...Glenveagh... Photo

Photographer’s Note

Donegal trek april 2008

"Glenveagh National Park is one of six national parks in Ireland. Situated in the Northwest of Co. Donegal, Glenveagh encompasses some 16,000 acres in the heart of the Derryveagh Mountains. Such a great wilderness is the haunt of many interesting plants and animals. These lands were managed as a private deer forest before becoming a national park in 1975. With the completion of public facilities Glenveagh National Park was officially opened to the public in 1986.

Glenveagh National Park is located 24km north-west of Letterkenny and can be reached via the villages of Kilmacrennan or Churchill.

Access from Letterkenny is by the (N56) road through Kilmacrennan, turning left on to the Gweedore road (R255), or alternatively via Church Hill, and past Gartan and Akibbon lakes (R251). This route passes close to both Newmills and the Glebe Gallery

Glenveagh Castle is a 19th century castellated mansion and was built between 1867 and 1873. Its construction in a remote mountain setting was inspired by the Victorian idyll of a romantic highland retreat."

http://www.glenveaghnationalpark.ie

gbarto, CatherineD, moli516, xkolba, daddo, parbo, chrisemt74, skerdreux, kiks has marked this note useful

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gbarto (1273) 2008-05-16 13:11

Bonsoir Lukasz,
Encore un superbe cliché de la lande irlandaise.
Un rayon de soleil bien capté qui met en évidence le chateau en bas à droite.
De beaux contrastes de couleur
Bien vu !
Georges

CatherineD (4827) 2008-05-16 13:32

Hello Lukasz,
Very good management of light and nice composition. The colours are really amazing. TFS,
Catherine

nesiaZ (996) 2008-05-16 13:56

Hej Lukasz!
Tak tak, kolejne bajkowe zdjecie... Bardzo mi sie podoba kolorystyka, ostrosc i to niebo, rozgrywajace wspanialy spektakl :).
Pozdrawiam!
Anetka

xkolba (3180) 2008-05-16 15:17

Czesc Lukasz, ciekawe miejsce, a dzieki tym specyficznym warunkom pogodowym zyskalo jeszcze taki mroczny nastroj, podoba mi sie!
Pozdrawiam

daddo (11263) 2008-05-16 17:04

Hi Lukasz. Marvelous vantage point that shows the rugged terrain and the castle dwarfed by such topography. Lovely colours and evocative light- especially with the dynamic sky and the brighter hills.Pozdrawiam. Klaudio.

parbo (10956) 2008-05-16 19:13

Hi Lukasz,

I can say wow at the beginning. Great one with its splendidly colored textures on ridges and you very cleverly add the castle and dark colored lake. Perfect clarity in natural colors and sharpness. Cloudy sky is wonderful. Congratulations.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

vincz (19039) 2008-05-17 1:29

i love the composition here with the dramatic sky and the castle that looks so small. Excellent work.

skerdreux (2645) 2008-05-17 2:54

as usual a wonderfull picture of Donegal county ! the sky is really beautiful and the point of view is amazing. I think you should try a picture from the top of Errigal mountain.
anyway thanks for sharing and have a nice day
sylvain.

Gustaw (21670) 2008-05-17 8:59

Hej!
I nastepne super zdjecie. Wspaniale kolory. Jaka ostrosc. Piekny widok. Tylko pozazdroscic takich umiejetnosci!
Extra to wyszlo!
Marek

jimkilgallon (0) 2008-05-17 16:51

Hello Lukasz

Very nice composition, love the angle on this and the moodiness is fantastic. Real Irish weather eh? The colours compliment the scene well.
Regards
Jim

kiks (5985) 2008-05-19 2:41

Lukaz, you did it again! You show us again a wonderful moody image. I love the emptiness of the landschape, the well defined colors and the use of the river at your composition.
Best regards
KIKs

J_Burke (19) 2008-05-20 4:52

I think you've captured the mood of this area very well, there's a sense of wildness and foreboading, I also really like the strong contrasts between the colours.

espanek (995) 2008-05-22 15:25

Czesc Lukasz.
Znam to miejsce ze zdjecia z TL autorstwa Janka (Moli). Czy fotografujecie razem, czy tez jest to zbieg okolicznosci?
Super kolory i swiatlo, dramatyczne niebo, bardzo dobra kompozycja.
Pozdrawiam
Wojtek