12th Century Dominican Friary

12th Century Dominican Friary · 04:25 PM

In Ireland one can find many such places. This is out in County Limerick. Shot with the DA12-24mm.

missing stained glass

atlas

second floor

the bell tower

courtyard

**Scottnorwo** · 07-04-2009, 07:38 PM

Great series. The first shot is wonderful, just perfect.

juanraortiz · 07-05-2009, 12:16 AM

Nice series. I agree with scott, the first one is dramatic with the clouds in background. It's a pitty such a beautiful building in ruins

Donald · 07-05-2009, 12:22 AM

nice.

How did you process these? In particular, the cool-warm tone is well done.

#1 requires better contrast separation between sky and subject, like excellent "second floor" and "bell tower" have.

mel · 07-05-2009, 06:06 AM

Omg these are gorgeous. One big bummer about living in the US is that nothing is that old. I'm hoping to get to Ireland next year. Beautiful series. I enjoyed each one, but I especially like the drama of the first one.

khardur · 07-05-2009, 06:51 AM

Originally posted by mel

Omg these are gorgeous. One big bummer about living in the US is that nothing is that old. I'm hoping to get to Ireland next year. Beautiful series. I enjoyed each one, but I especially like the drama of the first one.

I think the same thing every time I see pics like this..

beautiful pics btw... 1st one is awesome.

OrenMc · 07-05-2009, 06:58 AM

Nice series.
Ditto about missing out on ancient architecture here in the states. I would love to visit the old country.

**rparmar** · 07-05-2009, 07:15 AM

Thank you for all the comments. In answer to questions about the sky, I did not have a great day for that and so processed these with masks for the sky, so that exposure changes would not blow it out totally. None of these are HDR thought I have one shot I tried that way that I will process today.

If you follow through the images to the Flickr set there are a few others I did not post here.

Ireland certainly is the place for ruins, which, if you know the history, makes sense. Many of them have just been left to rot and become overgrown. The best one can hope for is that ones like this are cleared and maintained. This even has a small "museum" (AKA hut) at the entrance. Very few are promoted to tourists and many are in fact on private land.

This "untouched" state makes them all the more appealing.

One thing I did not get a shot of. There were some local boys climbing over the structure, risking their necks. What I mean is, pick the highest narrowest old ledge in these pictures and imagine them up there! Almost gave me a heart attack just seeing them.

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 07-05-2009, 08:24 AM

These are very good photographs Robin and as others have said #1 is outstanding.

melander · 07-05-2009, 08:28 AM

I would buy #1 and hang it on my wall, thats how good it is
Stunning

**rparmar** · 07-05-2009, 01:19 PM

I hope to start selling prints and cards this September. One thing that has held me back is finding an optimal way to do this in the EU. Most of the available print fulfillment websites work in the USA only, or if they do work elsewhere, only in US dollars. I wrote about this in Any Web Stores For European Photographers? I'm still open to ideas.

Here's one more photo from this series. I did some manual dodge & burn plus HDR work on this, since the exposure range was massive.

I do love being in these places.

curved arch hallway

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Donald Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 329	nice. How did you process these? In particular, the cool-warm tone is well done. #1 requires better contrast separation between sky and subject, like excellent "second floor" and "bell tower" have.

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mel Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,531	Omg these are gorgeous. One big bummer about living in the US is that nothing is that old. I'm hoping to get to Ireland next year. Beautiful series. I enjoyed each one, but I especially like the drama of the first one.

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khardur Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Massachusetts Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,560	Originally posted by mel Omg these are gorgeous. One big bummer about living in the US is that nothing is that old. I'm hoping to get to Ireland next year. Beautiful series. I enjoyed each one, but I especially like the drama of the first one. I think the same thing every time I see pics like this.. beautiful pics btw... 1st one is awesome.

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OrenMc Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,901	Nice series. Ditto about missing out on ancient architecture here in the states. I would love to visit the old country.

07-05-2009, 07:15 AM	#8
rparmar Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,819 Original Poster	Thank you for all the comments. In answer to questions about the sky, I did not have a great day for that and so processed these with masks for the sky, so that exposure changes would not blow it out totally. None of these are HDR thought I have one shot I tried that way that I will process today. If you follow through the images to the Flickr set there are a few others I did not post here. Ireland certainly is the place for ruins, which, if you know the history, makes sense. Many of them have just been left to rot and become overgrown. The best one can hope for is that ones like this are cleared and maintained. This even has a small "museum" (AKA hut) at the entrance. Very few are promoted to tourists and many are in fact on private land. This "untouched" state makes them all the more appealing. One thing I did not get a shot of. There were some local boys climbing over the structure, risking their necks. What I mean is, pick the highest narrowest old ledge in these pictures and imagine them up there! Almost gave me a heart attack just seeing them.

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Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	These are very good photographs Robin and as others have said #1 is outstanding.

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melander Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden, Umea Posts: 876	I would buy #1 and hang it on my wall, thats how good it is Stunning

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rparmar Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,819 Original Poster	I hope to start selling prints and cards this September. One thing that has held me back is finding an optimal way to do this in the EU. Most of the available print fulfillment websites work in the USA only, or if they do work elsewhere, only in US dollars. I wrote about this in Any Web Stores For European Photographers? I'm still open to ideas. Here's one more photo from this series. I did some manual dodge & burn plus HDR work on this, since the exposure range was massive. I do love being in these places. curved arch hallway