I've posted this panorama before but probably in another format and in HDR. This one here is done using the RAW files.
I couldn't manage to create a new circular panorama yesterday; fatigue and a busy day is such a disastrous mix. Actually, I've tried to create one quickly (from 2014 collection) but unfortunately, things didn't quite work out well, and I'm gonna need to do more steps and procedures. So, we'll see if I can manage to make one today!
This panorama here is for Inchagoill church on Inchagoill island in Loch Coirib (lough Corrib) in Co. Galway. It is said that the church was built by St Patrick himself. Actually, the name "Inchagoill" is the anglicization of "Inis an Ghaill" (island of the foreigner); supposedly that foreigner was St Patrick (but that's debated).
#ireland #irish #galway #gaillimh #inchagoill #corrib #coirib #island #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #goodmorning
#gaillimh
Circularium Samhna (2014)
Well, not Halloween yet (I guess?) but something for it in advance. One of the early panoramas that I've shot using infrared filter and a regular camera. The panorama was problematic for the lack of details in the sky, so the stitcher had a hard time putting things together. Originally, I did this manually, but now I'm re-doing it in a haste, so I didn't fix much about it (hence the foggy dirty look which I think serves the mysterious haunted look right). In the end, I've played around with the colors a bit, reversing the channels on the upper half of the sphere and leaving it as is in the lower half.
Thought on the side: How do they celebrate Halloween in the southern hemisphere? I mean the weather is getting colder and all of that which gives it a chill, but down there it is the opposite season (technically spring) and the night span is also different and all - hmm 🤔
#ireland #irish #oughterard #galway #gaillimh #sphere #haunted #samhain #samhna #IR #infrared #infrarot #infrarouge #infrarojo #panorama #panoramic #circular #circle #360pano #360panorama #surreal #surrealism #goodmorning
Well, not Halloween yet (I guess?) but something for it in advance. One of the early panoramas that I've shot using infrared filter and a regular camera. The panorama was problematic for the lack of details in the sky, so the stitcher had a hard time putting things together. Originally, I did this manually, but now I'm re-doing it in a haste, so I didn't fix much about it (hence the foggy dirty look which I think serves the mysterious haunted look right). In the end, I've played around with the colors a bit, reversing the channels on the upper half of the sphere and leaving it as is in the lower half.
Thought on the side: How do they celebrate Halloween in the southern hemisphere? I mean the weather is getting colder and all of that which gives it a chill, but down there it is the opposite season (technically spring) and the night span is also different and all - hmm 🤔
#ireland #irish #oughterard #galway #gaillimh #sphere #haunted #samhain #samhna #IR #infrared #infrarot #infrarouge #infrarojo #panorama #panoramic #circular #circle #360pano #360panorama #surreal #surrealism #goodmorning
Circularium Oculus (2014);
Another one almost made from scratch. I've posted this panorama before (in vertical format specifically) and it was for a path in Oughterard. Lucky to shoot it without any cars passing by during the work!
I had a REAL struggle with the color rendition despite working with HDR. In the end, even though I do like the greenish scheme, but decided to alter the colors in the same way I usually do with infrared images - I think it is more dreamy and fantasy-like right now!
Named it "oculus" (eye) as it looked like an eyeball. Typically with such panoramas I would center the image around the zenith or the nadir points (and this works usually for places where I can shoot with some kind of symmetry around the point where I stand and shoot), but with this countryside road, things were random, naturally, so I started to play around with the angle of view and this angle caught my eye as it looked like an eyeball (Kermit's eyeball to be specific!). One thing I'm still feeling not-so-ok about here is the white blank sky hat barely has any streak of details, but let's not delve into perfectionism here shall we.
#ireland #irish #countryside #ougtherard #galway #gaillimh #road #path #oculus #eye #fantasy #dreamy #trees #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #surreal #surrealism #goodmorning
Another one almost made from scratch. I've posted this panorama before (in vertical format specifically) and it was for a path in Oughterard. Lucky to shoot it without any cars passing by during the work!
I had a REAL struggle with the color rendition despite working with HDR. In the end, even though I do like the greenish scheme, but decided to alter the colors in the same way I usually do with infrared images - I think it is more dreamy and fantasy-like right now!
Named it "oculus" (eye) as it looked like an eyeball. Typically with such panoramas I would center the image around the zenith or the nadir points (and this works usually for places where I can shoot with some kind of symmetry around the point where I stand and shoot), but with this countryside road, things were random, naturally, so I started to play around with the angle of view and this angle caught my eye as it looked like an eyeball (Kermit's eyeball to be specific!). One thing I'm still feeling not-so-ok about here is the white blank sky hat barely has any streak of details, but let's not delve into perfectionism here shall we.
#ireland #irish #countryside #ougtherard #galway #gaillimh #road #path #oculus #eye #fantasy #dreamy #trees #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #surreal #surrealism #goodmorning
Circularium Silva (2014);
Something from Ireland again, and probably all that could be seen here is some soil and trees; as they say, I couldn't see the forest because of the trees! I was lucky here to find the modeling files (in JPEG format), so I didn't have to do things from scratch. The downside here is that I don't have much freedom in controlling the lighting of the scene as is the case when doing everything from scratch from HDR files.
Other versions of this panorama were printed and some were published as well in some catalogs (I think in 2015/2016). The problem with this perspective is that the trees are way too random to discern any details in this format, I believe.
#ireland #irish #oughterard #galway #gaillimh #panorama #panoramic #circle #circular #360pano #360panorama #surreal #surrealism #forest #green #goodmorning
Something from Ireland again, and probably all that could be seen here is some soil and trees; as they say, I couldn't see the forest because of the trees! I was lucky here to find the modeling files (in JPEG format), so I didn't have to do things from scratch. The downside here is that I don't have much freedom in controlling the lighting of the scene as is the case when doing everything from scratch from HDR files.
Other versions of this panorama were printed and some were published as well in some catalogs (I think in 2015/2016). The problem with this perspective is that the trees are way too random to discern any details in this format, I believe.
#ireland #irish #oughterard #galway #gaillimh #panorama #panoramic #circle #circular #360pano #360panorama #surreal #surrealism #forest #green #goodmorning
Capall agus bogha ceatha // Each agus bogha-froise
#naforbacha #bearna #gaillimh #capall #boghaceatha #galway #furbo #barna #ireland #horse #rainbow #wildatlanticway
#naforbacha #bearna #gaillimh #capall #boghaceatha #galway #furbo #barna #ireland #horse #rainbow #wildatlanticway
The Waterfront (V2.0) - 2014;
Again, didn't have the time to do a circular panorama, so here is a panorama I've posted few days ago but in B&W. As usual, this one was made using RAW files instead of HDR as in the original.
#ireland #irish #oughterard #galway #gaillimh #countryside #home #house #sky #clouds #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #goodmorning
Again, didn't have the time to do a circular panorama, so here is a panorama I've posted few days ago but in B&W. As usual, this one was made using RAW files instead of HDR as in the original.
#ireland #irish #oughterard #galway #gaillimh #countryside #home #house #sky #clouds #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #goodmorning
The Waterfront (V2.0) - 2014, BW;
Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to work on a new circular panorama, so I'm back to the remakes, with this one from 2014, from my 3rd (and last) visit to Ireland. As usual, this one was stitched from RAW files and not HDR (as the earlier version). For a change, I'm posting this in B&W as I think it is more dramatic this way (but the color version is still just as fine I'd say).
#panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #ireland #irish #galway #gaillimh #oughterard #house #home #countryside #monochrome #monochromatic #bnw #blackandwhite #goodmorning
Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to work on a new circular panorama, so I'm back to the remakes, with this one from 2014, from my 3rd (and last) visit to Ireland. As usual, this one was stitched from RAW files and not HDR (as the earlier version). For a change, I'm posting this in B&W as I think it is more dramatic this way (but the color version is still just as fine I'd say).
#panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #ireland #irish #galway #gaillimh #oughterard #house #home #countryside #monochrome #monochromatic #bnw #blackandwhite #goodmorning
Nothing beats the 3-hour trip to the causeway on the other side of the city to gather some periwinkles. Rain, sun, and lashing rain all at the same time.
That’s for dinner.
An Cosán (V2.0) - 2014;
Back to my panoramas. I've posted this one before but in different colors and different format - this one here is done from RAW and in Mercator style (this is why it is more square rather than being elongated like the original one).
I was lucky to shoot this, despite the simplicity. I was afraid that some car would pass through this road and I'd have to move myself and start over, but it was a quiet day, fortunately.
#Ireland #Irish #countryside #Ougtherard #galway #gaillimh #trees #forest #panorama #panoramic #360pano #360panorama #road #path #goodmorning
Back to my panoramas. I've posted this one before but in different colors and different format - this one here is done from RAW and in Mercator style (this is why it is more square rather than being elongated like the original one).
I was lucky to shoot this, despite the simplicity. I was afraid that some car would pass through this road and I'd have to move myself and start over, but it was a quiet day, fortunately.
#Ireland #Irish #countryside #Ougtherard #galway #gaillimh #trees #forest #panorama #panoramic #360pano #360panorama #road #path #goodmorning
Aughnanure Tower (v2.0) - 2014;
Inside one of the towers (defensive tower) of Aughnanure (if you've seen my post yesterday, it was the one on far right). I think I've used Mercator style here for this vertical one. The whole in the ceiling is actually for archers on the above chamber (unreachable when I went there) to shoot at intruders. I can't quite recall the whole plan of the castle or fort, but all that remains now is just a low wall and 2 towers, which makes it hard to imagine how effective this was!
#Ireland #Irish #Aughnanure #Oughterard #Galway #Gaillimh #panorama #panoramic #360pano #360panorama #surreal #surrealism #goodmorning
Inside one of the towers (defensive tower) of Aughnanure (if you've seen my post yesterday, it was the one on far right). I think I've used Mercator style here for this vertical one. The whole in the ceiling is actually for archers on the above chamber (unreachable when I went there) to shoot at intruders. I can't quite recall the whole plan of the castle or fort, but all that remains now is just a low wall and 2 towers, which makes it hard to imagine how effective this was!
#Ireland #Irish #Aughnanure #Oughterard #Galway #Gaillimh #panorama #panoramic #360pano #360panorama #surreal #surrealism #goodmorning
Aughnanure (V2.0) - 2014;
I've visited the remains of this castle twice, in 2009 and in 2014, and here is the remake of the one from 2014, stitched from RAW.
The challenge with this panorama is the wide open space which really has no much interest, except for the clouds maybe. The real gem, is inside the towers that you see here on the far left and far right. I made panoramas there - maybe for next time.
#ireland #irish #galway #oughterard #gaillimh #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #goodmorning
I've visited the remains of this castle twice, in 2009 and in 2014, and here is the remake of the one from 2014, stitched from RAW.
The challenge with this panorama is the wide open space which really has no much interest, except for the clouds maybe. The real gem, is inside the towers that you see here on the far left and far right. I made panoramas there - maybe for next time.
#ireland #irish #galway #oughterard #gaillimh #panorama #panoramic #360panorama #360pano #goodmorning
Swans and Long Walk
https://extrag.ie/2025/06/08/nuacht/oideachas/spiorad-gharbhaile-sport/ Plean do champas ‘spóirt do chách’ i nGaillimh ag ‘Spiorad Gharbhaile’ #Gaillimh #Galway
Just watched Dathanna Geala Amhain (As Gaeilge, it was part of the Galway Theater Festival) and it was amusing.
It was especially funny at the end because the last scene takes place on the street in front of the theater. Saturday evening, Galway, all those tourists thinking that they witnessed a real funeral procession, omg.
Highly recommend!
Galway, 6 PM: we’re having dinner in the backyard, listening to the sound of running water. By the looks of it, our neighbor left their hose on. It has been running for at least 3 hours, maybe even longer.
It’s Galway. The city is not yet under the hose ban, but we’re next in line according to Uisce Éireann.
Sometimes I think that the free water doesn’t do any good for the public.
Lá gaofar i mBóthar na Trá inniu ach tá an grian ag taitneamh agus tá solas álainn ar an uisce!
Intense reading of Hardiman’s history of Galway and a deep dive into the bloodline of Elizabeth de Burgh (b. 1332) have drawn me to the unexpected conclusion that the Burkes of Castlebar are related to King Charles III.
Another unexpected conclusion is that the grandmother—18 times removed—of King Charles III was living in Galway (and secured the investments from the British monarch to complete the first Galway city wall)
Rolling back to 2009, with my first visit to Ireland, and here was the view from my window back then, when I stayed in the B&B. I miss the place a lot, with my current humdrum of life.
#window #ireland #irish #galway #oughterard #lake #loch #lough #corrib #coirib #gaillimh #countryside #landscape #travel #traveling
Today, Máire Nà Fhátharta was found by volunteers on Silverstrand Beach, not far from where she went missing in the foggy morning of 12th November.
May she rest in peace.
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