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title: "Loughaunacreen Beach, Kerry"
date: 2019-12-29T23:40:00+00:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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# Loughaunacreen Beach, Kerry

Posted on 29th December, 2019

My annual Christmas drive out in the dark and randomly find a place for a sunrise photo. These spots aren’t hard to find around Kenmare.⁣ I got lucky this year again.

![A rocky coastal landscape with rugged terrain covered in patches of lichen and moss. The ocean borders the rocks on the right, while a mountainous backdrop is visible under a purple and pink cloudy sky. The scene is tranquil and natural.](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAASCAIAAAC1qksFAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAADEklEQVQ4jV1VUY7dNgycIem3m3P1HL1Hz9p+NyhQoGmSzVvbImf64bebNMZAoCWLoxlKMn/95TcGt4qnWz0/bR+etw/Ptw/Pt+en7fm2PW21VW2VGRFBAgBkSB6pxz1ao3O8xud4yUtuoY0xbBSIn/HDYwCE8cBPI6B/nMj/JyFgoBBmAGHzAvyIoe/to+eaatjE4+Orn0AYficyjeu1UH4Mp5F22ITCokWIV2DS4EOeYYd9BQb8Lu9NUJB6rKWQBo2ir+whhUQrpNCEgw4aYRNBA7BtW7BhW4bxvmCaAQq8CmYUSiacdEqpiQeaSiookiQNJCleztqw4o3jDRcBTARg0zBQzgHphIOKUORwmpPMxATiYQstMK4iEIaFyz0prAcrTFyScBEa5RiQCk9wGM1ORqLDESbNhyOOIAMM4M11i563IolWwIIDEgQYFFCKAQmaRINhhhkiTdqQrBIlRoJBxnuhYdmC5wGMrxYDXIGNajRBIy7XaFCggBEoU4KEkDOTyYjvewm2Rx5/R8stLHmMMWRUuwmGacmSR6bMMTZ7hLJKTmWkMuMS8TiNsnURyGvU8pLXaMltjyC7lhpEmOkRUo81ldVWSeVKTamyIjMiI0i+ixh55JZa150x52iNltRXomMWCZIpjmIUUmpSk+pSlatUpS5lVuZEBIMkQNu6bJlZM+fM0X30nNNHz5JGqmMaQABBFFnBCU6GMpXpB8HmLNWmzMwKBiMA2pDd0po5u4+19l77Ol/X2tc6p9dM7asBBxB0wUUMoev4ZqLKtbk21O0KnBVRjADCwEgtnd1Hr/08Xs/jfuzfzv3l2O/r2GfVazdhwmmltUEDiXAQGaxi3Vg3bovbE2pQt0iRCV4EXjOr17mO/djv+/3l9dvn16+f7l/+2j9/PT7XPnPdlekp91V/QKQjI3KL7Rbbc45a5oCC0xE2w0DLPb3WWsd5Hvt+v7+8fPn09e8/Pv2Oj4ZR54hwWNJYDS1qBbrgTlZukmQMmAwhhaBDQYRlStLMdHd3n+vc9/3+8s+/H/Hn4/fxH6/WMpPqlxmbAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)X-T3 – XF14mm

For this particular photo, I used a combination of techniques. I made a grid of images to replicate medium format and also did focus stacking on each one. For the final image I had Photoshop stitch everything for me and I then cropped and processed the image.

![Framed photograph of a coastal landscape featuring rocky terrain, ocean waves, and distant mountains under a cloudy pink and purple sky. The frame is plain white, mounted against a light gray background.](data:image/png;base64,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)

I got this one printed too trying out Flickr’s printing services on metallic paper. Then framed locally.

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