACSI/KhJwyTdpyF4/s400/wicklow-coast9_sunrise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565342767401272066" /></a><br /><div>As I was saying over in Twitter land ( <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mononeil">follow here</a> ), I went back through my image folders from last year with a new set of eyes ( mentally not physically ). You should do this at's amazing what you will find. Me, well I found five extra images that went thru the "mononeil" process. The image above being one of them. Take very early one morning along the Wicklow/Wexford coast. The sun had not risen yet and you can see the light rays fanning out from the clouds on the horizon.</div><div>I didn't think it would work as a black & white but you know it does. I like the way the rocks are very dark with just a hint of light here and there. The shape of the flat rock surface and the highlights makes your eyes flow into the image. In contrast to the sky and the light rays this foreground was very dark and to balance it out a bit 3 ND filters had to be used. </div><div><br /></div><div>The project for the year has being selected and is in full swing. More on this later.</div><div>The first major trip of the year has will happen in February down around west Cork - Kerry.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-21796585856938482392011-01-15T13:10:00.005+00:002011-01-15T13:38:37.270+00:00Branch & Sky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TTGdACgFlWI/AAAAAAAACSA/-9odywpDvRw/s1600/sky-and-trees2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TTGdACgFlWI/AAAAAAAACSA/-9odywpDvRw/s400/sky-and-trees2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562399638776288610" /></a><br /><div>First post for 2011 and it took until 15th of January to post it. </div><div><br /></div><div>December last year and January this year have being eventful to say the least. I don't thing I can take much more. Starting with Bronchitis, snow and freezing temperatures leading to no water for a couple of weeks over Christmas, then the flu kicked in. And now the sad news that my Granny died RIP. My turkey is still in the freezer and the bottle of Whiskey is still unopened that Santa left for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the photography front, I still have not done any Landscape work yet. Plans are being worked on for a trip in February with <a href="http://www.petercox.ie/">Peter Cox</a>. One commercial shoot last week and another one next week and a few more print orders to complete is keeping me going as well as finishing my notes for the 6 week Lecture series starting in February. </div><div>The image above was shoot from the carpark of client I was visiting a while back. I love the shape of the branches with no leaves and the dark moody sky. It depicts my mood and feeling perfectly. </div><div><br /></div><div>Looking forward to 2011 with some big plans in the pipeline but first this:</div><div><br /></div><div>I put together "The Best of 2010" news story over on the website. <a href="http://www.blackandwhite.ie/news32354.html">Link Here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck to you all this year and hope you will follow my journey through the year. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-64489759801519746542010-12-20T19:09:00.004+00:002010-12-20T19:40:03.636+00:00Snow Covered Ireland<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TQ-qD_JIAjI/AAAAAAAACR0/dK0JdKBh1J0/s1600/snow-scene-virgina-road.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TQ-qD_JIAjI/AAAAAAAACR0/dK0JdKBh1J0/s400/snow-scene-virgina-road.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552843851037147698" /></a><br /><div>Ireland and the rest of Europe is going through a snow time for the past couple of weeks. Here in Ireland the fun has worn off everybody, even the children. And now the snow is back again right up until Christmas Eve according to the weather people.</div><div>What I though was just a Cold turned into Acute Bronchitis which means I'm stuck indoors for a week or so. I did manage to get out and get a couple of snow scenes on my travels. The above is one such. I'm not sure of the location. All I know it's between Kells and Virginia. I will get the exact location when the Doc gives me the all clear to go. </div><div>A simple image taken from the side of the road looking into a field across to a small forest. I love the way the image is layered with different shades of snow covered tress in the foreground to the wonderful cloud formations in the background. Also the image works much better in this portrait format then my 'normal' landscape as you are brought up through the layers in the image.</div><div>Funny thing happened to me while taking this image. Having to park the car on the side of the main road but not to close to the side due to the heavy snow on the roads. I forgot that cars would have to go around the car and off the clear road surface. In my case a 40ft truck came along at speed and traveled along the central part of the road which was still covered with heavy snow. The truck catapulted snow across the road in the direction of me and the camera. A quick jump was needed to cover the camera. I got covered in snow and slush. This resulted in my getting a cold and now Bronchitis. I should have left the camera and took cover myself. I think the image was worth all the medical bills ???</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-23080909221687271002010-12-08T23:13:00.004+00:002010-12-08T23:35:21.498+00:00Return to The Boyne<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TQARMq4WOVI/AAAAAAAACRo/x8hbKOCKLmk/s1600/boyne%2526snow6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TQARMq4WOVI/AAAAAAAACRo/x8hbKOCKLmk/s400/boyne%2526snow6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548453650287180114" /></a><br /><div>Meath and the East coast of Ireland have had 2 weeks of heavy snow fall and sub zero temperatures. Wonderful weather for photographers right? That's if you can get outside your house. The roads are just crazy. Snow falls during the day and then -12 degrees at night and the next morning it's an ice rink outside. This has being going on for days now. </div><div>Lucky I did manage to get out a couple of weeks ago before the heavy snow fall and got back to the Boyne River and get a few mores images. Full story and more images can be found over on my website : <a href="http://www.blackandwhite.ie/news31090.html">Link Here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>You can see the greater volume of water in the Boyne as none of the foreground rocks are visible compared to the image in "A Boyne Diamond" post. By the time I got back up to the car my feet were numb. Thank god the fire was blazing when I got home. I broke my rule of backing up my memory cards first. This time I sat down in front of the fire until I got some feeling back in my toes. Not much to report on the dog front this time as I have the place to myself.</div><div><br /></div><div>On a different note, I'm having great fun with another camera. This camera also can make and receive phone calls. Yes, I'm talking about the iPhone. I have two of them. Don't ask. The original one and the new iPhone4. I know the camera is not the best or is it? I have put a website together using wordpress just for photo taken with the iPhone. It's called iPhoneNeil and you can link to it here : <a href="http://www.iphoneneil.wordpress.com/">iPhoneNeil website</a>.</div><div> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-45448946509783984292010-11-12T18:23:00.004+00:002010-11-12T21:03:43.041+00:00Skerries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TN2GebfvF-I/AAAAAAAACRQ/oW9M30prg3g/s1600/skerries-railings.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TN2GebfvF-I/AAAAAAAACRQ/oW9M30prg3g/s400/skerries-railings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538730974070642658" /></a><br /><div>What is it me and dogs when I am out taking photo's ?</div><div><br /></div><div>Last week Ireland got the tail end of hurricane Thomas and the weather services was giving out warnings about strong winds, low pressure and high tides with flooding warnings. Stay away from the coastal roads and paths. So what did I do? Drive over to Skerries, a small village on the east coast of Ireland on Sunday morning and go for a walk along the coast path with the wife and children. Don't worry the storms had not hit yet as it was a beautiful morning, blue skies and some clouds starting to roll in. </div><div>Along the coastal path they have built a platform for swimmers to get into the water. On this morning the tide was very high and coming in over the sides of the platform. Perfect, so I set up the camera and waited for the waves to come in and cover the concrete in the foreground. This would help with the reflections of the clouds.</div><div>Now I had a slight timing issue. You see there was this dog running and jumping into the water right in front of my camera position and I had to wait until the dog was out of the frame and the waves covered the foreground. I got the image I was after i.e. the one here. While I was packing my gear up the dog came over to me and stood there looking at me. But what did he do only shake himself dry and water went all over me and the contents of my backpack. Once again his owner was embarrassed and apologized. I just stood there wet but laughing. </div><div><br /></div><div>The moral of this story : If I see another dog while out shooting I'm going the other direction.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">More SkyWatch Friday images here : <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; ">SkyWatch</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-3835479067255813652010-11-05T23:53:00.002+00:002010-11-06T00:53:22.748+00:00A Boyne Diamond<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TNSZlg6AE0I/AAAAAAAACRI/wDAw8H-tOEg/s1600/river-boyne-rocks2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TNSZlg6AE0I/AAAAAAAACRI/wDAw8H-tOEg/s400/river-boyne-rocks2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536218711712600898" /></a><br /><div>What do you do when your wife rings you to say that herself and the children are staying with her mother for the night? A free house, yes. Quick get the camera and tripod and get out of the house. Go figure?</div><div>Well on this evening when I got that very call I did indeed grab the camera bag. Well it never made it out of the car form that morning. As it was summer time I had plenty of time to get something to eat (photographers dinner on the go - takeaway fish and chips) and plan where to shoot that evening. </div><div>Living on the East coast of Ireland does not make for great sunsets most of the time, however there are a couple of places you can get a wonderful sunset. Not tonight as I hadn't got time on my side. </div><div>The river Boyne flows through the town of Navan where I live. I decided that I would go for a walk along the Boyne and if I was lucky just might get an image or two. There are a couple of place along the stretch form Navan to Slane where you can park your car and walk the path running beside the river bank.</div><div>I wasn't getting any luck composition wise for the first 30mins of the walk but then I started to here a sound of water flowing over and into rocks. This could be interesting. When I reached a spot on the river bank which opened out and was able to step down into the water to get the composition I was after I knew this should work.</div><div>The image above is not that image (might post that during the week). I was thinking that this was not the right time of the day to be shooting west into the setting sun. A morning time would be much better as the sun would to behind me and light up the river bank on the far side. Luck would have it that I had a tree in the middle of the river. Don't ask because I don't understand how this can be?</div><div>But I had a plan. A slight move to the left and up onto the bank to position the tree in the frame and use it to hide the setting sun. Foreground interest was the rocks and water. In the middle we had the tree in the middle of the river and the far bank with the trees was my background. I just had to wait for the sun to get onto position behind the branches and my composition was ready. </div><div>While waiting I did get to talk to a few people asking me what I was doing? and chase a dog who took one of my lens pouches out of my open camera bag on the ground beside me. I saw the funny side and no harm was done but the dog owner was very embarrassed.</div><div>Sorry, getting back to the image. I had to use a couple of ND grad filters to control the sky and get a slow enough shutter speed for control the water flow. The result is the image above. Not bad of a spur of the moment sort of thing while I could have being sitting down we my feet up in control of the TV for once.</div><div><br /></div><div>"A Boyne Diamond" To find out what this means <a href="http://www.blackandwhite.ie/news28698.html">Click Here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>So the moral of the story : If you find yourself with a free house one fine summers evening get out and get a snap or two.</div><div><br /></div><div>More SkyWatch Friday images here : <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com">SkyWatch </a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-67916784320328560402010-10-30T12:19:00.003+01:002010-10-30T12:49:02.409+01:00Donabate Walk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TMv_hL14JtI/AAAAAAAACRA/sx-8icBSdoA/s1600/donabate-coast-walk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TMv_hL14JtI/AAAAAAAACRA/sx-8icBSdoA/s400/donabate-coast-walk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533797512734320338" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Well now, it's being a long time since my last blogpost. A couple of reasons really but mainly working on other parts of the business and not enough time out in the field taking new images.</div><div>Another reason is lack of inspiration or rather too much inspiration. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>"Even the most enthusiastic of photographers get the blues. And there's nothing more depressing than jealousy and a lack of motivation caused by overexposure to the work of others."</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Well my friends that's me at the moment. But, there is hope. I have discovered a great cure for this particular form of photographic depression. Grab your camera and get out of the house and spend more time developing your style and vision rather than indulging in everyone else's. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I did just that last week and went back to where I lived a few years ago. Donabate is a small village on the East coast of Ireland. Jump over to the website <a href="http://www.blackandwhite.ie/news28258.html">here</a> to have a look at more images from Donabate.</div><div>It was great to get out on my own with the cameras and just walk around to try a get a composition that works. The image above shows the cliff path form Donabate to Portrane. It had being a clear blue sky all morning and then the clouds started to roll in which is more to my style. While waiting for the right light and composition you have plenty of time to think. And a lot of thinking was done this morning on the cliff path of Donabate. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm Back</div><div><br /></div><div>Full of my own style, vision and Inspiraton.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-59231448867723086852010-09-16T22:47:00.005+01:002010-09-16T23:25:57.698+01:00Dinosaur Shadow in Wicklow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TJKQyUb0h3I/AAAAAAAACQo/q9NND_zeexQ/s1600/glendalough-mining-village-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TJKQyUb0h3I/AAAAAAAACQo/q9NND_zeexQ/s400/glendalough-mining-village-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517631687635535730" /></a><br /><div>Last week I went down to <a href="http://www.glendalough.ie/heritage_of_glendalough.php">Glendalough, Co Wicklow</a> for a walk with the family. Leaving the house early to avoid the crowds of people who visit Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains. It is a wonderful place to visit during the week as there is less people to avoid in your images.</div><div>After walking passed the Upper Lake (more on this in another post) and along the trail down towards the Mining Village. We had some wonderful weather, clouds and sun on the walk. And I was glad I took the complete Mononeil Camera equipment backpack with me this time and not just the compact. </div><div>I was able to capture a shadow of a dinosaur (hehehe) coming out from behind Lugduff Mountain on the left. The image also shows Camaderry Mountain on the right and Glenealo River which flows into the Upper Lake. Just below the shadows you can make out what is left of the building of The Mining Village. Mining for lead, zinc and silver took place for over 150 years and at the peek of production 2,000 miners were employed. Mining continued up until 1957.</div><div>The contrast difference between the sky and foreground was controlled by using 2 Lee ND Grad filters. This low-res jpeg might not show you but there is still detail in the shadows area of the mountain of the left. </div><div>I was able to come away with a hand full of images from this trip to Glendalough. One of the main reasons was to capture the Upper Lake. I have a couple of images but still not happy. I was enjoying my time down at the Mining Village that by the time I got back to the Upper lake the blanket clouds had rolled in and that was the end of my shooting. I will just have to come back again another time. The story of us Landscape Photographers.</div><div><br /></div><div>More <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com">SkyWatch Friday</a> can be found here </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157588926208516251.post-41414328293016968082010-09-02T22:46:00.005+01:002010-09-02T23:18:00.416+01:00Droma Valley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TIAbYlUSJFI/AAAAAAAACQY/3U_b069lpDg/s1600/dromavally.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QQy6rxbxYI/TIAbYlUSJFI/AAAAAAAACQY/3U_b069lpDg/s400/dromavally.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512436053049484370" /></a><br /><div>The Irish Weather is a funny old thing. Here in this image we have snow on the mountain tops with sun, wind and rain down in the valley. Only in Ireland can you have all this in the space of a day. </div><div>Droma Valley can be found on the Dingle Peninsula. Taken with my G10 as had packed all the main camera equip away. Stopped here too see what it looked like as it looked interesting on the map. A mental note to come back here and do a bit more exploring around. </div><div>Not many posts of late due too many things going on and not time to get out, take a snap or two and then process them on the computer. I'm still going through the image from my last trip up in Donegal. Also I did manage to grad an hour or two to get out one evening to the River Boyne and captured some interesting images. I will post them over the next couple of weeks. </div><div>Marathons are back on again with me being away every weekend in September. </div><div><br /></div><div>More SkyWatch Friday can be found <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/">here</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799006461761578729noreply@blogger.com5