A Few Days With No Rain
Several nice days in a row is great. As the weather had been so bad up until now, we decided that we should try and make the most of it. There was a spot in Ballybunion that we had seen a few pictures of. It looked lovely, so we decided to go for the sunset and see how it would go! We wanted to go to Virgin Rock, near ‘Nuns Beach’.
View of Virgin Rock – 16mm f/3.5, ISO 100, 1/250 secondsCliff Walk to Virgin Rock
After parking the car, we headed tor the cliff walk. As there was a high tide, we decided not to head down using the rope rail via the ‘Convent Walk’. As we rounded the cliff we found the Virgin Rock and found a spot to set up. We climbed over the little fence and began getting our equipment set up. As the light was very nice, I decided to shoot a panorama of the area. This turned out pretty well!
Panorama at Virgin Rock – 16mm f/3.5, ISO 100, 1/160 secondsUtilizing the Cliff Walk
As the sun was setting out to sea, it was hard to frame a shot that encompassed the sunset. After looking around and testing a few shots, I decided to use the cliff walk pathway as a leading line to the sunset and the fence as a frame. I toyed with using my 16mm and 8mm lenses. The 8mm looked a bit better to me!
Pathway to the sunset – 8mm f/2.8, ISO 100, 1/640 secondsTimelapse
I took a timelapse or two there also. Instead of posting them here, I want to hold them back and make a complete video! Hopefully that will be coming soon!
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