SLAGOSAURUS!!!!!
Giant's Causeway.
Dunluce Castle.
I MADE IT! This was taken at Giant's Causeway by my good friend and flatmate, Abby. Everything is just gorgeous here, and we seem to be having great luck with weather! After a week of retreat and tourist stuff we buckled down and started class yesterday.
HECUA goes to Dunluce Castle.
Some friends.
Not a drop of rain so far! I am told our luck will not hold out for long. A sunny beach in Portrush. There were 5 or 6 black labs on the beach that made me a little homesick, but it's hard to be sad here because everything is so beautiful and the people are quite friendly.
I made some friends on the beach at Portrush. The one on the far left is "descended from the king of Ireland", and quite keen to have his picture taken. #1 Goal: find royalty...check.
SCOTLAND! Yes, it's only a few km away!
View of the ruins of Dunluce Castle from a far.
Me on the moat/bridge at Dunluce Castle.
Slagosaurus, our mascot, attacking Dunluce Castle. The famous residence of the MacDonnells is just a wee walk from Portrush.
Giant's Causeway with lots of morning sunshine.
The group at Giant's Causeway.
View from atop a hill near Knocklayd, where we has a three day retreat.
A shot of the coast in Portrush.
This is part of the lovely town of Portrush. I am staying in a flat about a block back from the beach. Apparently, Portrush is a huge vacation town in the summer, and it attracts many surfers. It's pretty dead now, but really comes to life on the weekends. I am currently planning a day trip to Saul, Ireland. YES IT DOES EXIST YOU DOUBTERS! It's even in a guidebook, and it's a hot spot for pilgrims on St. Patricks Day.
More pictures soon!
Wow... fantastic pictures!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea to use the dinosaur for forced perspective effects on the ruins, to theme the gallery. You could get some of your friends to look like they are fleeing it... best way to do that would be to use the 200mm and get pretty far back from the dino, cranking the F-stop down on "manual" settings. In bright daylight you should be able to get it REALLY far down and still get the shot... like F/20 or so, which would give you a depth of field deep enough to have both the toy and the people in crisp focus to effect the illusion.
I can't wait to see shots from Saul!
I never doubted and I'm Scottish...Mom
ReplyDeleteI still think it is a trap. They do that to a lot of people who want to be Irish. The rainbow and pot of gold stuff is so last century.
Dad
wee nice
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