Galway: Clonmacnoise.
Technically, Clonmacnoise is nowhere near Galway.
I took a day trip to the 'midlands' of Ireland just
east of Ballinasloe. Clonmacnoise is a very, very
old monastic settlement on the Shannon River formed
sometime around 600 A.D. There a lot of neat old
churches and high crosses as well as a couple of
towers.
And finally - some actual photos of Clonmacnoise.
And for those of you playing at home, Clonmacnoise
is pronounced as 'clon', as in, well, Clon similar
to the word 'dawn'. 'mac' like Big Mac or if you're
in Amsterdam: 'Le Big Mac'. And 'noise' like
those damn kids are making too much noise.
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
Lens: Canon EF 50/1.4 |
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Film: Fuji Velvia 50 |
Just a neat window from one of the temples at
Clonmacnoise. I'm angry at myself for clipping
the top of the window though. |
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
Lens: Canon EF 50/1.4 |
Exposure: Sunny 16 |
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 |
This is a replica of the original high cross
that was erected sometime around 600 A.D. The
real one is inside the museum show in a photo
below. The curators were afraid of more erosion
since this was sandstone and the elements had
already started wearning away the details. The
solar 'umbra' behind was more or less necessary
as taking a shot full-on would probably have
resulted in a bit of lens flare. I rather like
the result. |
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
Lens: Canon EF 50/1.4 |
Exposure: Sunny 16 |
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 |
One of the church ruins. The stones at the
bottom of the frame are actually gravestones
if I recall correctly. |
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
Lens: Canon EF 50/1.4 |
Exposure: Sunny 16 |
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 |
A view into one of the churches. Gated off
presumably to keep vagrants like me from tromping
all over the old stuff and really making it a ruin. |
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
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Lots of windows through the temple walls. I have a
distinct feeling this image would have been more
impressive either at sunrise or sunset or during
a rainy day. |
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Had enough of Clonmacnoise?
Now, these were taken after I'd made my roadtrip to the
Irish midlands and Clonmacnoise and was back in Galway.
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
Lens: Canon EF 50/1.4 |
Exposure: Unrecorded |
Film: Kodak TMAX 100 |
Looking southwest across Galway Bay towards
The Burren standing in Salthill. Taken
with a red filter. |
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Body: Canon EOS Elan IIe |
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Film: Kodak TMAX 100 |
More or less the same as above. I should probably
crop this better to remove that ugly building
on the right hand side of the picture. Also
taken with a red filter (I think). |
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