Welcome to Strandhill in County Sligo! Actually, it’s more like Strandhill, Sligo Bay, Coney Island, Blackrock Lighthouse and Raghly all in one shot!
Shot on the Hasselblad Xpan with my newly acquired 30mm lens, at sunrise towards the end of March, a short hike to get onto the side of Knocknarae was required before sunrise to get in position for this shot! It was then just a matter of waiting for the sun to hit the sand dunes at the right time.
Strandhill & Surrounds – shot on Hasselblad Xpan2, 30mm lens with Fuji Velvia.
As a side note, I shoot a lot of images around the Strandhill area, for one simple reason…I live close by so can see what the sky is doing, is it changing colour, it is going to do something special. Last night was the perfect example. All day was cloudy and threatening to rain. But around 8pm or so, a big gap on the horizon appeared which meant that the sun would pop out for a few minutes just before sunset. At the last minute I headed down to the beach beside the cannon, set up the Xpan in the quickest time ever and starting shooting. For about 5 minutes it was glorious, just like the 1st image below, probably the best sunset of 2012 so far. Everybody on the beach wall was in awe of this sunset. As soon as the sun went below the horizon, inevitably, the clouds & light got even better, kind of like the 2nd image below. These images by the way, were quickly taken on a Lumix point & shoot, something I bring along to most shoots to document the light & conditions that I’m shooting film in. I shot the sunset & subsequent half hour afterwards on the Xpan, but with film of course, I’ll have to wait a while before seeing the results! Stay tuned!
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great to have mark on board as a sponsor for the lough gill hospice swim
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