I entered my first monthly competition in my photography club this week and was delighted to receive a 20 for this shot. This is top marks in the club so as you can imagine I am absolutely chuffed. I had a smile from ear to ear. This shot was taken out of my car window up in the Cooley mountains on a very cold Sunday morning. This little fellow was hopping along the edge of the cliff for around 5 minutes giving me loads of time to setup my shot. I used all 300mm of my 70-300mm Sigma lens and with a little help from one of the other club members in post production we arrived with this composition.
I entered 3 other photos, the seascape of Blackrock featured in a post below, the man shoveling the snow and my New York cityscape. All of which did very well in the competition as well. A very encouraging evening where the feedback I received was fantastic and I am now really excited about the next competition.
I'm officially hooked. :)
This man spent ages clearing a perfect path for the patrons of St Patrick Cathedral in Dundalk. The snow had only just fallen and it fell again not long after so I would say he repeated this job many times during that day and week.
Blackrock bay during the new snowy season in Ireland. Even the beach wasn't left out during the snow. The sea brought in chunks of ice each day like something out of the arctic eventually becoming like a slush puppy where it began creating sculptures of ice at the edge of the water.
This is something I have never seen in my lifetime and it wasn't seen during my parents lifetime either. A sign of global warming or the coming of an new ice age? Either way it is extremely beautiful.
A psychedelic fire hydrant in Soho, NY. Obviously I've played with the colours a little but I really like this shot.
