Adventure's spirit.

Episode no 1.

I bought my new camera with the precious help of a friend, Brendan, who shares with me the same love for photography. He suggested me where to buy it at the best price and he's teaching me how to use it.

Going from a normal digital camera to a DSLR is a nice step, but complicated if you have no notions about aperture, shutter speed and ISO. I always used pre-settings and Auto mode, trying to get the best from those till it wasn't enough anymore.

I really enjoy my new "toy" but I'm still at the beginning.

Anyway.

He was heading on his own to a place called Coronation Plantation for a local contest for the new 2014 Calendar and he needed to get a good shot for it. So he asked me if I wanted to join him with my camera. A chance that I didn't miss.

I had no idea that there still are such wild natural spots around in this County, marvellous and almost untouched.

To reach the spot he planned we needed to go through a kind of cold savana filled with hidden, dangerous puddles and crossing a small river walking on wet and slipping rocks.

I think I haven't done something like that since I was a child. Glad to see that my 41 years old body is not aware of its age and I managed such path (which is empty of paths, actually) with me back at home in one piece.

The day after I was all an ache, but trust me, it has been fully worth.

I even saw deer in their natural habitat. 

One word.

Amazing!

Now, let me heal and then I'll be ready for the next one.

This is Brendan's shoot of the Coronation Plantation. Standing Ovation...

Guinness Lake, so called due to the colour of its water.

Roundwood Plant Pump. Really an original way to cover it.

Among the Wicklow Mountains

This house looks like a Castle. Colours around it are simply stunning.

Bren told me those two are the most photographed trees of the County. I asked why, 'Cos they're in the middle of the fucking nothing!', so here's my shoot.