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February29th

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Giants-Causeway-by-Sandra-Herd-

You can be forgiven for thinking we’d fallen off the face of the planet, it has been a long time between posts. But, as always, we’ve been travelling, shooting and planning the next leg of the trip.  We just recently completed a one week whirlwind tour of Ireland. We caught the ferry with the car (GBP215) from Pembroke to Rosslare on the Emerald Isle then drove via Galway to the wonderfully windswept Achill Island. This was a bit of a pilgrimage for me as my Great Aunts family was from there and she once told me that her father had said that there was only a paper wall separating it from hell! With a description like that we couldn’t resist popping in. In the one day we spent there we endured gale force winds, rain, hail, snow and brilliant sunshine. It really was an experience of four seasons in one day…OK maybe not…the sun wasn’t that hot, summer was definitely missing.  From the wild west coast we headed North East to the highlight of the trip for me, the Giants Causeway. The landscape here is epic and we weren’t disappointed. We were lucky enough to get a break in the grey weather for a spectacular sunset.  As a rule I don’t tend to shoot much HDR but I think, in this instance, the scene warrants the treatment.

We leave today for South America…a new episode begins.



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8 Comments

  • Comment by mervfrench — March 2, 2012 @ 10:55 am

    YOUR ALIVE !!! Thank God for that.

  • Comment by Sandy@Shots — March 4, 2012 @ 2:14 am

    haha…look who’s talking!!

  • Comment by Kel — March 7, 2012 @ 6:34 pm

    Amazing scenery and dramatic shot, love it!

  • Comment by Peta North — March 8, 2012 @ 7:44 am

    Looks an amazing place, love the texture on the rocks…..
    Have fun in South America, its a great place…..look forward to some posts from there.

  • Comment by Sandy@Shots — March 8, 2012 @ 10:29 am

    Thanks Kel!

  • Comment by Sandy@Shots — March 8, 2012 @ 10:30 am

    Cheers Peta, we visited Iguazu falls today…loving the sunshine and the scenery. If you have any hot tips of South American ‘must dos’ let me know. :-)

  • Comment by True North mark — June 15, 2012 @ 8:36 pm

    Great shot Sandy…love those rocks!

  • Comment by Sandy@Shots — June 16, 2012 @ 11:47 pm

    Cheers Mark. They are pretty spectacular, great spot for photography :-)

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