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Old technology, an alignment of Megalithic monuments

johnrmoyer — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:05:23 GMT

An alignment of megalithic monuments photographed with old technology.

I made this photograph of an alignment of Megalithic monuments, a stone circle, a passage tomb, and the grave of Queen Maeve atop Knocknarea seen from Carrowmore, Sligo, IE, on April 25, 2007 using old technology, a Canon PowerShot A710 IS. A story about Queen Maeve is at: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T301012/index.html

I made this photograph of an alignment of Megalithic monuments, a stone circle, a passage tomb, and the grave of Queen Maeve atop Knocknarea seen from Carrowmore, Sligo, IE, on April 25, 2007 using old technology, a Canon PowerShot A710 IS. An old story about Queen Maeve is at: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T301012/index.html

A free ebook is at https://books.google.com/books?id=jGBIAQAAMAAJ&dq=William+Butler+Yeats+the+hosting+of+the+sidhe&pg=PA213&fbclid=IwY2xjawEQeT5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXtItIshLC3clKpESxb9nDGDSMzXXLLuH2Y6CMXunFiceE55wm-yons4dw_aem_IRN2VdAwZkjlQcv8zL9jpA#v=onepage&q=William%20Butler%20Yeats%20the%20hosting%20of%20the%20sidhe&f=false The Old Age of Queen Maeve (William Butler Yeats)

I originally published a color version of this photo at https://www.a-wee-bit-of-ireland.com/eire_2007/passage_tomb_3.html

Today I used Canon DPP software to convert the image to black and white and used exiftool to add IPTC and XMP metadata.

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Re: Old technology, an alignment of Megalithic monuments

kriscowling — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:58:54 GMT

Gorgeous image…absolutely gorgeous!

Re: Old technology, an alignment of Megalithic monuments

johnrmoyer — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:02:07 GMT

Thanks

Re: Old technology, an alignment of Megalithic monuments

stevet1 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:00:04 GMT

John,

I didn't know what a passage tomb or a passage grave was.

Thanks for the history lesson. Fascinating stuff.

Steve Thomas

Re: Old technology, an alignment of Megalithic monuments

Tintype_18 — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 12:46:18 GMT

Interesting photo. I'm finding that B&W photography has a reserved seat at the table. I attended a conference that featured a speaker using drones for photography. Aerial photo to show the circle?

Re: Old technology, an alignment of Megalithic monuments

johnrmoyer — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:13:20 GMT

Heritage Ireland has more recent photos than mine, including an aerial photo. I did not have a drone in 2007.

Black and white seems to me to fit better with the poem from William Butler Yeats and the translation from ancient Gaelic of the stories about Queen Maeve. In 2007, I did not have raw files and could not afford that much storage. Converting a JPEG to black and white seems to me to make the most of the available data.

https://heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/carrowmore-megalithic-cemetery/

"Remains of over 35 passage tombs are found here, constructed almost 6,000 years ago."

My skills and my equipment are better now than they were then.

Photos I made at Carrowmore in 2004 are at: https://www.a-wee-bit-of-ireland.com/eire_jan_2004/carrowmore_1.html

More photos from 2007 are at: https://www.a-wee-bit-of-ireland.com/eire_2007/index.html

Carrowmore near Sligo, Ireland ; 2007:04:25 ; Canon PowerShot A710 IS ; 5.8 mm ; 1/500 sec ; F/4

This stone circle is also known as (according to Google search) "Carrowmore 57 is one of the largest and best-preserved of the circles close to the center of the Carrowmore complex. This impressive ring is located on the edge of a gentle hill close to the central monument." "The interior of the circle is currently divided by a fieldwall which was built during the late 1830's, when Queen Victoria came to the British throne and an enclosures act was passed requiring landowners to fence property. A slice of the circle on the east side, comprising eleven large upright boulders, remain in private ownership outside the O.P.W. compound."