Storm At Ballintoy --- N. Antrim Coast, N.Ireland.

[Gottshotz]

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Taken from the sea wall protecting Ballintoy harbour on a windy May afternoon. The harbour was used for one of the scenes (Lordsport, the main port of Pyke) in Game of Thrones and is positioned just along the north coast from the infamous Giant's Causeway. Taken with D750 and 24-85mm @68mm, f4.5 1/400 Sec.,ISO 125. Handheld.

 

[Tadzio]

Very beautiful image Dave

 

[Kathy G]

Nice capture David. I find it difficult to capture the power of the ocean. I will take a photo of a 3 metre high wave that looks, well, minuscule in the photo. Sometimes they work, usually they don’t! I think you have captured that power here.

 

[Gottshotz]

Very beautiful image Dave

Thanks Tadzio --- I am no landscape photographer, but sometimes even I get lucky !

 

[Gottshotz]

Nice capture David. I find it difficult to capture the power of the ocean. I will take a photo of a 3 metre high wave that looks, well, minuscule in the photo. Sometimes they work, usually they don’t! I think you have captured that power here.

Thanks Kathy --- mind you, I had to fiddle around a bit with the LR post editing to get more of a 3D effect in the cloud formations !

 

[gordon_g]

Great capture!

 

[Gottshotz]

Great capture!

Thanks Gordon --- I was really after the sky, but the crashing wave coming in was a big bonus !

 

[gordon_g]

Thanks Gordon --- I was really after the sky, but the crashing wave coming in was a big bonus !

Definitely got a keeper between both of them!

 

[JAS]

Nicely done. Have you tried a B&W version? Sometimes it works and sometimes not.

 

[MikeA]

Beautiful - hope I can visit one of these days. Ireland was always on my list. I had an Irish English teacher in school. She always told us, how incredible the light and the landscape is - this sure gives us an impression.

Best,

Mike

 

[Harry.G]

Super shot David saw this shot earlier however I was viewing It on my phone and knew for certain that it was a way better image than it looked .. How right I was now that i`ve seen it on the Laptop ....

 

[MikeA]

She was from Ireland and a lot of my pronunciation etc. was not acceptable (I was born in USA). She did not accept bike for example, it had to be bicycle.

 

[Gottshotz]

Definitely got a keeper between both of them!

Thanks Gordon, a happy blend of light and shade with a dose of water thrown into the mix !

 

[Gottshotz]

Great shot

Thanks Patrick, much appreciated, and glad you liked it .

Beautiful - hope I can visit one of these days. Ireland was always on my list. I had an Irish English teacher in school. She always told us, how incredible the light and the landscape is - this sure gives us an impression.

Best,

Mike

Thanks Mike, we certainly have lots of great scenery, but to get the appropriate weather to show it off is in the lap of the gods ! --- I highly recommend a visit .

 

[Gottshotz]

Super shot David saw this shot earlier however I was viewing It on my phone and knew for certain that it was a way better image than it looked .. How right I was now that i`ve seen it on the Laptop ....

Thanks Harry, I've often thought of going round a lot of the Game of Throne film locations here, as they are in some spectacular landscapes --- food for thought !

 

[Paul T]

Beautiful shot David. I loved the area when we visited a couple of years ago, especially the Giant's Causeway. In fact loved the entire Island.

 

[Oztours]

saw this shot earlier however I was viewing It on my phone and knew for certain that it was a way better image than it looked .. How right I was now that i`ve seen it on the Laptop ....

Looks even much better on a 32" monitor.

 

[Yezdi]

Beautiful shot David...

 

[Gottshotz]

Nicely done. Have you tried a B&W version? Sometimes it works and sometimes not.

Thanks Jas, no I haven't really dabbled into the black and white realm much (maybe because I remember black and white TV progs and the problems it gave some shows like snooker's Pot Black when they got down to the colours !) however, on your suggestion I will have a look from now on, to get a different perspective --thanks .

 

[Gottshotz]

Beautiful shot David. I loved the area when we visited a couple of years ago, especially the Giant's Causeway. In fact loved the entire Island.

Thanks Paul, glad you got the opportunity to see some of what Ireland can produce scenically, if you got the weather too, you were doubly blessed.

 

[Gottshotz]

Looks even much better on a 32" monitor.

Exactly Peter, with landscapes the bigger the better !

 

[Gottshotz]

Beautiful shot David...

Thanks Yezdi, sometimes we yearn too much for the exotic, far flung, destinations, when very often whats on our doorsteps is equally beautiful.

 

[Bill Schone]

That is really a nice shot!

 

[Gottshotz]

That is really a nice shot!

Thanks Bill, its great when all the elements come together like that !

 

[DennisC]

That is a very nice image for sure !!