One of many shots of these rocks I took this morning. It was truly awe inspiring watching the waves rush into the gap and spray over the lower rocks on the left.
An experience no photograph can do complete justice to, but hopefully this goes some of the way.
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#45 in Explore - July 26th 2008.
View all photos taken: Sunday, 27th July 2008, This photo: 6:18am
This came out very nicely.
Not too shabby at all. I think we all had a good morning.
Awesome...
All these are so good this is worth a re-shoot some time!
great shot! i'm loving your colours and composition.
it was indeed a good morning out.
quite tired now though.
but totally worth it!
Definitely a very good morning.
awesomeness, damn i was in tweed heads a week ago!
very nice :)
Stunning well composed shot David!
That's a lovely, dynamic shot. Much justice has been done. Great work.
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This goes a long way David, you definitely captured the magic of this place. I find Fingal best to shoot with a NW breeze and we were very lucky to have that breeze this morning...good planning mate.
I'm keen to see what you came away with today.
Very nice indeed, best shot I've seen today
:) you got any more shots you're going to share with us?
I bet the front filter was on for these shots. ;-) Interesting that Australia has basalt columns - have you heard of the famous Giant's Causeway in Ireland, or Fingal's Cave in Scotland? (the same Fingal hero that this Head was named after?)
Yes, I've heard of the Giant's Causeway and Fingal's Cave (although the G.C. comes to mind more readily) and I'd love to go there at some stage to shoot them too. It's highly likely that this formation was once a sea cave just like Fingal's Cave but the land mass above has all eroded off.
Given that Fingal's Cave was discovered by Sir Joseph Banks, who sailed with Cook to Australia, and the island further out is Cook Is. I would not doubt for an instant that Fingal Heads is named after the very same Fingal.
Interesting stuff, thanks. I suppose when they were having to name so many new places and species it was hard to come up with new names. Fingal, or Fionnghall, means "white stranger" BTW.
Here you can listen to Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture (aka Fingal's Cave) that he was inspired to write after visiting the cave. You can really hear the way he interprets the waves and echoes in the cave.
This is great - very atmospheric.
amazing ! does remind me a lot of photos I have seen of the GC, which they are trying to ruin with various buildings instead of leaving it wild. Its become way too popular as well apparently
looks like the plans are scrapped for now at least ! yeah !
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1693549.stm
I'd heard about that with the GC, good to hear that at least it's all on hold for now.
Can't leave it in the dev too long!!! :P
Fair enough....
David, I don't have a Last.fm account and could listen to the full 10m 55s - however, I just refreshed the page and now the 30 sec preview has cut in. Strange that and sorry for sending you there!
There are some wonderful versions on YouTube with very enthusiastic conductors. The more I hear this piece the more I like it.
This is my favourite of the series. Nice work mate.
wowwwwwwww.
that is magical, a perfect exposure! beautiful colours!!!
i dare say that a second trip is warranted for me!
wow!
David - absolutely fantastic - simply a great landscape shot.
Thanks for letting us see it large too - only way to really appreciate it!