Please don’t be shocked,this week I had an irresistible urge to do something completely different! And so after 40 weeks of re-works, this is the first full colour image I have done, and probably the first ruin image that was not in Monochrome in over a year. What you are looking at is a shot of the Medieval Abbey at Bective in Co. Meath. It was built for the Cistercian order back in 1147AD and its still in quite good condition. Working from the Raw file I adjusted the structure and added a digital ND filter to bring out the detail in the sky.
Dont fear I have no intention of going back to shooting these the many ruins I visit each year in colour, but I think that its important to play around with something different every once in a while. If anyone has a favourite image which they would like to see featured in the future then get in touch or drop me a line, I would love to hear from you,
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I have to admit to loving color.. so to me this is gorgeous.. blue skies, green grass and the old ruins.. beautiful.. 🙂
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Thanks Livonne, glad you liked it 🙂
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It’s really nice to see these beautiful works of art in colour!
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Gee, thanks John, as they say, ‘A change is ass good as a rest’. 🙂
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This is probably the prettiest shot you have taken; very nice. I personally refer your monochrome works… but it is still a nice shot. 🙂
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Thanks alot Dan, I prefer the mono too, but a bit of colour is required once in a while 🙂
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The monochromes are beautiful, and I really LOVE the color! xoxoM
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Thanks Margarita, glad you liked them 🙂
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My favorite of all I seen of yours
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Wow, Thank you 🙂
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I always find to find it difficult to decide if something will be better in black and white than in colour…
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LOL, me too, it can be very frustrating at times 🙂
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This one’s definitely beautiful in colours 🙂
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Did a double take there! Nice to see some colour. Great image
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Even though its in colour it still has a surreal, magical quality about it. The backdrop of sky just looks amazing!
Btw… on a different note, did you get a shot of the moon last night? Apparantly tonight will be a blood moon… Ive never seen one, and judging by the weather report, its not looking like Ill see this one either!
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Thanks Ali, missed it last night the sky was rubbish, not looking good for tonight either 😦
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Really? It was gorgeous here! But missed my shot as I was too busy ferrying kids between sports training. By time I got home it was dark and the moon had risen quite high and wouldnt have looked so spectacular… my only camera is on my phone lol!
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Shame, dont knock the camera phone! I have used my HTC on my blog a few times, bet ya did’nt even notice, lol 🙂
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True! My camera on my samsung is pretty good, at least for my needs. And no I never noticed lol!
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How about shocked and amazed? Great colorful rework Ed!
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Thanks Robert, just felt like doing something different last night, the weather here is depressing, so I thought a bit of colour might cheer me up 🙂
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Surprising but nice to see big blue moody cloud filled sky
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Thanks Veronica, shocking I know, but dont worry, normal service shall soon resume 🙂
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This is a beautiful, animated picture.
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Thank you, glad you liked it 🙂
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After looking at many of your monochromes, I realize that the difference in feeling that I get from the color pics of almost complete structures, is that I could almost imagine what the ruin was like when it was whole and in use, with people in the picture. A subtle difference between mono being ‘this is past tense’ and color being ‘this was once present tense’.
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Beautiful image, Ed. I like the color as well as your black and white images. Always enjoyable.
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Thanks Jack, much appreciated 🙂
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i love the color, and the 3-D effect of the castle on the image. Kind of reminds me of the images I saw in the GAF ViewMaster from my childhood. (a GAF what?)
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LOL, Thanks Cheryl, Gaf was a slang word we used as kids for our homes, not sure about a ViewMaster though 🙂
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this is Ireland I remember!! Beautiful in colour Ed!!- though I love your mono!!
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Thanks Cybele, it will be the last nice sky seen in Ireland for a while 🙂
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Amazing image.
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So glad you liked it 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you Dara 🙂
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Love the colour too Ed, but enjoy all of your images and their subject matter 🙂
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I’m shocked Ed! I thought I’d opened the wrong post when I saw all the colour. Still a lovely photo though 🙂
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Ha, Ha, Thanks, I think it suprised a few people 🙂
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I say do a colour shot once a month, even once a quarter. I enjoy seeing the different shades of stone here. Lovely.
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I was considering the idea Elen, a little color once in a while is good for the soul I think 🙂
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