Art and madness

I found myself standing in the rain in Shandon today, camera in hand, waiting.  Waiting and wondering if I was on the cusp of one of those fantastic moments in Irish Landscape Photography: where the clouds break and the most fantastic light creates a scene of such beauty that it captures all that is magnificent about Ireland’s Landscape.

Or am I just a Muppet standing in the rain?

Well the moment never came.  Today I was the Muppet.

I decided this morning to swap my evening’s leisure for an morning of taking photographs of the city.  It was promising a beautiful autumn morning.  I did my essentials and headed into town, that light fading fast and by the time I hit Shandon the blue was gone and the black was coming, followed by the grey and the damp.

By the time I trudged home up High Street that light did appear.  A glorious sun shower with blue sky above and sun ripping through the rain.  A rainbow above my head I should imagine.  No chance of getting to a significant landmark to create a scene.

And now, as I look out the window the light is wonderful again.  Bet you I won’t get to Turners Cross in time.

Good Irish Landscape, like good comedy, is all about…

…timing.

You might be wondering where the photographs that I did take are?  Well they are slides so wait for another chance to finish the roll, for me to find somewhere to process them, at least a week to get them processed and then however long it takes for me to get around to scanning them.  I hope they’re worth it.