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Ghost Hunting
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Copyright: Wojciech Ryzinski (espanek) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 851 W: 89 N: 828] (6616)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-28
Categories: Architecture, Nocturnal, Mood
Camera: Canon EOS400D, Canon 24-105 mm F4 L IS USM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/10 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Hallowe'en [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-10-31 8:55
Viewed: 473
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Picture taken at the Hore Abbey in Cashel, Co.Tipperary.

Hore Abbey was founded in 1272 by David McCarville, archbishop of Cashel, on a site previously occupied by a Benedictine community. It was the last Cistercian foundation in Ireland. McCarville, who had taken the Cistercian habit in 1269, annexed the Benedictine community to his new abbey so that the Cistercians should benefit from the revenues. Tradition says that McCarville expelled these monks after he had dreamt of their plan to murder him. The story is unlikely to be true and probably arose from the atmosphere of distrust that existed between the archbishop and some of the local townspeople. Some inhabitants of Cashel disliked the archbishop’s ‘interference’ with the commerce of the city and several of the more anglicised inhabitants believed he was too much in favour of the Irish. In 1279 Margaret le Blunde, who detested the bishop, complained that Hore Abbey was filled with rogues who killed English people and plundered the area. The construction of the stone church was begun almost immediately after the first monks arrived, and the church was completed within two or three decades. The Latin name of the abbey is Rupes, the rock, on account of the abbey's proximity to the ‘Rock of Cashel’. Hore Abbey was never prosperous and had a community of only five by the sixteenth century. At the time of the Dissolution the annual income of the abbey was valued at just £21.

from: http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/abbeys/hore.php
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Hi Wojciech,

Great blue tones really adds atmos, nice use of a natular frame as well.
Cheers
Tom

Hi
Great use of blue tones to capture the mood
Cold colours makes it more dark and creepy
TFS
Yassine

good atmosphere in blue
nice composition
well done

Very scary Wojciech!! I like the blue! It has such a scary mood to the shot! Really excellent pp work here!
Linda
B-)

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  • letoun Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 210 W: 0 N: 38] (1329)
  • [2007-10-31 14:01]

mystere.....
Le bleu renforce bien l'idée mystique de la scéne. Ne manque plus que les fantomes pour coller au décor.
Bien Vue
Raph

Good captured, I like the "natural" frame. And the colors are fine. You really wait for a ghost or a mysterious monk coming around the corner. I love it when a picture challenges my imagination.
TFS!
Nina

Wow!
Great composition,Vojciech!
Superb atmosphere!
Regards!
Yuri

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1489 W: 123 N: 2164] (19817)
  • [2007-11-01 19:25]

Hello Wojciech, very well composed image, good technique and great note. Thanks,

Mario

Hello Wojciech.
Very spooky. Very moody. Great vertical composition. Nice toning. Good contrast. Well done.
Regards, Steve.

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  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1312 W: 47 N: 2914] (16758)
  • [2007-11-04 12:28]

Witaj Wojtku:)
Fanie to przedstawiles i kolorystyka bardzo pasuje do tematu:)))
Tomek:)

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