Photos » sigma1020 » Couminole View

Taken on: 2007-09-28 07:34:06
Tags: Ryan's Daughter, Kerry, Couminole, Ireland, canon-20d, dingle, dingle-peninsula, irishblogs, photos, rocks, sea, sigma-10-20, sky, slea-head, water, waves
 « Previous    Album Index       Next »  

Looking out to sea from the steep walkway down to Couminole Strand on Slea Head, the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry.

The film Ryan's Daughter was filmed in this area and the beach behind me was featured in the gun running scene! Check it out on Youtube. About 2 minutes into the second clip you can see some of the rocks pictured above.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8B9t5m-tA&NR=1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7da-vR1iBqk

See this photo on Flickr

Comments:
silyld
This is excellent - the light is just perfect :-)

--
Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)
Donncha @ InPhotos.org
Thanks Silyld! We had a few days of beautiful weather and I must have taken at least 200 photos in the area!
LaFrà
Wonderful!!!
Ragorder.com
magical. very nice. just as nice as ShotsAtRandom's version taken at the same spot.
Trostan
When I saw the thumbnail on my Contacts page, I thought to myself that this is familar. And how right I was. I have stood there, transfixed by the power of the Atlantic rolling up against the coast of Co. Kerry. Great shot, and I'm sure we'll see many more from the "200" which you shot. Well done !

Here's mine www.flickr.com/photos/12195288@N00/sets/48068/
ShotsAtRAndom
Thanks for the comment on my picture, I have to say I really prefer the moody sky from your shot. It really is a great spot for taking pictures tough.
DjMagra
Wow, super, super shot Donn, congrats! :)
Pete Connolly
That's a fantastic shot Donncha. I love that part of the world and you've done it justice here. Nice one :)

--
Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)
Lloyd Budd
One of the most amazing photos I have ever seen!
Donncha @ InPhotos.org
Wow, I'm quite overwhelmed with the response to this image! Thanks everyone for commenting! I had just pushed Adam in his buggy up the steep slope from the beach and Jacinta was holding him when I took this shot but I wasn't sure it would come out too well because I was so tired.

I'm glad I stopped to take it now!

--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Alexander Kahn
Very well-composed and exposed. Any information about post-processing?
Donncha @ InPhotos.org
Thanks Alexander. Since you ask, I converted it to Jpeg using Bibblepro. The "Perfectly Clear" plugin in that converter did a really nice job of bringing out the detail of the image.

Afterwards in the GIMP I duplicated layers, made the top darker to bring out the sky and used a layer mask to show the bottom sea+land layer. Unfortunately in the original there's a lot of chromatic aberration on the join between land and sky but thankfully resizing hid that.
For a final dramatic touch I used an Overlay layer with a black to transparent gradient to bring out the clouds even more.

Hope that helps?
sedoglia
Beautiful coloirs
--
Seen in Emerald Island (?)
Kieran McCarthy
A superb shot... and thanks for sharing the tips