The Kerry Way in Glenmore, Waterville

I am more of a good weather walker than my darling husband who would walk and climb in any wet and boggy and soggy conditions...
so I stopped going uphill on this part of the Kerry Way and took a few photos instead.
The first photo was actually taken in Shanacnoic, it´s that waterfall you see coming from Derrynane direction between Loher and Waterville, only it did not look too impressive today it must not have rained in a while...

Evening near Cooncrome Harbor

 On the 29th March 2012 we picked a fine evening for a photo walk near Cooncrome Harbor, setting out from the old peat factory Caherciveen and working our way up the loopwalk.

Cooncrome Harbour

Evening clouds

Violet Sky

Dead tree after sunset

Caherciveen with bridge to Over the Water

Colors and Tree

The old peat factory

Loopwalk from Glenbeigh on a cloudy day

On 12th of March we hiked from Glenbeigh up the hills to the SW and turned back down along the shore road. A 4h lovely scenic walk with quite a steep part at the start. The weather was a uniform overcast this day, tending pictures to render dull with little light and shadow contrast. I therefore overexposed most times 0.7 to 1 aperture. When reducing subsequently the exposure value on the computer and adding contrast, the flat clouds got a bit more structure and color than they actually had.

View from Curra Hill over Rosbehy Strand to Dingle Peninsula

Tidal sandbanks at Rosbehy

Stone cairne or Laghtshee (fairy monument) on the Hill top

Light reflexions on Beenreagh Mountain 

Walk along the fence from Hill top to Hill top

View over Caragh Creek

Well deserved rest

All photos by © Franz Schenk

Blue hour on Waterville Strand

Finally, after a long and dark winter, the club started again to go together for pictures during the famous "blue hour" on a calm and quite warm evening. We met at Waterville Strand, near the Chaplin memorial and aimed mostly over the boulders next to the beach across Waterville Bay to Bolus Head and Ballinskelligs.
My gear was a Olympus 520, mostly with a Zuiko Digital 50-200 and one with a 14-54. Setting was Aperture control with f/22. 

Boulders on the strand

 Ghosts taking pictures at Waterville beach

 Gorse fire on Bolus Head

 

 Light and shadow at nightly Waterville strand

View across Ballinskelligs Bay

All pictures © Franz Schenk

Loop Walk from Cooncrome Harbour

Like Dave we used the bright and chilly day to walk the dogs. We choose a loop walk, commencing at Coonccrome Harbour, Over the Water, about 10 min drive from Caherciveen. The walk leads from the pier through coastal bog areas and woodland with excellent views of Dingle Bay, Valentia Harbour, Knocknadobar and surrounding Hills. Small streams and puddles display a plenty of animals and vegetation.
It was a good opportunity to try out a newly bought 14-54 mm Zuiko Digital glass on my Olympus E520.

 Pebbles at Cooncrome Harbour

 Steps at Cooncrome Harbour

 Ruins (church?) in the woods of kimego, S of Canglass Point

 Metal fixtures on the tower ruin

 The Bell (?)  tower

 View of Killelan Mountain, near Doulus Head

 Knocknadobar rises over the bog

 Dingle Bay with tree skeletons remaining after forestry harvest

 Frog spawn in a puddle next to the walk

 Different type of spawn

 Spawn and polliwogs

 

 The proud parents

 Must be cold in there

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