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Donegal is a county located in the northwest of Ireland, known for its rugged coastline, stunning landscapes, and rich cultural heritage. It is a popular destination for photographers, offering a diverse range of locations to capture the beauty of the region. From the towering cliffs of Slieve League to the tranquil waters of Lough Eske, Donegal has something to offer every type of photographer. The county is also home to charming towns and villages, such as Donegal Town and Ardara, which provide ample opportunities for street and portrait photography.

Fanad Light
Fanad Head Lighthouse from West
by Michael

Had to wait a long for this moment. The last photo below was shot nearly an hour earlier and in between there wasn't much sweet light and color, which I had hoped for. But as the sun appeared all changed.

A lot of blending was involved here to get a clean shot with the sunstar. If you are interested in my workflow, I've a detailed tutorial for another photo I've taken in Ireland -> Start2Finish Post Processing Tutorial

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Twilighthouse
Fanad Head Lighthouse from West
by Michael

Beautiful Fanad Lighthouse during twilight. I had to get up very early to get this photo. 3.50am the clock was ringing and then I had to drive 40minutes up to the tip of the fanad peninsula. I had scouted this area the day before, 2 hours before we went to murder hole.

Some very productive days, starting with this awesome giants causeway sunset, then murder hole beach and the morning after this sweet soft light at fanad. All within 48 hours. There are still some more photos to come but they really have to wait till after corsica.

This photo was processed using my typical processing workflow, as I describe in my start2finish tutorial: Start2Finish Post Processing Tutorial

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Fanad Head Lighthouse
Fanad Head Lighthouse from eastern shore
by Salvatore Petrantoni

La penisola di Fanad è uno degli angoli imperdibili del Donegal. Vi attendono scogliere selvagge e magnifiche spiagge sabbiose ideali per una giornata di sole. Il punto sicuramente più suggestivo e romantico, come una cartolina anni ’20, è il faro posizionato sulla punta rocciosa più estrema di Fanad Head. Venne costruito dopo una funesta tragedia in mare avvenuta durante una tempesta: un naufragio in cui perì tutto l’equipaggio della fregata Saldanha. Unico sopravvissuto, un pappagallo.

Fonte: www.irlandando.it/cosa-vedere/ovest/contea-di-donegal/fan...

Slieve League - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
Sunset on Slieve League - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
by Giuseppe Milo

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Sunset on Slieve League - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
Sunset on Slieve League - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
by Giuseppe Milo

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The Murder Hole
Murder Hole Surf
by Michael

Time for another photo from our trip to northern ireland and donegal back in july. This one was taken at a local beach on the Rosguill Peninsula in Donegal. Not so easy to find but worth the search :-) We were there at incomming tide and big waves were crashing upon the rocks as the sun set. Constantly wiping my filters I was able to snap some shots of the action.

The light was spectacular. A golden hue was laying over the whole place. The reddish rocks were glowing.

I used a lee 0.6 hard GND here to control the exposure of the sky.

Atlantic Sunset
Atlantic Sunset
by Michael

Another photo from Donegal. This was the last good light of our vacation. And it was quite a chase to find a good location to shoot that evening. I had nothing planned. The day before we'd been to murder hole, now we were driving along the Atlantic drive and looking down to the coast this area looked promising with all those rocks. So I parked the car and went down. There was even a little blow hole in the cliffs where the water went up nearly 30feet when the waves crashed in.

I used a lee 0.6 soft + hard gnd here to cope with dynamic range. Still some blending was needed. Especially for the sunstar which I shot at f/22. The rest was shot at f/11 for sharpness. It needed some blending to put this together in a clean way and then some contrast and color work followed.

The techniques used on this image I also describe in my start2finish tutorial if you're interested -> Start2Finish Post Processing Tutorial

Fanadic
Fanad Head Lighthouse

Fanad lighthouse, County Donegal, Ireland, long exposure using a darkening filter. I was a bit too early getting there on awful twisty narrow roads,...

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Kilclooney Dolmen
Kilclooney Dolmen

At sunset and post sunset, the best dolmen in Donegal county, I had grandiose plans of staying after dark and doing light painting, but I got lost...

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Portal
Crohy Sea Stacks

The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, Maghery, County Donegal, Ireland

For this capture I tried something a little different and composed the setting sun...

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Grianán of Aileach
Grianan Aileach Rainbow

The Stone Fort of Grianán of Aileach is sits on a hilltop in Inishowen County Donegal. 250m above sea level, the stone fort was probably first built...

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Ireland's Route 66
Ireland's Route 66

Between Fintown & Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland

Whilst travelling across this long winding road across this amazing Irish peat bog land it came...

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Lighthouse Blues
Fanad Head Lighthouse
by Jiri Hajek

Dawn at Fanad Head brought some nice cloud, just enough to make a good long exposure.

I was testing the very wide angle Laowa 9mm lens here and yeah, pretty happy with the result... ;-)

Sunrise at Lighthouse
Fanad Head Lighthouse
by Jiri Hajek

I was quite lucky here with some beautiful weather during sunrise at this popular spot.

Fanad head Lighthouse - Donegal, Irlanda
Fanad Head Lighthouse from West
by Matteo Rinaldi

ND 1000 Haida + GND Lee 0.6 Soft

Pollet Great Arch
Pollet Great Arch
by Matteo Rinaldi

ND 1000 Haida + GND Lee 0.6 soft

Slieve League Sunset - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
Slieve League
by Giuseppe Milo

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Golden Sunset
Murder Hole Surf
by Michael

I'm just going though the photos from Northern Ireland and Donegal again and I still have many photos to process. Here's another one from Boyeegther Beach/ Murder Hole on the Rosguill peninsula in Donegal.

It was a crazy evening, first it wasn't so easy to find this beach and then the clouds were hiding most of the sun. But an hour before sunset it started to get magical and I think I took nearly 100 photos that evening. Mostly to make sure I had some without water drops on my filters showing. There was a lot of spray and after the sun had set I had 3 Lee filter cloths completely wet from cleaning my filters. In the end I couldn't get them clean anymore and had to shoot without filters. When shooting at the coast you just can't have enough filter cloths with you ;-)

I used a lee 0.6 soft + 0.6 hard gnd here and also blended in parts of the sky from a darker exposure. Then my normal postprocessing.


my start2finish postprocessing tutorial can be found here: Start2Finish Post Processing Tutorial

Boyeeghter Bay
Murder Hole Surf
by Michael

Stormy evening at murder hole beach on the rosguill peninsula in Ireland. A lot of sea spray made it a hard time for camera and filters, but I got some decent shots that evening. Here I used a lee 0.6 soft and a lee 0.6 hard gnd to balance the sky against the sea, my typical combo. This made it possible to get this shot in one exposure.

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Murder Hole Surf
Murder Hole Surf
by Michael

I can't remember many single shoots from which I posted so many photos as from this evening at Murder Hole Beach on Rosguill Peninsula, Northern Ireland. The light that evening was awesome and I went from one composition to the next trying to make the most of those fantastic conditions. I still have more and while they don't look that different they show nicely how the evening progressed.

Meenlecknalore Lough (Ireland)
Meenlecknalore Lough
by Salvatore Petrantoni

In the north Ireland i find finally the very Ireland, oldest one and also the original and wild country. The colour is a incredible green whit sometimes mixed whit the blue of the sky and the white of the clouds...i suggest to you this place if you visit this Isle, The best way to get a look inside and on the real Ireland whit its sheep, its rain and the original people that live and work every days there...

Fanad Blues
Fanad Head Lighthouse from West

Fanad Head lighthouse, after sunset, Donegal, Ireland.

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Fanad Lighthouse - Donegal - Ireland
Fanad Head Lighthouse from eastern shore

Fanad Head Lighthouse, County Donegal, Ireland

After photographing this amazing much loved lighthouse I decided to travel round the opposite rarely...

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The Murderhole
The Murderhole

Long exposure at high tide, orange sand Murderhole beach, Rosguill peninsula, county Donegal, Ireland. That island is accessible at low tide and I...

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Crohy Head Sea Arch
Ireland - County Donegal - North Donegal Coast and its dramatic rock formations shaped by Atlantic Ocean

The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, County Donegal, Ireland

I didn't even realise that this wonderful natural formation even existed until recently. I...

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Windy Errigal
Windy Errigal

Errigal mountain, the highest in County Donegal, Ireland, a daytime long exposure under windy conditions from the Poisoned Glen.

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Delicate
Fort Dunree

Fort Dunree on the Inishowen Peninsula, Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland

This is an outdoor museum and all the old buildings and guns etc remain...

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Keadue Beach - Donegal - Ireland
Keadue Beach - Donegal - Ireland

Keadue Beach, between Burtonport & Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland

This little cove is simply amazing! So difficult to find as this little cove is...

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Blooming Lighthouse
Fanad Head Lighthouse from eastern shore
by Jiri Hajek

Fanad Head Lighthouse from this direction isn't that much about dramatic cliffs, as from the western direction. However lots of heather make an amazing foreground!

Fanad Head Lighthouse
Fanad Head Lighthouse
by Salvatore Petrantoni

La penisola di Fanad è uno degli angoli imperdibili del Donegal. Vi attendono scogliere selvagge e magnifiche spiagge sabbiose ideali per una giornata di sole. Il punto sicuramente più suggestivo e romantico, come una cartolina anni ’20, è il faro posizionato sulla punta rocciosa più estrema di Fanad Head. Venne costruito dopo una funesta tragedia in mare avvenuta durante una tempesta: un naufragio in cui perì tutto l’equipaggio della fregata Saldanha. Unico sopravvissuto, un pappagallo.

Fonte: www.irlandando.it/cosa-vedere/ovest/contea-di-donegal/fan...

After shower
Glenevin Waterfall
by Jiri Hajek

Captured in the morning, shortly after a rain shower.

Bellissimo tramonto dalla spiaggia "The Murder Hole" - Donegal
The Murderhole
by Matteo Rinaldi

In previsione del tramonto ero risalito sugli scogli di questa bellissima ed enorme spiaggia del Donegal. Per avere un termine di paragone sulle dimensioni potete notare un'altro fotografo nella parte alta della spiaggia... piccolissimo! La ricerca di un punto di vista dall'alto e l'attesa sono stati ripagati da questo fantastico tramonto che ha colorato tutto di rosso!

Scattato con filtri ND 1000 e GND Lee 0.9 hard

Slieve League at sunset - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
Sunset on Slieve League - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
by Giuseppe Milo

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Harry Blaney Bridge
Harry Blaney Bridge
by Salvatore Petrantoni

Lungo il percorso che ci avrebbe portato a alla Bunbeg Wreck "Cara Na Mara" ecco presentarsi dinnanzi un moderno ponte lineare e sinuoso che spezzava il verde paesaggio Irlandese... Ne abbiamo subito approfittato e giocato con le sue geometrie e riflessi. Alcune placide pecore non hanno molto gradito la nostra presenza e si sono allontanate impaurite dai nostri scatti. Il fiume (poi scoperto essere mare) si muoveva placido da sinistra verso destra sintomo che l'alta marea stava entrando nel fiordo o insenatura Drongawn.

Harry Blaney Bridge
Harry Blaney Bridge
by Salvatore Petrantoni

Lungo il percorso che ci avrebbe portato a alla Bunbeg Wreck "Cara Na Mara" ecco presentarsi dinnanzi un moderno ponte lineare e sinuoso che spezzava il verde paesaggio Irlandese... Ne abbiamo subito approfittato e giocato con le sue geometrie e riflessi. Alcune placide pecore non hanno molto gradito la nostra presenza e si sono allontanate impaurite dai nostri scatti. Il fiume (poi scoperto essere mare) si muoveva placido da sinistra verso destra sintomo che l'alta marea stava entrando nel fiordo o insenatura Drongawn.

Bundoran - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
Bundoran - Donegal, Ireland - Seascape photography
by Giuseppe Milo

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Fanad Head Lighthouse - Ireland
Fanad Head Lighthouse from West

Fanad Head Lighthouse, County Donegal, Ireland

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Crohy Arch Ireland
Crohy Head Arch

The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland

I didn't even realise that this wonderful natural formation even existed until...

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5 Finger Strand
5 Finger Strand

Five finger strand during a typically stormy sunset, Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. This viewpoint is almost accessible by...

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Kilclooney Dolmen
Kilclooney Dolmen

At sunset and post sunset, the best dolmen in Donegal county, I had grandiose plans of staying after dark and doing light painting, but I got lost...

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5 Finger Strand Panorama
5 Finger Strand

Panoramic stitch before sunset, Inishowen peninsula, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland.

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Maghery Beach, Donegal
Maghery Beach, Donegal

Maghery Beach, Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland

This little beach is simply amazing! The biggest mystery to me is all these wooden posts and fences...

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Donegal!
Most notably Jiri Hajek, Michael, Giuseppe Milo, Matteo Rinaldi, Salvatore Petrantoni and Quentin 'Q' Thompson.