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Walking along the beach and looking at rocks at Clogher Strand on Ireland's Dingle Peninsula in the drizzle and mist may seem like an odd thing to be doing when on holiday. My grandson, who was much more interested in digging holes in the sand, certainly though so anyway!
I must have spent at least half an hour (a long time for me) walking around this shale rock face on the beach at Clogher Strand on Ireland's Dingle Peninsula, just looking at the fossils and the various shapes and colours on display.
This particular view is an alternative to 'rock-10', encompassing a wider field of view and with a composition biased more towards colour than shape.
All I needed to do to achieve this image with a completely different emphasis was to take a step backwards.
I'm reminded of one of the lessons I learnt from studying the works of american landscape photographer Alain Briot, who recommends photographing the same scene with wide, standard and telephoto lenses.
Well that approach certainly worked for me here.
By the way, can you spot the small patch of fossilised coral?
Filename - rock 12.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @40mm
Exposure - 5secs @ f16, ISO100
Location - Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Polarising filter used to reduce glare and enhance colours.
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