This Place is amazing | What a start to our Connemara trip
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- I recently had the opportunity to take a trip up to a good buddy’s playground, Bernard Geragthy, as most of you may know is an accomplished landscape photographer and workshop leader, who lives in a stunning part of Ireland, that I hadn’t visited properly with my camera before, Mayo & Connemara.
Bernard’s proximity to Connemara was also convenient, and the many areas that he has right at his doorstep were something that got me excited to travel up and explore with him. However good my expectations were, my reality soon became like something of dreams.
As we loaded up his tricked-out Defender, we had no real agenda, we were letting the light guide us, which meant we could stop at any moment. The sheer scale of the area is something hard to comprehend. While like I said I had expectations, I quickly began to enjoy the journey even more so, Around almost every corner a new scene revealed itself. As we travelled along the road, chatting about all things photography, we came across our first shooting location. This location was visible from the road and as we approached, I could see a stunning lake, with get this, a Sandy Beach, and sitting right on the beach were three small boats, that I thought would make for stunning subjects to start the adventures, so we of course pulled over to explore.
Now Bernard had visited this location before, so was aware of what was awaiting, I however had not, and as I rounded the corner of the path, the subjects revealed themselves to me in all their glory. Three stunning punts, tied up at the shore, with mountains on either side and light promising us a dance of greatness. It should also be noted that Bernard is like a greyhound out of the traps when it comes to landscape photography, he is always first on the scene to ensure that his many clients can get the best perches to maximise their chances, and with this knowledge I knew that I should follow his lead. As I setup my camera and recorded my first piece to camera, I noticed he was dragging the boat ashore. This was to stop it from moving in the water, which would help with exposing longer shots and keeping the boat perfectly still.
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Great job Darren, its a beautiful area, I see the local dog still gives it loads when strangers turn up!!! Some lovely images, well captured, thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much Damien! It was a great soundtrack to accompany the adventure for sure :-) Thanks for watching
Incredible part of the country !! Fairplay to Bernard fantastic images ! of the tree I think for me yours works best love the line of sunshine trailing off up the mountain !!
Thanks a million Pat
Fantastic, beautiful area & images. Thanks
Thank you very much Ann
What a grand location!
It sure was Mark
I love boat pics. Yours are awesome! I can't wait to see the Behind the Raw episode this week.
Thank you very much ! Delighted you enjoyed it,
It’s available from the release date of the main video for newsletter subs 🫣🫣
smashing video, those green hills are calling to me! Loved the lone tree images but I can never deny a nice long exposure shot like the one at the lake and the boat! Wonderful! Cheers!
Thank you very much Pal ! Yeah Twas a great spot
Very nice Darren, loved the long exposures of the boats.
Thanks a million David! They were picturesque alright. Thanks for watching
Lovely shots. You're going to have great fun on Connemara
Thanks a million ! Yeah it was a great trip, more to come
I have to say that is a beautiful location. Just my cup of tea. 🙂 What a great trip you are on.
It was superb and gets better from here too :-)
What a fabulous spot buddy and you can see why your homeland is known as the Emerald Isle… just stunning. Lovely images as standard, strangely I really was drawn to the tree rather than the water I must be coming down with something 😀. Have a great weekend ahead D 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you very much Pal! You must have been embracing your inner Mali 😂 Delighted you enjoyed it
Darren nice place and shots, i like de first shot with the tree de best of the two, thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks a million Delighted you enjoyed it Thanks for watching
Beautiful location and images Darren. Nice one
Thanks a lot , really appreciate that Ralph
howdy?, spplendid upload~goodnight~ Darren~ 😌
Thanks a million Delighted you enjoyed it
That lone tree is awesome...have fun on your trip!
Thanks a million Pal! It was great and each one gets better and better too :-)
Forty shades of green😂. That is my favorite part of Ireland….Cleggan, Innishbofin, Mayo. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much ! Yeah it was pretty stunning for sure ! Thanks for watching Delighted you enjoyed it
My favourite part of your videos are how you explain why you are setting up the way you do and the scenery 😍. Beautiful video. Love the tree and boat photos!! Amazing how many people are telling you what to do with your photos and videos in the comments 😂.
Thank you very much Tara, that’s what makes it interesting :-)
Great adventures man! A great watch and can’t wait for the rest!
Thank you very much Pal ! Great to explore with ya ! We need to do more
Darren, Another great video! While I was watching the boat segment I was looking at all of the different tones in your scene and thought wow the could look fantastic in Black and White. I look forward to more of your content.
Thank you very much ! Hadn’t considered mono as I liked the colour pallet ! Delighted you enjoyed it
@@DarrenJSpoonley@DarrenJSpoonley When I was in photography school back in the early '80s, we shot B&W and color (4X5) for every assignment. To this day, when photographing, I automatically consider the tonal range of the scene in B&W out of habit. It has just become second nature to think in mono-tone. Anyway, keep up the good work.
Both the tree and boat shots were lovely, and the long exposure worked well in this instance without being overdone. Great location!
Many thanks Juanita! Wait till you see the next one(s) :-)
Hi Darren, oh wow, that place looks indeed amazing. That skewed tree looked awesome. You got some great photos out as always. Keep up the good work, buddy 😉
Nice greetings,
Christian
Thank you very much buddy! An amazing place for sure
Thanks for watching Delighted you enjoyed it
I really like the long-exposure boat image at 10:14, except for one thing: that expanse of sand. I suggest you crop half of the sand out; then the image will be truly spectacular.
Hey John, Thanks for watching man! I had toyed with that idea, I cover it in the behind the raw for this episode on Wednesday
Hope all is well man?
Darren. As I said never disappointing. Another stunning video. looking foward to the next one. Bernard was a bit mellow for him. LOL
He needs time to build up his messing :-) Thank you very much Randy and thanks for joining the prem
Hi Darren, Love all the boat pictures especially the long exposures. I have no real right to make a judgement on the trees as you are both far more competent photographers than me. However you said you would be interested in any thoughts, so from someone who's just learning composition from you and others I'll give it a go. I think I preferred the final look of your composition, but might have preferred Bernards if he was a bit lower and had slightly more separation between the tree and hedge. Would that have still worked? Looking forward to behind the raw as always.
Good points raised there for sure ! Thank you very much Delighted you enjoyed it
Nice locations indeed - I've taken a wee break ... My drone crashed awaiting a replacement gps module .. Given all my camera gear a deep clean. Not so clean as I thought. Setup a few new settings be interesting to try them out, in a few weeks!
I hear Tramore ... A calling !!
Sorry to hear that but at least you will be back out soon and raring to go :-)
Well Darren, Bernard‘s better I think . 😉 But yours good, too. Would have been better with less stones in the ground, Tree has to be larger (taller). And the mountain should be completely viewable in the photo. Maybe panaroma two times portrait.
Thank you very much! Interesting take :-) it was the stones that did it for me
Delighted you enjoyed it Thanks for watching
Both are very good but I think Bernards is a better composition as the tree sits nicely into the back ground.
Thank you very much
Delighted you enjoyed it
Beautiful location, and you are a master of getting the best out of it, well done, but please less video of the roads, amore time spent on the taking of the shots, thank you.
Thank you very much Kevin, just one more like that to come :-)
Stunning area and some god shots, but please remove the 's' from seconds when you have fractional shutter speeds. LOL. e.g 1/200 of a second!
lol ! Habit I guess :-) Thank you very much Delighted you enjoyed it
@@DarrenJSpoonley looking forward to your Connemara adventure. I was there two years ago and only scratched the surface of its potential - mind the horizontal rain didn't help!