As a Norwegian friend once mangled a well known saying, my trip to Northern Ireland was to "kill two flies with one rock" and this Saturday saw me drive west to Brookfield and then south to Rostrevor to visit Frank and Noreen and install Frank Snr's new 20" iMac - the second of two flies! Thankfully this was as simple as advertised and as I've been through this process a few times recently, I had a good idea of what to expect and all was completed by lunchtime.
Now for the fun part of the day as I left Rostrevor and headed for the Mournes and the B27 that cuts through the centre of the mountain range. Of course I have shot pictures on this road and area many times before and in varying weather conditions but on this occasion, the weather was superb if a little flatly lit due to the time of the day. Not that I could really choose - so I made the best of the situation and shot a few frames . . .
What a joy to have a 35 - 210mm hires camera in the pocket - disguised as the Canon G9! This goes everywhere and produces stunning images, be they single frames across the above focal range or multiple frame stitched panoramics as the opening image of this post is.
Once through the Mournes the B27 joins the A24 main road back to Belfast and for a number of years this was a well driven route up and down to Newcastle where my Nana Nixon was resident for a few years. One particular Sunday in December dawned clear, cold and photogenic and thanks to my Father as he indulged every request to stop as I shot a memorable series of images of the Mournes, Whin and the "Yoh" tree as we drove to and from Newcastle . . . A new version of this image appears below as thankfully the tree seems to have survived.
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