Black & Bridia Valley -The Story (Part 2)
09th February 2013
Black & Bridia Valley - The Story
Part 2
I need to start Part 2 by saying a few words:
ThanK YOU to my Good Wife for putting up with me going away on these trips even when you are sick in bed and the children are running wild.
Hopefully that will make up for not saying anything about the loved ones we leave behind when we go off to follow our dreams.
We start back in Gougane Forest Part where Roger and myself when that Saturday afternoon. The rain was starting to fall when I was setting up to shoot this collection of trees. While I was doing this Roger vanished off somewhere in the woods. I love this composition with all the straight tress and this one single tree that didn't conform to the rule and decided to grow sideways. A bit tricky to get the right exposure as it was very dark in the forest and I had the bright sky to take care of also.
I can't explain but I like taking images of trees as "The Dark Hedges" is still the top selling images from the website.
After we finished recording the first of the audio clips for the podcast, we continued our walk further into the forest. The sound of the running water and the birds singing was just magical. I stopped again by the banks of the river and setup the tripod up in the river to capture the image below. I left the camera there while we recorded the second audio clip and in this clip you can hear the water. Using a portrait composition to allow the water to flow through the image. Also I didn't like the scene with the path way on the right. Very slow shutter speeds again which created the wonderful flowing and swirling effects.
I had said my goodbye's to Peter and his family and started on the journey to Killarney. This drive is amazing in any weather conditions. I had low clouds, rain an a bit of sunshine in the mixture on that Sunday. This made for some interesting conditions to setup for my composition. The road travelled is the N71. You drive through Glengarriff and on through The Caha Mountains. This image was taken just as a rain storm came in from behind me which was not too bad so the lens was clear. The Beara Pinseula and Bantry Bay are just above visible through the misty rain. You will see in Part 3 that 10 mins later and just around the bend it was completely different. From here you travel through a couple of tunnels and down into Kenmare.
Me being me, a slight de-tour was in order. Before I came into Kenmare I took the cost road back out along the Beara Pinesula towards Cloonee Loughs. I was here before but I didn't drive right to the end of the road. When you do you come to Gleninchaquin Park. What a little find. Some great walks and plenty of views. Even a waterfall, but more on that shortly. You have a choice of 4 different walks around the complete park. Some easy and some will give you a good workout. Along one of these walk you come across Cummeenadillure Lough. The water from this lough flows down via a river and into the Cloonee Loughts. I have complete cloud cover and rain to deal with but I did manage to get a break now and then to capture some sky.
We come to the final image for part 2 and it's of the Cummeenaloughaun Waterfall. It was quite a surprise to find this as it not shown on my maps. With all the rain that had fallen during the past few days, it put on a good show. I had the whole place to myself. They built a pathway over the rocks at the foot of the waterfall which made live easy to walk around. As the waterfall was big I needed to find a location further back to capture the complete falls and give it a sense of size.
I believe in planning a trip like this one. Many hours were spent looking over maps and doing research. You can't control the weather so don't worry about that. But do have a plan B ready just in case. There is always tomorrow.
The story continues with Part 3 next week…..
Part 2
I need to start Part 2 by saying a few words:
ThanK YOU to my Good Wife for putting up with me going away on these trips even when you are sick in bed and the children are running wild.
Hopefully that will make up for not saying anything about the loved ones we leave behind when we go off to follow our dreams.
We start back in Gougane Forest Part where Roger and myself when that Saturday afternoon. The rain was starting to fall when I was setting up to shoot this collection of trees. While I was doing this Roger vanished off somewhere in the woods. I love this composition with all the straight tress and this one single tree that didn't conform to the rule and decided to grow sideways. A bit tricky to get the right exposure as it was very dark in the forest and I had the bright sky to take care of also.
I can't explain but I like taking images of trees as "The Dark Hedges" is still the top selling images from the website.
After we finished recording the first of the audio clips for the podcast, we continued our walk further into the forest. The sound of the running water and the birds singing was just magical. I stopped again by the banks of the river and setup the tripod up in the river to capture the image below. I left the camera there while we recorded the second audio clip and in this clip you can hear the water. Using a portrait composition to allow the water to flow through the image. Also I didn't like the scene with the path way on the right. Very slow shutter speeds again which created the wonderful flowing and swirling effects.
I had said my goodbye's to Peter and his family and started on the journey to Killarney. This drive is amazing in any weather conditions. I had low clouds, rain an a bit of sunshine in the mixture on that Sunday. This made for some interesting conditions to setup for my composition. The road travelled is the N71. You drive through Glengarriff and on through The Caha Mountains. This image was taken just as a rain storm came in from behind me which was not too bad so the lens was clear. The Beara Pinseula and Bantry Bay are just above visible through the misty rain. You will see in Part 3 that 10 mins later and just around the bend it was completely different. From here you travel through a couple of tunnels and down into Kenmare.
Me being me, a slight de-tour was in order. Before I came into Kenmare I took the cost road back out along the Beara Pinesula towards Cloonee Loughs. I was here before but I didn't drive right to the end of the road. When you do you come to Gleninchaquin Park. What a little find. Some great walks and plenty of views. Even a waterfall, but more on that shortly. You have a choice of 4 different walks around the complete park. Some easy and some will give you a good workout. Along one of these walk you come across Cummeenadillure Lough. The water from this lough flows down via a river and into the Cloonee Loughts. I have complete cloud cover and rain to deal with but I did manage to get a break now and then to capture some sky.
We come to the final image for part 2 and it's of the Cummeenaloughaun Waterfall. It was quite a surprise to find this as it not shown on my maps. With all the rain that had fallen during the past few days, it put on a good show. I had the whole place to myself. They built a pathway over the rocks at the foot of the waterfall which made live easy to walk around. As the waterfall was big I needed to find a location further back to capture the complete falls and give it a sense of size.
I believe in planning a trip like this one. Many hours were spent looking over maps and doing research. You can't control the weather so don't worry about that. But do have a plan B ready just in case. There is always tomorrow.
The story continues with Part 3 next week…..
