River Boyne, a photo from Meath, North

Photographer's Note

Trim Castle, where a significant portion of Braveheart was filmed, with the river Boyne in the foreground. The river Boyne has a significant place in Irish history as it was where King James, the Catholic king, was defeated by William of Orange in The Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

On the left hand side of the picture are controversial new appartments. Initially the local people thought their scale would not fit the location. Now everyone is pleased with how they blend in with the surroundings.

I used perspective control in PS to straighten the edges because they were skewed by the severe wide angle lens.

slarnold, ahmet54, kLe, serenadanesi, leonorkuhn heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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t0mmm1 (5442) 2005-08-25 14:22

Hi Danny,
excellent shot and superb rendering of colours. The sky is beautiful in its dramaticity and the composition with the castle that's reflecting in the river is just great.

seanf (246) 2005-08-25 14:24

hi danny
that's a beautiful scene, and you have captured it well with lovely bright colours. you did a good job with the perspective control too.
sean

ahmet54 (3600) 2005-08-25 14:34

Hi Danny,
symphony of green, blue and white. Good composition with the small flowers in the foreground.
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards,
Roland

jean-marie (3088) 2005-08-25 14:35

Que de belles couleurs et un ciel magnifique qui donne un sens à la photo. une vrai carte postale.

kLe (2196) 2005-08-25 14:42

The sky captured first my attention. It is fantastic how the clouds in the background are like exploding. Nice reflections on water and a perfect job with the perspective.

serenadanesi (944) 2005-08-25 14:42

Beautiful picture and composition. The perspective and colors are perfect. thanks for sharing.

agpires (0) 2005-08-25 14:47

Hi Danny this is a very beautiful postcard of this beautiful country, which is Ireland. The composition is perfect and the exposure, which offers a splendid sky to us, too.
Superb work, congratulation.

lukie (0) 2005-08-25 15:00

Very beautiful sight, nice colours and a good sharpness, Brian.

Luc.

tars (882) 2005-08-25 15:35

Great photo and great composition. The colours, sharpness and clarity are very good, especially the blue-wihit cloudy sky. Good job and well done.
Greetings ... Tars

toni_al (15875) 2005-08-25 16:13

Hi Danny
Superbe paysage et magnifique lumière.
Very nice shot
Toni

anesugur (18789) 2005-08-25 16:26

Very nice picture.
Good colors and composition.
Regards.

aferrao (1145) 2005-08-25 17:29

I would prefer it without the appartments, but I have to admit that they don't intervene that much with the landscape.
That's a nice shot, with good compo, colours and sky.
Well done!
Greatings, Artur.

gaby (19819) 2005-08-25 22:03

Hi Dannny fabulous landscape - the compo and the POV are fantastic - nice sky -
well done
Thanks
Gaby

chaity (1539) 2005-08-25 23:24

Hai Danny, I like the clouds formation of this photo. It is breath-taking and the green field with yellow flowers are nice.

dharbott (1894) 2005-08-26 3:34

Lovely weather - you lucky photographer :-).
And an excellent composition - enhanced by the interesting cloudscape.

A beautiful image - I find the frame is a little OTT for TE, but pleasing otherwise.

Regards,

leonorkuhn (16237) 2005-08-26 8:39

Hi Danny,
Wonderful place. Nice view of the castle near the river. Very beautiful sky. Good POV, lightness, colours and sharpness. Well done.
Leonor

Dis_Account (0) 2005-08-27 10:10

Great shot Danny. Lovely strong colours, good depth of field in the picture, excellent composition. And what a dramatic sky!

Gdouble (0) 2005-08-27 15:14

Great composition Danny, What a sky !!! Could I have such one only one time here in Belgium. I like the balance of this image. A building at each side and the bell tower above that answers to the beautiful yellow flowers.
Very great work
Guy

apache (1426) 2005-08-27 17:18

Hi Danny,
A wonderful picture. The sky is beautiful and contrasts superbly with the green grass. The effect of the clouds in the sky is breathtaking.
Nice colours and sharpness
One of my favurites for sure
Ranjith

hdl (7035) 2005-08-30 10:57

excellent shot. Great scenery, good pov, good colours and a marvellous sky to top it off! This is a very appealing photo; nice work.

L810th (0) 2005-08-30 16:38

Hi! Danny,
This is the best time of the year for landscape photography in Ireland as you truly get 40+ shades of green and the skies are so volatile in their showery mode. This is a perfect capture of springtime in Ireland and a lovely composition. The yellow plant gives great contrast to the sky and is the key to the success of this scene. Well done again Danny!
Mike.

colinbrenchley (6431) 2005-08-30 17:49

A great cirrus cloud sky makes the perfect backdrop for this compostion.

santhosh_ermal (122) 2005-09-18 12:48

Hello Danny,

wonderfull photography....cool

thanks

santhosh

sergio1 (12152) 2005-10-21 12:20

Hola danny
Espectacular panoramica de este castillo. Me encanta los colores y el cielo
Enhorabuena
saludos
Sergio

donluicu (24741) 2005-12-12 17:35

Hi Danny
I was so pleased to visit your town (thanks to TE!!!) amazing, and beautiful..what a great castle!
this vbiew is great , very colored...taken under the bridge? (then you turn right..)

bye

loic