An evenings surf

declandevlin — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:01:00 GMT

After a long days work and the charts looking tempting, a friend and myself set out for an evening surf. We turn up at our local and its absolutely pumping and best of all we have the entire beach to ourselves, the pleasures of living in a remote part of our country. After jumping fences from field to field like horses from the Grand National we scale the rugged rocks until we hit the fine grains of the sand beneath the cliffs. A quick change into our wetsuits in a Clark Kent style motion we waste no time and swiftly grab our boards.

As we run down the beach we stop and gaze at what is presented before us. 5ft rights peeling out to heighten the anticipation.

Luke takes off and is first to touch the water, shouting with excitement slowly followed by a shriek from the chill of the water rushing into his wetsuit.

2 hours pass and my muscles start to tire and stomach began to rumble, I decided my fun was over and began to make my way back towards the van for a change and a cup of tea. Luke battles it out for another short period and joins me at the van for a cuppa.

Its quiet in the van now as our exhausted carcasses are unable to create conversation. The sun is setting in the west and we decide to take a detour towards a ring fort close by to relax and watch mother nature hallucinate us with her beautiful show of colour.

We sit back in silence, listening to our surroundings with only a smile on our face knowing that we get to do it all over again tomorrow.

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declandevlin — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:28:27 GMT

My name is Declan and I am 26 years of age. I live in the North west of Ireland surrounded buy a rugged coastline with some of the best kept beaches and highest sea cliffs in Europe. I enjoy hillwalking, mountain climbing and surfing to name a few but most of all I enjoy taking photographs. I first started out using film and later made the transfer to digital. I regularly read books on photography and basically self taught myself using the internet. I have been a member of out local photography club over the past 2 years and submitted a number of photographs to our annual exhibitions. The reason I love photography so much is because you have so much control over your medium. Composition, lead lines, colour, uniqueness are all things I look for in a photograph. I like natural photographs with little or no editing. Getting things right in camera is a main factor in what I try to achieve. Why should I be chosen? Because I have the drive and the passion to make the most out of what is set out before me. I would love the opportunity to be guided by one of the best and learn as much as I could from the experience. National Geographic would be a dream to work for.

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An evenings surf

A 'place' I have visited