We made the coast our main focus but how could we have resisted the colourful charms of this woodland scene? Would you pass on this one?
Here, the lofty peaks of the narrow peninsula are overshadowed by clouds, casting their shadows onto the brown and green valley below.
The valley, carved by ice retains a few lakes and the quiet, peaceful feel so characteristic of the west of Ireland.
It has been a busy few weeks here at panoramicireland.com, we have covered Ireland's largest music festival Electric Picnic (more to come on that) and also have been busy photographing Ireland's landscapes while leading photography tours in the west of the country.
Here is an image from this week's visit to Ireland's west, a region of lakes and mountains sometimes sunny weather but often it looks like in this image and don't you think it's inviting?
Sometimes the weather doesn't give you what you want but it gives you something far far better.
This was the case on the occasion that I wanted to photograph the long landscapes of the Irish countryside.
Instead I was met with low cloud and swirling mist across the mountain slopes until, briefly, the cloud cleared.
From this week's forecast I knew that if the conditions looked right then it would be worth the effort to photograph the sunset, the forecast for today was for better and sunnier conditions but Met Eireann like many forecasting services around the world, are often not accurate in the slightest and that indeed proved right once again.
This summer of course has been very warm and dry, yet the west of Ireland's landscapes often have more interest in the sky than in other parts of Ireland.
Connemara is perfect for learning how to make better images, the landscapes as well as seascapes are big and wide open.
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