Poulnabrone Dolmen

Great photo. Good use of light. The dark sky contrasts well with the highlights on the stone.

wonderful pic,stunning place.Some thing that should be preserved for the funture.Have you heard of what is going on at Tara?The Irish govenment seems to have gone mad.Wonderful photo.

Wow…this photo is absolutely stunning!

The processing is Masterly….

A brilliant image…

Magnificent piece !! So much history so many stories

so powerfull place and tones !
love the perspective

wow! stunning!

Stunning image, Jane!

what a beautiful moody and atmospheric shot

oh wow this is great
when i was there i couldnt get a good shot :(

Excellent shot -

Brilliant processing-love it!

fantastic image. Love the backround

thats cool. simple. real. great effect.

Very dramatic, i like it alot.

A superb dolmen image.
You can almost feel the stone!

Exelent use of light, powerfull place
:)Gorm

Great subject & photo

Cracking image, Jane!! very dramatic and the tone and texture is spot one. Nice work!

Wow, very dramatic. Awesome perspective and tones. Love it!

Wow, the composition is total impact. Love it.

Wonderful sight! Love what you’ve done to this.

Brillant

interesting

full of drama and power. Theres’s so much to admire in the textures here too – from the sharp well defined rocks and ground, to the dark fluffy clouds about. brilliant composition.

fantastic shot and the tones are perfect!

awesome capture, love the lighting works well in black & white, great composition & a great grainy feel to this picture make it something special

Beautyful, simply beautiful

Powerful – nice textures in this. Good job.

stunning!

great atmosphere, I like it a lot!

fabulous work

I can almost here the chants!!.

David.

Timeless beauty here.. such texture..

Extraordinary capture!!! This is simply wonderful!!

the texture tone composition and MAGNITUDE of this piece is really breathtaking Jane….

you have captured the sense of the ancient and timelessness. Bravo!

This is an absolutely stunning image!

Beautiful image and treatment – thanks for the explanation too!

Stunning photo

stunner! love the tones!

excellent!

this is a great picture

This is nice… I love the colors…. excellent…

Excellent.

a classic shot – beautiful with the subtle coloring.

Great positioning and treatment

Fascinating to think how they got the capstone into place. Excellent B & W image, mono seems to suit the subject perfectly here well done

Oh, this I would love to visit some day! (Sigh) Perhaps next year!! Wonderful job on this rare beauty!!

very dramatic

this is stunning Jane, very nice work

Powerful Piece.

I love that place and this, this is an excellent capture of it. Great sky!

almost unreal
excellent composition

I should try mine like that, looks great . !!!

awesome

superb image, I enjoyed reading your descriptoin very intresting.
Very well done Rich.

Very powerful and dramatic image with tons of details.

stunning capture! excellent as a BW!

wonderful contrast

Awesome!

superb photo..nice one…

I have been here many a time, you have managed to capture that eerie feel of evey visit.
:-)

Wonderful atmosphere. Love the mono-tone.

Spectacular shot, really magnificent!

Excellent, very moody shot. I love the POV on this :)

BEST DEPICTION
i have ever seen
i live like.. 10 minutes away from it

the remains are actually before the celtic times, they were from the stone age.
did ya know they actually cut up the bodies and defleshed them b4 they buried them?
pretty sick but practical i suppose.. brilliant image ,honestly i love it

@ catblack – you’re right, I shouldn’t have put the word “celtic” in the description (have removed it now). Thanks!

I wish I had known this was there in 2007 . wonderful photo..I’m going back to Ireland now.

For year I’ve been promising myself a trip down that direction… and images like this one remind me why I want to go. Stunning image….!

Amazing shot!

Beautiful shot of Poulnabrone. Great work

powerful shot, loving the tones in this!

Jane, awesome shot – wonderful perspective, B&W works brilliantly :-)

Tis all been said in previous comments!! But it is a fabulous image!!!

Fantastic!

Wow…what a neat picture! the perspective here makes it hard for me to tell whether this is monstrously large or much smaller. wonderful work in your dark treatment.

Cool image! excellent!

Love the sky in this, and how you’ve made the dolmen dramatic :)

Great piece of history, and the image is excellent, great work!

@jacobea
Thanks – that’s what I was trying to do!

congrats.

congratulations Jane.x

superb image,well done.

An excellent, superb capture. I love the dramatic feel to it. Well done!

Congrats Jane ~ an excellent image ~ well done

Well deserved win, excellent perspective DOF and clarity on this image.

Beautiful striking image. Great stuff.

Fabulous work Jane!! Congratulations on your win!! So deserving!! :o)

Great image and congrats!

Steve ;-)

Congratulations. This is superbly captured and presented.

yay – i voted 4 u – great stuff

A big Thank You to everyone who voted!

This is a stunning shot and congrats on winning the Challenge!

Fantastic image and thoroughly deserving of the top place. Well done Jane

Awesome x

Great shot, with superb contrasts. Love it. Congratulations for your First place in the Challenge

This is an amazing image. I can imagine the atmosphere being in the presence of this image and its history.

Quite impressive. Congratulations on home page selection

Standing stones are interesting
As I am unlikely to get to Ireland thanks for showing it to us sooo well
Bravo

Beautiful capture and treatment.

Wonderful photo. Such a dramatic shot. Congrats on homepage feature. :~)

This is an amazing image. It’s full of drama and moodiness. I love your treatment of it.

CONGRATULATIONS

WOW, what a cool shot :)

This is really fantastic!! Thanks for the description too, I’ll be adding it to my list of things to see in Ireland next time I go there :-)

I saw this about 7 years ago but I didn’t see it like this! I wish I had .. fabulous work and congrats on the homepage!

very magestic!!!
great angle!!!!
congrats on being featured at the homepage of RB!

Love it …visited this location a few months back but didnt capture it as good…..excellent.

WELL DONE for featuring nn the redbubble homepage.
your work is really great
Christian Zammit

Congratulations on the home page feature (March 19th 2009)

Re: Homepage feature

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. No-one could be more surprised than me, but I’m grateful for the honour!

awesome’

Awesome dramatic treatment. The clouds are an especially nice touch. You turned what could have been boring into a real winner!

i love it!

Incredible job Jane!

Stunning Image ~ considerede entering it in our new challenge

outstanding