- The Story Behind The Photo: Binnian Sunrise
- The Story Behind The Photo: Fortress of the Fianna
- The Story Behind The Photo: Three Counties And Carlingford Lough
- The Story Behind The Photo: ‘Summits Flight’
- The Story Behind The Photo: ‘Follow The Yellow Brick Road’
- The Story Behind The Photo: Sunset Dream
- The Story Behind The Photo: Lugnaquilla Summit Camp
- The Story Behind The Photo: Bearnagh Sunset
- The Story Behind The Photo: The Castles
- The Story Behind The Photo: Snowy Slievemore
- The Story Behind The Photo: The Final Ascent of Galtymore
- The Story Behind The Photo: Above The Clouds In The Gap Of Dunloe
- The Story Behind The Photo: Errigal Reflection
- The Story Behind The Photo: Daybreak on Slieve Bearnagh
- The Story Behind The Photo: Errigal Panorama
- The Story Behind The Photo: After The Rain
- The Story Behind The Photo: Sunrise at Bunnafreva
- The Story Behind The Photo: Overlooking Ben Crom Reservoir
- The Story Behind The Photo: Mourne Reflections at Sunset
It has featured previously in our ‘Story Behind The Photo’ series but iconic Errigal is a mountain that we never tire of featuring. The latest photo comes from Brendan O’ Donnell and it’s a quite magnificent shot taken looking from one top of Errigal across to the other.
The panoramic shot spans from Lough Nacung on the left to Altan Lough and Aghla More on the right. The image brings to mind the line of a relatively well known song about the hills of Donegal, “To stand on top of Errigal, would give me such a thrill”. It’s a view that many have enjoyed but few have captured with such success!
Brendan gives us the background to the shot…
“Being from Dunlewey, I pretty much live on the mountain. I’ve been up more times than I can remember. This was the first time up this year with a new camera lens. It was such an amazing day and the light is so amazing during this time of year.
I was on the first peak on Earagail while my friends had just made the top of the second peak ahead of me. I had been looking for an opportunity to capture my friends on the mountain as one of them had never climbed it before. I hung back and as I saw them ascend the second peak I framed the shot and got it as I wanted.
The image consists of three separate images merged together using a editing program. It was taken with a Nikon D90 with a Tokina 11mm-16mm lens. The camera settings were an aperture of f/11, shutter speed of 180 and ISO 160.”
Brendan and a couple of friends have a joint exhibition coming up on Friday November 15th in Artco in Letterkenny. You can see more details of the exhibition at https://www.facebook.com/events/598517170212930/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular.
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