The 'up hill' side of the 14th lock on the Royal Canal at Jackson's Bridge between Maynooth and Kilcock.
This shot was generated by tonemappign a single RAW image in Photomatix Pro and then tweaking the resulting image using the Topaz Detail 4 plugin.
Tags: Bridge Canal Royal Canal Jackson's Bridge Ireland Kildare Lock Maynooth Photomatix Reflection Tonemapped HDR TTHDR Topaz Adjust Topaz
I snapped this on a recent evening cycle (shortly after getting wet again). Because the sun was very low in the sky the rainbow is about as big as they get! The secondary bow is weak and incomplete, but there is quite a bit of it there, and the difference in sky brightness inside the bow and outside is very obvious.
Tags: weather rainbow stormligh clouds nature
I’ve been inspired by some great work by photographers I follow on glass.photo to keep a better eye on the sky, and not to be afraid to shoot photos without any ground in them at all.
This amazing river of wispy fine cloud caught my eye, so I had a go, and I like the result!
Tags: nature sky clouds skyscape
St. Mary's Square is the second quadrangle on the St. Patrick's College campus. It's smaller and less well known than St. Joseph's square. The square was rather controversially re-designed with a very modern water garden a decade or two ago. Personally I love it. I think it's a great melding of the old with the new. This shot was taken on the central island within the water garden with the largest stone fountain in the left foreground.
In many ways this shot is one of the most extreme I've ever taken. The only source of light in the scene is the windows around the square. this lead to a gigantic dynamic range with the interior of the windows needing an exposure of a fraction of a second and the interior of the square requiring an exposure of a few minutes. Bridging this range required combining ten exposures over a range of 9 f stops (1 EV steps from -4 to +5) totalling about 8 minutes into a single HDR image.
This is my second processing of this image, the first version was done using Brackerteer and iPhoto, while this version was created with Photomatix Pro.
Tags: NUIM SPCM night architecture reflection pond fountain Maynooth Kildare Ireland HDR TTHDR Photomatix quadrangle
A Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) feeding on Marjoram flowers.
(Best viewed large on black - hit the 'L' key or click on the photo)
Tags: Cavan Flower Herb Insect Ireland Macro Marjoram Origanum Origanum vulgare Drone Fly Eristalis Fly Eristalis tenax