It's great when you're visiting a old favourite location, only to find that there's something new to see and explore that you hadn't noticed before.
This is what happened to my wife Liz and I during our annual visit to the west coast of Ireland to see our family and to do some sightseeing in this beautiful part of the world.
Every year we take a trip around Loop Head in County Clare, a really rugged, unspoilt stretch of wild Atlantic coast, but it was only during our latest visit that we decided to branch off the main road and follow a sign that beguilingly said 'Bridges of Ross'.
With no idea what the 'Bridges of Ross' actually were, we were astounded to find some remarkable wave carved sea arches, through which waves crashed into a sculpted cove.
We weren't the only ones to find this coastal erosion fascinating, as there was a group of what could only be geology students exploring the stone arches as well.
This photo was my favourite of the dozen or so that I took at this spot, with the fan shaped wave providing a lovely structure and coherance to the composition.
If you look carefully you'll spot the group of students lined up on the left hand side of the bridge.
I thought about cloning them out of the final image, but in the end I decided to leave them in to provide a handy sense of scale to this magnificent natural wonder.
Filename - bridges of ross 01.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm
Exposure - 1/50 sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Loop Head, County Clare, Ireland
This image - 800x640px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours.
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