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Glendalough thru the Needle's Eye


Glendalough thru the Needle's Eye
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Copyright: Douglas Arrasin (darrasin) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 832 W: 60 N: 835] (2858)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07
Categories: Architecture, Ruins
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Caon EF 17-40 F4 L
Exposure: f/8, 1/350 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-27 18:13
Viewed: 723
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Another view of the Round Tower at Glendalough. The window framing the tower belongs to the now roofless Cathedral that dates to the 12th century. The cross at the lower right is a fine example of Celtic crosses.

Glendalough is the site of a historic monastery situated in a beautiful wooded valley in the Wicklow Mountains. While most of the structures you see here today date to the 8th-12th centuries, the history of the site goes back even further to the 6th century. St. Kevin, who was born in 498, founded the monastery as a center of learning devoted to the care of the sick and the copying and illumination of manscripts. While St. Kevin attracted many disciples to Glendalough during his lifetime, the monastery became more celebrated after his death as a place of pilgrimage in 618. Yes, he lived to age 120!

While I like this composition, I think the gravestones in the front perhaps blend into the wall a little too much. I tried to overcome this somewhat by adding a selective color boost to the orange mosses growing on some of the stones there.

Hope you like!

Regards,
Doug
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You narrowed down that patch of blue in a very clever way, Doug. Careful thought given to the foreground, all is very precise, with clear intention and clear focus. The orange boost is an appropriate refinement and compliments the blue against all that richly textured gray. Powerful shot.
Regards,
Kathy

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  • gunbud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4486 W: 4 N: 4017] (18215)
  • [2007-09-27 18:27]

Hi Doug,
Good idea to boost the orange it does set off the gravestone from the wall and leads into the patch of deep blue that contrast the wall and is complimented by the orange. Very clear colors and excellent sharpness.
Regards, Tom

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  • plimrn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3756 W: 232 N: 5052] (15965)
  • [2007-09-27 20:29]

Hi Doug,
Your PP work was very effective; I had no sense that there was difficulty discriminating between the grave stones and the wall. The keyhole view of the sky adds great contrast.
HLJ, Pat

A very informative note! Thanks for that.

I like this photo, and your idea to put the tower through the window is great. I agree with you about the gravestones blending in. And I'm not sure if the enhanced orange moss works here. This photo is really lacking any depth and seems to be all blending together. Not sure if it's from the colours, or surfaces of the rocks.

A difficult angle, but well-seen.

Regards

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 776 W: 141 N: 860] (4800)
  • [2007-09-27 22:37]

yeah, superb idea, great shot! :-)
glendalough offers so many terrific photo-opportunities - too bad i missed this one.
excellent composition with wonderful details.
good job on the gravestones, which are a great addition to the fg.
well seen & captured, thor.

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 85 N: 5051] (17520)
  • [2007-09-29 1:28]

Clever composition! Quality is excellent, great details and textures of the wall. I like the color of the lichens. Very nice shot.

Doug,
it seems to me that some ancient architecture planned that little tight window in the past knowing that you would come by several centuries later to take this shot later. Although the motive is a different one it reminds me a lo of our ordeal at Alabama Hills trying to align our cameras with the arch and the Mt Whitney. You got a very good DOF to explore the play between the foreground elements and the tower in the far back.
Regards, Peter

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  • Dyerco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1246 W: 13 N: 1269] (5366)
  • [2007-10-06 15:30]

I see you like to isolate a bit of colour in a lot of your shots, this one is no exception. Well done with this image. The composition is superb.
Phil

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