Mahon Falls C&C

Deliverance XXV · 07-01-2009 9:23am #1

I paid a visit up to Mahon Falls yesterday with the promise of clear weather by my side. I wasn't quite prepared
for temps of -6C and colder. None-the-less the skies were a clear blue and because of the temps there were
formations of icicles which are always good subjects! I wanted to get some practice into my slow shutter speeds.
Comments & critique very much appreciated. Click the image for a larger version.

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8. This was the temp gauge when leaving Mahon Falls.

Morrisseeee · 07-01-2009 9:33am

I like all your images, its not easy getting detail in shadow with the bright sunlight aswell ! I love the icicle ones. Did you have a good pair of gloves ?

Cabaal · 07-01-2009 9:33am

The -6 is the reason for the clear skys

First one looks good..especially large, don't like the cotton candy affect on the water though...alittle bit is nice but not that much.

trishw78 · 07-01-2009 9:56am

The place must have been deserted there yesterday. I like the "cotton candy" effect water it looks frozen.

Trojan911 · 07-01-2009 11:12am

I like 2, 3, 5 & 7. Nicely captured.

I did a couple of those type shots near a weir to me but I would love to go down to Killarney to the Torc waterfall & photograph that. (One day soon maybe).

AnimalRights · 07-01-2009 11:29am

Been meaning to say this for ages and this is not just aimed here but am I in a minority who prefers normal looking water rather than the sudsy water.
Besides that quibble I like the wide open landscape shots of 1, 2 and I like #6 too.

Calina · 07-01-2009 11:36am

5 6 and 7 are really talking to me, 7 in particular. I really like them.

Morrisseeee · 07-01-2009 11:40am

5 6 and 7 are really talking to me, 7 in particular

....thats cause your ear is too close to the screen ! :rolleyes::p:D

Borderfox · 07-01-2009 12:18pm

5 and 7 are really nice

Podge2k7 · 07-01-2009 7:57pm

Some great pics especially the first one!!

Deliverance XXV · 07-01-2009 10:47pm

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Did you have a good pair of gloves ?

I wore no gloves and didn't really feel the cold weather but saying that, there was no wind so it seemed more mild than anything. That and when you're constantly climbing I must have kept my body temps up!
It was nearly deserted. There were two families there to speak of but they just merely fluted around by the stream.

I'm in two minds myself about the slow shutter water effect (cotton candy

) but never really tried it out so there seemed like the best place as any.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

TheNorthBank · 07-01-2009 10:54pm

Excellent shots and fair play to you for braving the Cold but it looks like it was worth it. I love 1 & 2 (particularly the wideness of #1) and I like #7 as well.
Do you mind me asking what lens you used for #1?

Deliverance XXV · 07-01-2009 11:09pm

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Excellent shots and fair play to you for braving the Cold but it looks like it was worth it. I love 1 & 2 (particularly the wideness of #1) and I like #7 as well.
Do you mind me asking what lens you used for #1?

Cheers man. For image #1 I just used the kit lens 18-55mm as it's the widest angle lens I have, opposed to a 50mm 1.8 which I used for the second half of the shots and a 28-300mm which I didn't use at all.

I got some really bad looks off the second family that were there. For shot #6 I had to kinda get into the middle of one of the small side waterfalls, cradle myself over a large rock and snap with the Gorillapod barely grasping the rock. Words don't really do it justice, you'd have to see it with your own eyes :pac:.

TJM · 08-01-2009 3:07pm

Great photos. The small figure in image 2 makes it for me by giving a sense of scale.

How do you get to Mahon Falls?

stabo · 08-01-2009 3:43pm

Love the first one. Great spot,was at it a couple of months ago.Hard to find it,but if you get near it ther is lots of signs to it. Tipp waterford border.

shepthedog · 08-01-2009 4:58pm

Some really good images there.. Love the ice ones.. Suffering for your art.. Must have been baltic..

Deliverance XXV · 08-01-2009 6:28pm

Cheers lads.

I wasn't sure whether or not to clone out the person on shot#2 but I decided on leaving him in for that aforementioned sense of scale.

Baltic it certainly was

As for getting to Mahon Falls first you have to get to Carrick-On-Suir... There are no signs there for Mahon Falls but look around for the bridge!
Once you go over that bridge there's a fork in the road. Turn right, and shortly after, Mahon Falls will be signposted.
Sorry bout the poor directions but maybe someone here who's from around that are might be able to give you something more detailed.

melekalikimaka · 08-01-2009 7:16pm

AnimalRights wrote: »

Been meaning to say this for ages and this is not just aimed here but am I in a minority who prefers normal looking water rather than the sudsy water.
Besides that quibble I like the wide open landscape shots of 1, 2 and I like #6 too.

defo sudsy, shows movement and energy so much more, also alot more skillful and challenging shot, still water looks very point and shoot to me these days

TheNorthBank · 08-01-2009 10:58pm

TJM wrote: »

How do you get to Mahon Falls?

Handiest way probably is to get to Waterford city first and then head for Cork. About 15 miles out the Cork road you come to a village called Kilmacthomas (the village is bypassed) and then just passed the village there's a right turn and Mahon Falls is signposted. From there the falls are only a couple of miles away and are signposted all the way.
On the way up the mountain there's a very cool spot where if you stop your car and put it in neutral it will roll UP a hill, thats right UP! (You gotta see it to believe it)

Deliverance XXV · 08-01-2009 11:04pm

TheNorthBank wrote: »

On the way up the mountain there's a very cool spot where if you stop your car and put it in neutral it will roll UP a hill, thats right UP! (You gotta see it to believe it)

Doe that actually work? I saw it on a website promoting Mahon Falls and I immediately dismissed it as a marketing ploy!

TheNorthBank · 08-01-2009 11:42pm

Deliverance XXV wrote: »

Doe that actually work? I saw it on a website promoting Mahon Falls and I immediately dismissed it as a marketing ploy!

It works alright, was sceptical myself until I saw it for myself. That was years ago and I've since brought loads of people to show them, everyone is always sceptical until they see it. Its class, the car not only rolls up the hill but it actually gathers speed. To the point where you have to brake because it can get quite fast.
Try it next time your there. As you drive in the gate, over the cattle grid you go down a hill, at the bottom of the hill there's a small tree growing on your left hand side. Stop the car at the bottom of that hill by the tree and it will start rolling back up it.

EDIT: I just googled "mahon falls magic road" and theres loads of stuff on it including loads of YouTube videos.

showry · 08-01-2009 11:50pm

TJM wrote: »

How do you get to Mahon Falls?

If you go from Carrick on Suir to Dungarvan or Waterford to Dungarvan you'll find plenty signposts for it. Or you can sign up for the Sean Kelly cycling tour and you might never forget it.

They used to have "Magic Road" signs there but they kept getting nicked.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34176966@N04/3180140917/

Great photos btw.