Lens-Artists Challenge #294 – Before and After

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John asks us to share some images before and after editing. I tend to crop and adjust shadow of many of my images.

Here I have darkened and cropped the wood anemone.

Changing to monochrome is another edit I enjoy playing with. Here I have also darkened and cropped the image a little too.

Another monochrome edit below, no cropping this time just a bit of darkening.

Many thanks to John for this week’s challenge “Before and After“.

Lens-Artists Challenge #293 – Water in Motion

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We were lucky earlier in the week to have a few days break in Connemara, Co Galway here in the west of Ireland. Plenty of water in motion. Our first stop was Aasleagh Falls on the Mayo/ Galway border.

Aasleagh Falls

Just upstream from the main falls are some smaller but more accessible waterfalls – time to get closer.

Waterfall

Our next stop was Kylemore abbey – situated on the edge of a Kylemore lough, with its own little white horses.

Kylemore abbey

The following day we’d hope to visit Omey island which is only accessible on foot at low tide, and we had misread the tide timetable. With no boat on hand, that will be a trip for another time.

Omey Island

We did enjoy a lovely picnic lunch at this secluded pebble beach away from the main tourism area. I enjoyed trying to capture the little waves hitting the pebbles.

Pebble beach

On our final day we climbed Diamond Hill (Ben Gooria) in Connemara National Park. And were blessed with amazing views. And managed to get down before these grey clouds produced their own form of water in motion.

Connemara National Park

Many thanks to Sofia for a great challenge.