CLARE... through the Lens.

Brennans Row

There was a good surf at Lahinch on Good Friday. (Lahinch Surf Shop) :cool:

pappyodaniel

Gas, this pic came up on my facebook feed today, are those waves turning kids into Zombies?

maddogcollins

A.Partridge

I took this just recently on a limestone pavement near the coast road to Fanore.

Calumet Wide Field 5x4 large format camera
Schneider 120mm lens
Berlebach tripod
Fomapan 100 film
Developed in Rodinal 1:100 for 30 mins

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colm_mcm

Was down at the cascades in ennistymon today, got a few pics, I know everyone's seen a million pics of this place already

A.Partridge

colm_mcm wrote: »

Was down at the cascades in ennistymon today, got a few pics, I know everyone's seen a million pics of this place already

Keep them coming, Colm. I never tire of seeing pictures of the falls.

Jim Martin

Anyone any news on the restoration of the 'Falls Hotel' water turbine electricity generator which was supposed to be happening?

cgarvey

Jim Martin wrote: »

Anyone any news on the restoration of the 'Falls Hotel' water turbine electricity generator which was supposed to be happening?

No news, other than preliminary site works are well under way (and can be clearly seen from the bar!). No idea on project schedule / plans.

Lady Chatterton

Sunny Killaloe!





The picture was taken on my phone so the quality isn't great.

Patrick 74

Took awhile to find the thread.....Da Cliffs

RichieO

Where the Ennistymon river meets the sea.. Boy with dog

colm_mcm

RichieO

An old one but the sea is just as wild, Liscannor c.1980

Stellaluna

One of the top Denil pass section at Ennistymon



A couple from inside the hydroelectric plant tucked away at the side of the falls. It was dark, damp and I had no tripod so these are high ISO specials:




It does appear to have spat out the turbine

A long exposure from Parteen weir - fairly lively up there with all the sluice gates open!

RichieO

The shot of the generator room at the falls brings back memories, the then owner Mr Woods showed it to me, all spick and span and all of it working perfectly to supply the hotel with electricity...

colm_mcm

RichieO wrote: »

The shot of the generator room at the falls brings back memories, the then owner Mr Woods showed it to me, all spick and span and all of it working perfectly to supply the hotel with electricity...

Jaysus, how long ago was it?

RichieO

colm_mcm wrote: »

Jaysus, how long ago was it?

First time was 1965 and again in 1967, I'm pretty sure it was working well into the 70s....

In 1967 there was a small hovercraft there too....

cgarvey

Stellaluna wrote: »

One of the top Denil pass section at Ennistymon

I always thought that was part of the hydro plant! Is the square construction behind that part of the denil pass as well? How do the fish get up to the start of your photo?

Stellaluna

I used to think it was part of the Hydro plant as well! The square construction is a resting pool put in between Denil sections. From what I can tell, the fish have to find the Denil pass at the bottom of the falls that bypasses the hydro plant, then there's a sluice to negotiate before finding their way to the upper Denil pass, the top section of which is in the photograph. It seems like a bit of an obstacle course.

Jim Martin

A few years ago, the owner/s of The Falls Hotel said he/they were going to restore the hydro-electric plant but I suppose the money ran out. Pity!

cgarvey

Jim Martin wrote: »

A few years ago, the owner/s of The Falls Hotel said he/they were going to restore the hydro-electric plant but I suppose the money ran out. Pity!

Is that not part of the work they're doing now? I don't know about restoring (there doesn't look to be much to restore from the earlier photo!), but I thought there were putting some hyro plant in place.

Cosmo K

Ballyreen, Fanore, last Sunday

RichieO

Another old one from the 70s, shale quarry, some way past Lissycasey...
Still not sure why I took it!

colm_mcm

dmc17

Just a half assed cameraphone pic of the Green Island in Freagh during the week. It was glorious out there.

A.Partridge

A pinhole camera image I took at the end of April for World Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD).

This tree was situated at Poulawack...

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Jim Martin

Tell us more about this WPPD!

A.Partridge wrote: »

A pinhole camera image I took at the end of April for World Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD).

This tree was situated at Poulawack...

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A.Partridge

Jim Martin wrote: »

Tell us more about this WPPD!

Hi Jim, World Pinhole Photography Day is held on the last Sunday of April each year and invites anyone to submit a photo to be included to the WPPD online gallery which can be found at:

http://www.pinholeday.org/gallery/


The only stipulation is that the photo is made with a lensless (i.e. pinhole or variation of pinhole) and can be made on film, paper or through digital chip.

It's great fun you should try it!

Lady Chatterton

Lough Derg, Co. Clare.

colm_mcm

On a similar note Another one from Lough Derg (Mountshannon) a few weeks back