Glendalough C&C

digitalage

Took this shot this morning at around 7.30am, well worth a visit just before sunrise, saw 2 red squirrels and a wild mountain deer (frightened the crap out of me).

Dundhoone

I'd wrestle all three at once if I thought I'd manage to get a shot like that.

Awesome.

Fajitas!

Excellent shot!

Maybe a SMALL increase in the green saturation could work really well?

Rojo

Love it

Roen

:eek: nice one!!
That's a printer upper and sticker on the waller one. Gratz.

GristlyEnd

Fantastic shot

evilhomer

Really, really nice shot digitalage

TempestSabre

Thats really nice. Well done.

Alun

Well done! I must have a hundred shots taken from exactly that same spot, but never managed to get there at that time of the morning. It was pretty chilly out today too ... brrrrrrrrrrr

elven

Holy crap, that's good. Damn good. Looks like I was up there at the wrong time today then... (lets just say it was the other side of noon)

Borderfox

Great shot digitalage, super location

jlang

Lovely shot and well done for getting up to take it. Really shows the tranquility of the place. How long did you leave the shutter open? Only small thing I can see to be critical of is the noticeable halo effect around the stone in the foreground and at the skyline but it doesn't detract from my appreciation of the image.

Fenster

Fantastic shot, it was worth the early-morning trek.

CONMIKE12

Thats a really excellent image.Glendalough is on my list of places to go if i can ever egt my hands on a car to take me out of clondalkin !! You should be very proud of this one.Very well done.

mikeanywhere

CONMIKE12 wrote:

Glendalough is on my list of places to go if i can ever egt my hands on a car to take me out of clondalkin !!

Anyone care to share for us foreigners (well ok, me actually) as to where this place is?

Borderfox

In the Wicklow mountains follow the M50 to its end then the N11 then take a right heading for Glendalough. Mystical place!

Alun

More precisely it's at the Upper Lake in Glendalough. As you approach Glendalough from Laragh, don't be tempted to dive into the Visitor's Centre just past the junction with the Wicklow Gap road, but carry on past it, past the Glendalough Hotel, do a little left-right kink over the bridge and then basically carry on along the narrrow road until you can't get any further where you have no choice but to turn left into the carpark. You'll see the lakeshore from the carpark easily enough.

mitchhendrix

thats a class shot pat on the back
smashin location aswell one of my favourite spots!

Shrimp

Nice shot, It'd make a gorgeous print.

elven

I went to go to that carpark yesterday, and didn't have €4 in change, so had to go back to the other one and walk along, by that time the sun was away round the frickin corner...

Anyway, my point was going to be, that if anyone fancied a mini meet down that way I'd be sure to go, and will be able to give lifts as well. I think I pass near Clondalkin if I go the N81 route, if that helps. I also found a couple of other nice back roads with places to stop on the way/way back so we could do that too... (blessignton lake & waterfall @ glenmacnass - there's a pic in my flickr of it)

Fajitas!

I'll be up for muchos shooting as soon as I get my little package in the post!

digitalage

Thanks for all the comments on the photo, it was my first time to Glandalough at that hour of the morning, had to get up at 5.30 and drive for over an hour, but the place beautiful at that hour will definetly do it again soon. I used a canon 1d mII with a 16-35mm lens set at 24mm with a singhray ND 3Grad soft filter, the exposure was f11 1sec.

Alun

Could you tell us a bit more about that filter? I've never used an ND Grad filter of any sort, but am thinking of investing in one (or more?) since most of what I take is landscapes of some sort or another. I've tried reading up on what's available on the 'net, but have always ended up totally overwhelmed by it all!

digitalage

Alun I use this filter in a cokin P holder, you can get the singh ray filters specifically for the cokin p holder,
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=166994&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

Using them is pretty straight forward its explained in the link,

http://www.singh-ray.com/shawarticle.html

This particaulr brand is good but they are not glass like the LEE filters, they are made of some resin and can scratch easily if your not too careful.

You don't actually need these filters but saves you pp in photoshop, you could simply bracket your shots and combine them in photoshop.

dazftw

Just... :eek:

I dont like the border but thats just me and its got nothing to do with the picture!

Very nice shot! Im jealous!

Alun

digitalage wrote:

You don't actually need these filters but saves you pp in photoshop, you could simply bracket your shots and combine them in photoshop.

Thanks for the info on the filters.

I know about the bracketing / combining thing, but I'm thinking of those times when I don't have my tripod with me. I've tried combining handheld shots before and it hasn't been a huge success.

Hugh_C

digitalage wrote:

Took this shot this morning at around 7.30am, well worth a visit just before sunrise, saw 2 red squirrels and a wild mountain deer (frightened the crap out of me).

Gorgeous image - did you take it in November? Looks like I'll have to get up early to head south.

Scubadevils

Amazing picture, have to head up that way soon. Snow possible on Monday night so could be some nice shots there Monday morn.

Enright

wow, well done, just looking at it makes one happy to be alive and living in ireland where we have such wonderful scenery, and it also makes me totally jealous, wish i could take a picture like that!!

Takeshi_Kovacs

Yeah absolutely stunning shot. I wish i could do the same.

mervifwdc

Stunning! Really enjoyed it.

Merv.

Huggy Bear

Fantastic shot, love everything about it

Tarakiwa

Nothing to add to what ahs been said before.

It is a fantastic, brilliant, awsome, amazing shot!

Congrats & thanks for making us all a little bit jealous!

mikedragon32

Fantastic shot. Great committment to get up and be there for the opportunity.

When we can enjoy breathtaking scenery like that here, it makes me wonder why we go abroad!

That pic is reminiscent of shots I've seen from Banff National Park in Canada.