Dunluce Castle, a photo from Antrim, Northern Ireland

Photographer's Note

Dunluce Castle - Co. Antrim

Dunluce Castle is one of the most extensive ruins of a medieval castle on the island of Ireland. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland. It is between Portballintrae and Portrush.

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lilimih33 (9918) 2008-01-19 15:12

Hello Stephen!
Wow, and wow again!
Unreal composition and fantastic atmosphere!
Great colours and perfect work!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

mesutilgim (0) 2008-01-19 15:12

Hi Stephen,
Great capture ! Very good pov and perfect compo. Great effect of the flowing water.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Roly (2024) 2008-01-19 15:24

Outstanding image, beautifully composed. The exposure worked very well for the water and you did a great job with the filters. The castle adds an extra point of interest, but the creek is certainly the start of the show here.

naseemjk (54) 2008-01-19 15:38

Great piece of art..
can you teach me how to make this flowing water effect

TopGeo (38220) 2008-01-19 15:39

Hi Stefhen! It is a spectacular picture! I front see in the background the clouded over sky and silhouettes the ruins and in the first plan the figures of rocks as black seals! Their lines, appear intermediarily as if float in white but with important reception waters, I like this picture and him will place? in my collection? "silhouettes figures outline" see my themes
Georgios

pedrocarmo (1295) 2008-01-19 16:28

Hi Stephen

Fantastic photo, very impressive colours and depth of field.

Excelent exposure well done

kiks (12805) 2008-01-19 17:11

HI Stephen, your low POV, long exposure and i think some PP to saturate de colors make this a wonderful surreal image. Congratulations for the good work and TFS
KIks

angela926 (1884) 2008-01-19 18:38

Hello Stephen, WOW, That's Fantastic! great composition and point of view, very good sharpness and depth of field, excellent exposure,nice colors and light. well done!
Angela

CaptainJack (0) 2008-01-19 19:12

Hello Stephen,

Just discovering your spot on TE and realizing that you've been here a while but I've never come across your fantastic landscapes. You are certainly one of the best I've seen on this site, and this latest addition is a stunner. You seem to really find these great locations with so many interesting natural formations to work with, utilizing that whole dynamic of earth, water and sky so well. The darker tones throughout in this photo, I really enjoy as it casts are eerie mood on things that works well with the image of rough and rugged northern Ireland to me...

Jack

scalerman (26900) 2008-01-19 19:27

Stephen: an amazing canvas. For something this special some notes on your obviously judicious post-processing would be great! regards, c

gneufeld (15890) 2008-01-19 20:44

Hi Stephen,
Your foreground is so strong that the feature castle is almost a secondary component of this shot. The light is held back nicely by our Lee's and again, I like the agressive movement of the water. TFS. Gerald

Balwant (588) 2008-01-20 1:35

Superb shot with great foreground colours and details, Well done

muzaffer_ (806) 2008-01-20 8:38

Hello Stephen

Beautıfully compositıon.Very nice work.And light,frame,contrast colors,Excellent.
Best Regards

Muzaffer

Niebaotan (300) 2008-01-20 8:57

Extraordinary picture, truly stunning work. Great composition and fascinating colors.

TFS!

romanaa (8430) 2008-01-20 10:29

Hello Stephen,
very nice picture again. The gray clouds in the sky intensify the colour of the stones and the atmosphere seems to me rather gloomy, but powerful.
Bravo
Best wishes
Romana

corniste (4280) 2008-01-20 12:19

Dear Stephen,
Great picture again. The POV is outstanding! Just one thing about the sky behind the castle. The HDR or photoshop manipulation is obvious. There is a little hollow that won't fool a specialist! Dont forget the windows in your sky manipulation too! Your work is so good that I'm sure you can do better!

Have a nice day!

Jamierussell (6015) 2008-01-21 9:37

Hi Stephen

I love this shot once again although your PP work isn't as good as it usually is, i think i would have prefered the castle to be slightly darker/more natural with a little less halo, it kind of stands out in an odd way if you can understand what i mean.
Everything else is 100% amazing though!
This shot i would give about 85% which in my eyes still rates as full marks!

Jamie

OLF (4017) 2008-01-21 13:38

Hi Again Stephen,
This one is typical of your gallery!
FAbulous landscape from Ireland, a very good pov on the Castle at the end plan of your composition.
Colors are fabulous and another time the long exposure time is fabulous with the white colors of the water around the rock.
Very well done!
Best regards,
Olivier

emilbo (22616) 2008-01-21 17:41

Salut Stephen!
Un myst駻ieux atmosph鑽e, on se croirait un soir d'Alloween avec un ch穰eau hant�. Excellent 馗lairage et profondeur d'image. Les rochers en avant-plan sont superbes. Beau travail.
F駘icitations!...
Emilius

perkele (59) 2008-02-08 12:20

wow, very special and mystic!

derek3755 (2341) 2008-06-09 15:39

Hi Stephen

love this one too, great composition & POV. great colours and so dramatic.

Regards
Derek

batalay (41261) 2010-02-18 10:48

Hello Stephen,

I came across this spectacular shot of Dunluce Castle that you had posted almost to the day two years ago. I remember seeing one of El Greco's masterpieces that has the same haunting atmosphere. I wonder if the great Spanish Renaissance artist actually saw Toledo as you saw County Antrim, or whether he created his version in his imagination. In any event, this is a superlative shot.

Warm regards from Virginia,

Bulent