November 27, 2006

Ladies Night


Somebody recently made an attempt to list all the Irish Wimmin of d'internet. It wasn't much of a list - only one photo site got a mention (Treasa , take a bow). It would hardly have taken too much research to discover that two of the short listed sites in the Photo category at the 2006 Photoblogs were women. Claire and Caitriona are both pretty busy people so there hasn't been too many photos of late, but check out their archives - lots of good stuff. Closer to home (i.e. Galway), Candid Soul has just launched her site. Actually, there's loads of Irish women take photos and posting them online, and Flickr is a good spot to start looking - Moya , Michelle , Lette , Red Mum and Julie .


The picture above is the view from the bird hide in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare - Gleninagh mountain and Black Head are to the left of the picture. Showers of hailstones and cold, cold rain ensured a morning of misery for me, and no snaps of wildlife. However, on the hill was a herd of wild goats, not visible in this wide-angle shot - they are a common enough site in the Burren but not easy to get close to. So congratulations to Joe Cashin - his Flickr photos of feral goats in Waterford were referenced in Michael Viney's Irish Times article on wild goats in Ireland.


Camera= Canon 350D, lens= Sigma 10-20@10mm, ISO=400, aperture=f16, speed=1/250 sec.


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Posted by Monasette at November 27, 2006 10:43 PM
Comments

Wow. I had a photography instructor once who said he never wanted to see another cat photograph -- there was nothing new that could be done, they were all cloying versions of the same cliche, etc. I would have said the same thing about rainbows. Particularly Irish rainbows, which at least over here in America have a particular cloying Oirishness.

But my Lord, what a shot! Takes my breath away.

Posted by: Helen at November 28, 2006 02:54 AM

Excellent shot! .. and not just saying that cos you gave me a mention (but, thank you!)

Shame about the noise. At ISO 400? Is that because it's not a L lens? I think the L lens has one spoiled rotten :-)

Posted by: CS at November 28, 2006 09:04 AM

It looks grainy because I used the 350D (using a 5D can spoil people too!)

Suits the shot, though, which is why I didn't use the Noise Reduction feature in Photoshop.

Helen, thanks for the kind words. I agree - Irish rainbow shots can be a bit overdone. Sean, over at Random Panderings has an even beter one from Connemara (and he didn't have to hang about for 2 hours to get it either)

Posted by: John at November 28, 2006 09:40 AM

Nice. I like the composition

Posted by: Donna at November 28, 2006 08:13 PM

Fabulous rainbow. And thanks for the mention! :o)

Posted by: Moya at December 3, 2006 11:45 PM