Orb of Dromaneen - a photo on Flickriver

Orb of Dromaneen

            I first photographed Dromaneen Castle on banks of the Blackwater river back in 2015. At that time, besides my camera, my most important piece of equipment was a solid pair of ankle high waterproof boots. Those boots were marginal dealing with the mud and the cow manure on route through the fields and knee high wellingtons would have been a better choice.

This time round, despite being in the midst of Storm Kathleen, I found a break in the weather to put my camera up where no cow patty could foul it and capture this birds eye view along side of the, 'not so meandering', Blackwater river just out of Mallow.

Dromaneen Castle is said to have been built by Caher OâCallaghan in around 1610 to replace an older tower fortification of the ancient O'Callaghan clan. However, it was soon lost to the English during the Eleven Years' War (Cogadh na hAon-déag mBliana) and was never occupied by an O'Callaghan again.

To this day the O'Callaghan's of Longueville House, on the other side of the Blackwater, have the ruin of their former castle remind them of Ireland's, and their own, volatile past.

Taken on: April 7, 2024

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Camera: Hasselblad L2D-20c, f/4.5, 1/100 sec, 12.3mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Hasselblad L2D-20c
Lens:	24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	12.3mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+1.3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Average
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Cloudy
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.7 (20240406.m.2575 76b7a88) (Windows)
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