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Peter Cox: Nocturne, Gap of Dunloe, Co. Kerry
The Gap of Dunloe (Bearna an Choimín) is one of the icons of the Irish landscape. It's a narrow pass dividing the Macgillycuddy's Reeks in the west and Purple and Tomies mountains in the east.
One of the most spectacular valleys in the country, it is heavily trafficked by horse-drawn traps, walkers and bikers during the summer months. However, on a freezing evening in late winter, I had it to myself, with only a pair of trap ponies to share the field.
This is the iconic view, looking north from near the Wishing Bridge, looking out over the Black Lake to the Gap itself.
As it's so often photographed, I wanted something a little unusual. This moonlit scene with Sirius rising over the Gap, and snow on the summits fits the bill nicely.
inphotos.org: False dawn of the city
As you may have already guessed, that’s not the dawn. It’s the lights of Cork City (and Blarney) shining and into the sky in a long exposure shot I made last August.
I had meant to mention this sooner but 2 weeks ago I was shocked to hear about the death of Debbie Metrustry (@debbiemet), a wonderful person I had the pleasure of conversing with by tweet and by email over the course of the last year or so. She even won a print on this blog last year, but between this and that I never got around to sending it to her. I hope I can get in touch with her family at some stage and offer it to them instead.
Debbie’s blog on WordPress.com is still there and will be as long as the service is there (which is forever, right?), I’ve seen to that.
If you knew Debbie you might like to read the reaction from other people who knew her.
- Sabrina Dent
- Peter Donegan
- Phil O’Kane
- Grannymar
- There was a BTW in honour of Debbie on the 16th.
RIP Debbie.
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Madeleine Calaido Weber: • Majesty Carrauntuohill
Majesty Carauntuohill 21.02.2009I think this captured moment doesn't need words. The Glory of Mountains - undescribable.
Captured New Years Eve 2010 at 12pm - nature is a good companion. ( :
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I tried to reflect the real scene close as possible. It was a bright full moon night . so you hardly can see the stars - the "bad" side of longterm exposures is, that it never shows how we humans are seeing the scene. The sky in my file was much brighter -so i tuned it down. This is how nature looks at night . (excluding the flowing clouds) ( ;
It was freeeeezing cold and i had a lot of trouble to get up the mountain iwth the car the road were covered with ice. I can tell you one thing: up is easier than down ( ;
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* My Bodyguard took an image of me during that night ( ; with his lovely mobile. at least you can see a strange creature in an awkward position. Legs had to be short to avoid movement
Barry Somers: Abandoned
Just feels like you can open the door in the floor and escape to another world,
Jennifer Farley Photography: This Is Our Beach
Beach near Crookhaven on the Mizen Head Pennisula in West Cork.
Eclectic images: Water drops
I am just a waterdrop
Fatefully I cannot stop my fall down to earth
Like a tear from heaven sent
I don't know where my way will end
I just fly in the unkown deep in the unkown deep
Madeleine Calaido Weber: • Storm Cloud over Waterville at Reenroe Beach County Kerry Panorama Image
Coming HomeAnd here the colour- and panorama version the my recent post.
Cheers, Madeleine
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