Category: Landscape

Seaweed rope

I like the dreamy diffused glow of this image. It was shot down in Inchadony Beach a few weeks back.

Howto: First of all, I had to straighten the horizon because it was at a precarious angle. I used two layers, I saturated the colours slightly in the bottom layer to bring out the green of the sea weed.
I blurred the top layer and converted it to black and white using the channel mixer. I applied a layer mask of a gradient to make the bottom half of the lower layer visible and changed layer mode to screen with an opacity of 100.
I then corrected lens distortion using ptlens running in Wine. The horizon was noticeably bent but this program did a great job correcting that!

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/125s

Tags Abstract, Beach, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Inchadoney, Ireland, Irish photos, Landscape, Nature, Photo, Rocks

Beach Cork Ireland Landscape Nature Photos Sea Water Youghal

The Groins of Youghal

Final photograph of the groins in Youghal. For the time being. Thanks to Collin and Stuart who told me what they’re called! 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/125s

Tags Beach, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, groins, Ireland, Irish photos, Landscape, Nature, Photo, Sea, Water, Youghal

Beach Cork Ireland Landscape Photos Sky Youghal

On the beach at Youghal

Last weekend we visited Youghal in Co. Cork. I haven’t been on the beach there for years and I had quite forgotten how big it is! It was nice for a walk, but we were frozen from the cold wind.
I was just in town. Big Brother were supposed to hold auditions from 9am on the Grand Parade but there was no sign of them. Still, I used the opportunity to buy flowers and they went down very well with Jacinta! 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	88mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/200s

Tags Beach, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, in-photos, Ireland, Irish photos, Landscape, Photo, Sky, Youghal

Glendalough Ireland Landscape Nature Photos Sky Sun Wicklow

Glendalough Lower Lake

Glendalough derives it’s name from the Irish name for the area, “Gleann Da Loch” which roughly translates as “glen of the two lakes”. It was a cold enough day so we only got a good look at the lower lake, but I’m looking forward to visiting again!

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/125s

Tags Canon 20D, Ireland, Irish photos, Landscape, Nature, Photo, Sky, Sun

Architecture Ireland Landscape Nature Photos River Wicklow

Glendalough Bridge

We spent last weekend driving – up to Bray in Co. Wicklow, visited Glendalough, The Sally Gap and promptly got lost a few times on the way to Avoca!
On Sunday we returned to Cork, but took a detour via Tullow and Carlow to visit Killkenny. We called to friends in Fermoy and arrived home late last night.
The N11 on the east coast is very impressive! Getting to Killkenny from Bray is a chore however. There are only secondary roads the whole way, but the scenery is amazing and we saw bits of the country we hadn’t been to before!
This is the first photo from that trip taken at Glendalough.
The round tower in the background was built sometime between the 8th and 12th centuries. Round Towers were built to protect monastic scriptures, gold and property from Viking raiders. The only entrance is far off the ground, and easily defended.