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If you want to find one sure photography topic that will give you endless great shots then just look up (you’re outside right?). On a good cloudy day the sky changes by the minute and presents to you a multitude of shapes and colours. Throw in the sun for good measure and you can capture something real special. I found myself looking skywards after my climb of Ben Bulben. It was extremely windy, and I can not over-emphesise how windy, so my interest soon turned from making myself dizzy looking up to not falling off the edge of the mountain. In spite of my near death experience I did take three not too shabby shots of the sun passing across my lens – I was standing in the same position and merely shifted my lens to reposition the sun. TA-DAA! I also did a little touching up on them – I altered the curves to darken the darks and lighten the lights, and also saturated the blues and yellows a little to bring out the colour in the sky and sun. As soon as I get home to my camera I think I’ll start a sky portfolio of sorts – look out for more sky pictures as they happen…

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