For Sale. This old house is, on the road from Maam Cross to Leenane, is beautifully eye catching and fantastically located. I’ve often wanted to stop there and shoot, but there’s nowhere to pull in. Or at least there wasn’t. Someone filled in a small pull in with gravel, a few minutes walk from the house. The house looks great from the road, but it’s really hard to get a composition without it looking lost. I think you’d really need a ladder or a pole to get the shot perfectly.
This time, the gate was already open, it’s usually closed and locked when you drive past. I trudged through the garden to pick this point. I’m sure there’ll be folks saying I should clone out the pylon, but I really like it. It’s the last pylon, there to serve this house, and this house only.
6 Comments
Sean,
Really like this photograph. Agree with you about the pylon. In a way it emphasises the isolation and abandonment of the cottage.
Francis
Thanks Francis.
I think it works really well. Did you venture inside it?
Superb image Sean; really like the feel it gives and no I don’t think you should remove the pylon…definitely adds to the scene.
Great colouring too!
Cheers,
Glyn
Hi Sean, met you in Dublin at Mark’s workshop – learned lots. Just checking your website and was delighted to see the above photo. I shot the same place from a different angle. Will send you a copy. I too was struck by the Pylon. Don’t know how to post it here!
Hi Eugene,
Yeah, I’ve passed it hundreds of times, so I was paying careful attention as I approached on this day, hoping to get reasonable parking. And I got lucky. The rain kicked in not long after this shot so the timing was just right.