Irish Fishing Harbor

A very common sight on the Irish coast are small fishing harbors, very quiet during daytime. They provide very interesting photography settings, with strange objects creating even stranger juxtapositions, such as these two abstracts.

“Harbor Abstract I”
Ireland
ISO 100, 163 mm, 1/60 s at f/5.6

“Harbor Abstract II”
Ireland
ISO 100, 250 mm, 1/40 s at f/5.6

The fishing boats themselves, when in the harbor, often show a lot of character with weathered and rusting equipment, and sometimes bright colors of buoys.

“Pulley In The Sun”
Isle of Aran, Ireland
ISO 100, 146 mm, 1/80 s at f/5.6

“Red Buoys”
Ireland
ISO 200, 250 mm, 1/50 s at f/5.6

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February 27, 2011 – 2:37 pm
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Cliffs, grass, and stone walls

I think the view that most people have of Ireland is green hills with rain. Well, there turns out to be a lot of both there. We have also seen beautiful lush forests, barren rock, giant lakes, and of course, sheep. Many many many of those. In this post there are a few photographs which might fit in the stereotyical view – gorgeous sights nonetheless. The first one is of the Cliffs of Moher, possibly one of the most popular tourist spots on Ireland’s west coast. Even in the off season it was fairly crowded, and I had trouble composing a shot with no people in it.

“Cliffs of Moher”
Ireland
ISO 100, 39 mm, 1/125 s at f/5.6

“Clouds Over the Ocean”
Ireland
ISO 100, 10 mm, 1/500 s at f/5.6

And yes, the grassy hills have this incredibly vibrant color green.

“Fence in Green”
Ireland
ISO 100, 55 mm, 1/200 s at f/5.6

The last photograph in this post is one that I experimented a lot with. The weather was dreary, the skies grey with low-hanging clouds over a fjord with no tourist to be seen. Rather than imposing on it an expression of darkness, I wanted to show it in a more ethereal state, some of the fjord’s features hidden in the sea fog.

“Fjord in the Fog”
Ireland
ISO 200, 84 mm, 1/100 s at f/5.6

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January 26, 2011 – 11:23 pm
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Study of Fishing Rope

This summer, I went on a road trip through Ireland for about a week. We rented a car, and drove from Dublin towards Shannon, from there along the western coast to the north, Sligo, and from there back to Dublin. This post and the next few will cover some of the topics I photographed along the way. One of the things I greatly enjoyed about this trip, aside from the vast emptiness and ruggedness of the landscape, are the many quaint and quiet fishing villages. Each of these has a harbor with a multitude of interesting objects to photograph. Especially the fishing gear was fascinating, the colors enhanced after one of many rain showers.

“Fishing Rope Study I”
Ireland
ISO 100, 154 mm, 1/60 s at f/5.6

“Fishing Rope Study II”
Ireland
ISO 100, 171 mm, 1/80 s at f/5.6

“Fishing Rope Study IV”
Ireland
ISO 100, 116 mm, 1/30 s at f/5.6

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January 25, 2011 – 10:00 pm
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Website updated

Finally! My website has been updated with photographs of my trip to Zagreb, Croatia this summer. You can see them now in the album with recent work. You can also take a look at the studies of ‘market of colors‘ and ‘windows into a city‘. A few other photographs of this trip can be found in the albums architecture of europe, street photography, and portraits.

Also I started a project called ‘urban fabric‘, in which I try to capture street sights which are perceived unseen and unimportant, and turn them into something more interesting. So far, most of them are taken along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Work in progress, which I hope to turn into a photo book at some point. Leave a comment to this post to let me know what you think….

Currently I am in the process of finishing up with series of photographs I took in Ireland, and will post these soon, so check back regularly!

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December 3, 2010 – 11:45 pm
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Zagreb: Windows Into A City

Something I have become more interested in and focused on is creating series of photographs, rather than singles. So in Zagreb I wanted to pick a theme and explore that in depth: windows. Especially old ones with crumbling paint, broken glass, and fading colors. Although to some this may seem like defeated glory, to me it speaks of character, and nuances in color.

“Door Study”
Zagreb, Croatia
ISO 100, 40 mm, 1/125 s at f/5.0

“Window Study II”
Zagreb, Croatia
ISO 100, 55 mm, 1/200 s at f/5.6

“Window Study IV”
Zagreb, Croatia
ISO 100, 79 mm, 1/50 s at f/4.5

The next photograph does not portray the same ‘old’ atmosphere, but the stairs and windows form an interesting compostion: almost minimalistic.

“Window And Stairs”
Zagreb, Croatia
ISO 100, 10 mm, 1/160 s at f/4.5

These two shots are different in their postprocessing, but looked so peculiar that I wanted to include them anyway.

“Wall Elements I”
Zagreb, Croatia
ISO 100, 135 mm, 1/80 s at f/5.0

“Wall Elements II”
Zagreb, Croatia
ISO 100, 179 mm, 1/80 s at f/5.6

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December 1, 2010 – 6:46 pm
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