01/06/2026
20/08/2022 – I have gone back and re-edited one of my favourite photos, Cloughmore Stone during sunset in August 2022. Because it is one of my favourite photos that I have photographed, I have always been seeking to improve the editing of this photo.
4 years on from first initially editing the photo, I can see it is very heavily saturated and the light is very much darkened down with no real life to it. 4 years on from first initially editing the photo, I have improved with my photo editing skills with regards to balancing the light and colours much better. I feel this newly edited photo of my Cloughmore Stone photo has more life to it with the light and colours better balanced.
I do like photographing landscapes during a beautiful sunny day, especially at sunrise or sunset as that is the best time for the sky to potentially explode into beautiful colours. At times when photographing into the sun, you may have to exposure bracket your photos which I have done here. I photographed this photo of Cloughmore Stone, Rostrevor looking splendid in golden hour (edited in parts in Photoshop for colour enhancements!).
I am told that the gates up to Cloughmore Stone closes at 8pm now, where before when I photographed this photo at sunset which was well after 8pm as I was able to drive up to the Cloughmore Stone car park, after the curfew hours, but now it seems that it is not possible anymore with Kilbroney Park enforcing the rules with the gates closure up to Cloughmore Stone at 8pm which is annoying for photographers who wish to photo there at sunset.
Cloughmore Stone has a link to Irish Mythology where Local legend has it that the stone was thrown from the Cooley Mountains on the other side of Carlingford Lough, by the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill.
(Many geographical features in Ireland are attributed to Fionn!)
Cloughmore Stone and its surrounding area has views of outstanding natural beauty, and so it has now UNESCO Global Geopark status. C.S. Lewis, the writer famous for his The Chronicles of Narnia book set is reported to have written a letter to his brother saying: “That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia”.
At the ‘Wake the Giant’ Festival, Fionn mac Cumhaill is the centrepiece of this festival where we celebrate Warrenpoint’s town's heritage and the legend tales. I think this ‘Wake the Giant’ Festival offers visitors a weekend full of exciting events and activities.
