During a week long holiday with our Irish family at Kilkeel in County Newry, Northern Ireland, we took full advantage of our location to explore the beautiful scenery of the Mountains of Mourne.
Nestled high in a secluded valley we eventually found the Silent Valley nature reserve and reservoir, and enjoyed a good hour's worth of walking around and a visit to the café, culminating in a climb up to the dam wall at the southern end of the reservoir.
The weather was typical Ireland, with intermittent showers and clouds hustling along on a moderate breeze, passing over the mountains either side of silent Valley.
But fortunately I managed to find a twenty minute window in-between showers to capture the hundreds of still images needed to create this time lapse video, featuring the impressive overflow funnel and water take off tower.
What a wonderful hidden gem of a place!
Filename - silent_valley_timelapse_01
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 1/100 sec @ f/8, ISO100
Exposure (end of sequence) - 1/100 sec @ f/8, ISO100
Filters - 2 stop neutral density graduated filter used to reduce the brightness of the sky relative to the land.
Music - No.7 Alone With My Thoughts - Esther Abrami
Shooting interval - 2 seconds
Location - Silent Valley reservoir, County Newry, Northern Ireland
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 24 seconds
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