Will Knott

How do you make a photograph of a cold scene look colder?

Add blue?
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Blackbird in the snow. Not desaturated.

Its a touch out of focus, but I just love the shot,

Crow flying over Cashel. Photo 16 of 365

Okay, its actually flying above the trees between where I’m standing and Cashel, but I still like the shot. The reason the trees are in shot hiding part of Cashel is, well.

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A bit under construction.

Not altered by anything but snow.

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7 of 365 Bare tree in Cashel

8 of 365 Tree Lights in Abbeyleix

Similar trees on the same day, but while one seems cold and foreboding, the lights in the other imply warmth and care.

A little light can do so much.

Part of the main news tonight was that IKEA opened in Belfast. The predicted hordes didn’t show (a sign of economic slow down perchance?) The part of the news that didn’t mention was that the plans to open such a shop in Dublin is still stalled.

Well right now a new motorway (more M8, but at least its a more usable lenght) is being built between Cork and Cashel. So there is prime retail land for a major superstore which could be built in Cork (or South Tipperary). Add on and off ramps to the motorway (with a long extra lane, an piles of hard shoulder to take the strain) and it might be viable.

And of course, having something like that in Cork (or South Tipperary) before Dublin is something which would make county hall cackle.

How do you go about checking if its viable?

take care,
Will

update : following this shot I wonder if we could get Harney and O’Keeffe on the couch?

tags : IKEA, Belfast, Cork, Cashel, Tipperary, M8