Happy New Year

Knowlton, Quebec, Canada

All the best for 2012........

Winter Park Bay, Ballintoy, Ireland

White Park bay, Ballintoy, Ireland

Had quite the day today...Sun, Rain, Sleet and howling winds sometimes hitting 60-70miles per hour -  wind that one could actually lean into....did manage to get around though doing the Scenic Causeway Coast Road.

Left Belfast and motored north and east to Larne where we picked up the Scenic Coastal Causeway. Then it was north to Glenarm, Cushendon, Ballycastle, Ballintoy (White Park Bay) and finally finished at the Giant's Causeway before motoring back to Belfast. Notice me picking up the lingo by saying 'motoring' instead of 'driving'. I like the word 'motoring'.....

Late yesterday I noticed that I forgot my DSLR battery charger at home but got lucky as Belfast has the only Calumet in Ireland. Also learned the Northern Ireland is actually British....guess I missed that in school....

Today's image was made at White Park Bay in the town of Ballintoy.  Fell onto it by accident - was looking at a church from the road and decided to see what was behind the church......got really lucky...

Have I mentioned how good the food is in Ireland....and the soda bread.....nuff said for tonight.....

Belfast, Ireland

Old Mill, Annalong, Northern, Ireland

Finally made it Northern Ireland. Landed in Dublin early this morning, rented a car and headed north for Belfast. About 60 miles outside of Belfast got off the M1 and headed out to the Irish sea for a bit of exploring the coastal regions. Does not get much better then a fresh coffee and croissant to get the juices flowing -  always nice to be back on the road exploring new places...

Today's image is from Annalong, a coastal village in County Down at the foot of the Moume Mountains. Annalong is mostly a fishing village and vacation resort town. According to Wikipedia Annalong was first settled somewhere around January 1843.

Mostly the weather was alternately rain and then sun every 20 minutes or so - sometimes rather heavy...Managed to make a few images between the drops....Ireland is such an amazing place to visit not to mention visit with a few cameras - one of course being an iPhone...Anyway a good first day - 9 more to go.....

iPhone 4s on a tripod
ProHDR
Filterstorm
Photo FX Ultra
Photo Wizard
Transfer

Knowlton, Quebec

Arrived into Knowlton, Quebec last night and noted that this was the first time I had made this trip and there was no snow. Needless to say when I got up this morning I was not dis-appointed. I had some coffee and toast, put on some warm clothes and set out to find a few iPhone images.....and once again was not dis-appointed. I heard somewhere that we should all make postcards from time to time and today's blog is just that......something about a fresh snow when the temperature is 32F.....makes everything look like a  Thomas Kinkade painting...

OK, time to leave for the north country......going off radar with no internet or phone service....


Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.....all the best for 2012 - hope to see you all somewhere out there.....

Sometimes I Wonder

 'Reality leaves a lot to the imagination'....John Lennon

Dan Burkholder - Petersen's Photographic

©Dan Burkholder

Petersen's Photographic has a special issue on iPhone for Photographers which features a heavy dose of Dan Burkholder's work and a look into his forthcoming book... The book should be out next year due to delays........well worth the wait...

Here are a couple of links worth looking into...

http://photographic.com/
http://danburkholder.com