River Erriff

River Erriff
River Erriff, County Mayo, Ireland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/8.0 @ 1/180 sec; ISO 400; Focal length: 55mm

The River Erriff rises some 15 miles North East of Killary harbour in County Mayo, and flows South West on almost the same path as the N59, until it enters the Harbour just downstream of the village of Aasleagh. The river has over 20 miles of water but the last 8 miles is of most interest to the Salmon angler, starting from Shrahlea Bridge, and running down to Killary Harbour. The river banks are well developed and deep wading is not required despite the river being quite wide in places.

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Abby Lane

Abby Lane
Abbey Lane in Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/9.50 @ 1/250 sec; ISO 400; Focal length: 55mm

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Abbey Lane - watercolour

Abbey Lane - watercolour
A Digital watercolour created using Dynamic Auto-Painter (bogf12 AOP)
from an original photo of Abbey Lane in Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
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Abby Lane - textured

Abby Lane - textured
A textured, sepia-toned B&W image of Abbey Lane in Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/9.50 @ 1/250 sec; ISO 400; Focal length: 55mm

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Kylemore Abbey

Kylemore Abbey
Kylemore Abbey – Kylemore, Connermara, Co.Galway, Ireland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/5.6 @ 1/125 sec; ISO 400; Focal length: 82mm

Prior to Kylemore becoming an Abbey, it was built as a Castle and the first stone was laid in 1867. One hundred men were employed a day to construct the castle which took four years to complete with construction costs coming to a little over £29,000. (Source: Kylemore Abbey Tourism )

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Saint Patrick's Mountain

Saint Patrick's Mountain
Croagh Patrick (Saint Patrick’s Mountain) – Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/6.7 @ 1/125 sec; ISO 400; Focal Length: 47mm

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Inch Stand

Inch Stand
Inch Stand – Dingle Peninsula – Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM; f/9.5 @ 1/250 sec; ISO 400; Focal Length: 58mm
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Yet another Licensing update

Licensing (con't)
Three weeks ago, I posted a second blog post talking about my entry into the world of image licensing. (See post dated 13 March 2015.) I mentioned in that post how I noticed a flurry of activity on one particular image very recently.

Abbey Lane
This was one of the first images I uploaded to the site. While the images I uploaded at the same time had on average eight views, the number of views this image had received had jumped to 46 in under two days! I had no idea why?
So it was a very pleasant surprise when I learned that an anonymous buyer licensed this image on 31 March 2015.

I wish to thank the buyer for licensing the image. As well as everyone who took the time to look at the image making it my most viewed image on PicFair.

Before I close, I'd like to show three more of my images that recently received that wonderful Star. (See 14 February 2015 post on Licensing)

Numbered
Old Shed
Hochelaga Inn
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Attempt at licensing update

Licensing

About a month ago, I posted a blog post talking about my first entry into the world of image licensing. (See post dated 14 February 2015)

In the past month since joining PicFair, I've uploaded 53 images to the site. As I mentioned on my previous post, if the site's moderators really like your image, they award it a Star. You don't need to remove those images that were not starred, but they do affect the number of images that you can upload. So I decided to delete any image I upload that does not receive that coveted Star. This has resulted in the deletion of 21 images, leaving as of today (13 March 2015) 32 images on my PicFair page. Have not yet made my first Million doing this. In fact, haven't even made my first penny, but one must try. (Smile)

I did notice a flurry of activity on one particular image very recently.

Abbey Lane

This was one of the first images I uploaded to the site. While the images I uploaded at the same time have on average eight views, the number of views this image has received has jumped to 46! Almost 40 views in under two days! Have no idea why? But I do like knowing that one of my images has attracted the attention of a good number of viewers. My thanks to everyone who has taken the time to look at any of my images.

Before I close, I'd like to show three more of my images that recently received that wonderful Star.


Sweet Bell Peppers

Nearing Harvest

The Little White Church on the Hill
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Line Art

Wikipedia defines line art as "any image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color) to represent two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects. Line art can use lines of different colors, although line art is usually monochromatic."

It goes on to say, "Line art emphasizes form and outline, over color, shading, and texture. However, areas of solid pigment and dots can also be used in addition to lines. The lines in a piece of line art may be all of a constant width (as in some pencil drawings), of several (few) constant widths (as in technical illustrations), or of freely varying widths (as in brush work or engraving).

"Before the development of photography and of halftones, line art was the standard format for illustrations to be used in print publications, using black ink on white paper. Using either stippling or hatching, shades of gray could also be simulated."

I love the simplicity that line art shows. I learned a while back to create digital line art images based on original photos using PaintShop Pro. Here are a few I've created over the past several years.

First, some B&W versions . . .

Blomidon Inn - Wolfville, Nova Scotia

St Benoit du Lac Abbey, Austin, Quebec

Sometimes adding a single colour adds interest . . .

Yellow tulips II
Dianthus
Then there's Sepia toning . . .

Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia
Hotel Nelson, Place Jacques Cartier, Old Montreal
Or you can go full bore with a multi-coloured version. . .

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
Grand Hotel - Malahide, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Whatever your preference, I hope you found at least one image to your liking.

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Scenes From Ireland - Part 3

Those that know me, know it doesn't matter where in the world I am, if there are flowers, I'll be taking pictures of them. And so it was during our visit to Ireland. These are some of those images

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Scenes From Ireland - Part II

Lakes, Rivers and Coastal Waters. Some additional photos from our Ireland trip last year

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Scenes From Ireland - Part I

A few images from our trip to Ireland last year

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A visit to Ireland - Day 1

Royal Irish Tours

Back in at the end of May, Marilyn and I took one of our "Trip of a Lifetime" trips to visit Ireland. (I say 'one of' because we hope to be able to take several more.)

We choose Royal Irish Tours because of recommendations of friends and because they appeared to have the most extensive and inclusive trip. They offer several different packages. The tour we chose was the Shamrock Royal.

The first day of the tour was spent recuperating from the overnight flight out of Toronto to Dublin. But we still managed some site-seeing.

Cliffs over looking the Irish Sea - Malahide Co Dublin

Beacon House out on Baily road overlooking Dublin Harbour


Our Hotel - Grand Hotel - Malahide, Co. Dublin


This was an amazing experience for us, one we will never forget. (And to ensure that I took a fair amount of photos to help remind us. (smile))

I'll post additional photos in the future from the other 14 days we spend on the Emerald Isle.

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