Flinstone's rocket Photo

Photographer’s Note

Today I invite you to visit County Kildare. You can spend there at least one pleasant day (weather permitting of course). I will tell you about the trip which I took together with darek1978 and you can redesign it to your needs.
First tip: if you have a partner who is not as excited about photography as yourself there is a perfect place to accommodate this person for some time: Kildare Village. That is not the largest but probably one of the most interesting shopping centres in Ireland. I don’t want to advertise it too much because always when I tried to take my camera out of the bag, immediately two-three security guys were running screaming that photography is not allowed here. I will not comment on that.
Kildare town itself has a pretty St Brigid’s Cathedral (founded in 480) with a round tower behind it. Some guidebooks recommend a visit in Monasterevin, I don’t think there is anything to see or do there. Same about further Portarlington town.
After some successful shopping, couple of photos and lunch in the Kildare town you can go for a pleasant walk in the National Stud and Japanese Gardens. Very nice place but a bit overpriced.

From DK guidebook to Ireland:
Round towers (presented in this picture), often over 30m tall, were built between 10th and 12th centuries on monastic sites. They were bell towers, used as places of refuge and to store valuable manuscripts. The entrance, which could be as high as 4m above ground, was reached by a ladder that was hauled up from inside. Other movable ladders connected the tower’s wooden floors.

ilDottore, ophelcia, asajernigan, swiatopelk777, darek1978, Pablo25, jjanczyk, Amaz, jafadabret has marked this note useful

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ophelcia (5295) 2009-05-18 1:34

Nienawidzę takich schodów pod którymi wszystko widać! I shrekowo nie patrzę w dół.
Fajne niskie zdjęcie, prowadzi mnie przez te okropne schody UP there!
Pozdrawiam,
G.

ilDottore (3962) 2009-05-18 2:42

Hejo Mariusz,
Houston, we've got a problem! :)
Niesamowite po prostu! Bez wątpienia jedno z Twoich najlepszych zdjęć tutaj. A pogoda... mieszkam w sąsiednim hrabstwie i nie miałem pojęcia że było wczoraj tak ładnie!
U mnie w kazdym razie lało nonstop. :(
Dawno nie widziałem tak świetnie wykorzystanego UWA. Perfekcja!
Nic tylko wsiadać i zapuszczać silniki! :)
Pozdrawiam i gratuluję!
Krzysiek
PS: Słyszałem o tym SC w Kildare, ponoć wygląda jak mała wioska. Co tam jest ciekawego do kupowania? Możesz przyblizyć temat miły sercu mojej żony? :)

Jimmyb (164) 2009-05-18 2:45

GREAT SHOT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A ROCKET,IS EVERYONE ON A FLINTSTONE THEMEREGARDS
JIMMY

asajernigan (13865) 2009-05-18 3:51

Mariusz,
This is a well composed shot using the stairs to lead the eye to the tower. The low POV does make this look like a rocket ready for takeoff. The lighting and colors are fine with nice sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

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swiatopelk777 (7534) 2009-05-18 7:24

Cze Mariusz!
Kawal wiezy, nie ma co, idealny POV, dowcipny i przekonujacy.
Pozdro!

darek1978 (11097) 2009-05-18 8:10

Witaj Mariusz,
Mam takie samo zdjecie;) Strasznie zaluje, ze wieza byla zamknieta- z gory to dopiero musi byc widok. Choc z drugiej strony nie zdziwilbym sie, gdyby na gorze obowiazywal zakaz fotografowania;))
Podoba mi sie to ujecie (podobne myslenie w tym przypadku)- ukazuje ja w ciekawym swietle. Na temat blekitnego nieba i wczorajszej pogody to chyba ksiazke mozna napisac.
Tytul naprawde niezly. Ja bym na to nie wpadl;D
Pozdrawiam,
Darek

Pablo25 (1655) 2009-05-18 10:47

czesc Mariusz,
hehe to naprawde wyglada jak rakieta Freda Flinstona. Ciekawe znalezisko pokazane z wlasciwej perspektywy. Dobra robota.
pozdrawiam
Pawel

jjanczyk (1656) 2009-05-18 12:39

Witaj Mariuszu,
Swietne zdjecie, przede wszystkim rewelacyjnie wykadrowane.
Tytul - doskonaly.
Pozdrawiam
Jolka

Graal (57208) 2009-05-18 23:08

Czesc,
pomyslowe ujecie, fajna perspektywa (tez bym troche poprostowal dol kadru). Ciekawa notka i prezentacja.
Pozdr. Al.

Amaz (6302) 2009-05-20 1:03

Hello Mariusz,
Very interesting vertical composition.
Good colours!

Congrats!

marietom (31766) 2009-05-24 15:07

hello Mariusz,

Jolies lignes, pour nous présenter cette cheminée. C'est bien composé.
Bonne soirée
Marie

Felip (3905) 2009-06-01 10:42

Witaj Mariusz,
Unfortunately, the situation you describe in your note is quite common...guardians not allowing you to take a simple photo!, it's the most horrible nightmare to which all the lovers of Photography are exposed.
Your POV and the perspective achieved are just great.

Kind regards

Felip

jafadabret (38881) 2009-06-05 0:01

Bonjour Mariusz.
J'aime beaucoup cette composition. Le graphisme et la perspective de l'escalier sont superbes. La lumière et les couleurs magnifiques.
Merci de nous faire visiter ce beau pays d'Irlande !
Jacques

Aviller (3086) 2009-06-16 7:33

A great angle. I really like how the steps draw your eye towards the entrance of the tower. Perhaps I might have cropped out a bit of the right in order to have a perfectly symmetric picture.