WTL Video 2

Footage captured with DJI Mavic Air and GoPro Hero 4 Silver in Killiney Hill, Co. Dublin.

After the first video in Slane, it didn't take long until I wanted to make another one... this video making thing is very addictive! 

This time I ended up going to Killiney Hill and the reason was very simple. I had some footage made last year for when I was shooting the video for Coinaphoto (which you can see here) so, I thought I would just need some drone footage to make the video. I was wrong, very wrong!!! I was blessed with the weather so once I started flying the drone, I wanted  footage from this angle, that angle, the other angle and at some stage the three batteries were completely empty! However, I was craving for more footage so I wasted my GoPro battery hoping that I would get some nice shots.

I was so happy with the final result! This is only my second video but I can see some improvements myself from the first video (WTL Video 1).

This video was made in a place where I had taken photos before. Killiney Hill is such an amazing place, surrounded by the sea and the mountains. Also, you can see Dublin at the north side and Wicklow at the south side.  I had to go there twice, I took so many photos that I split the post in two, Shot no.23-part I and Shot no.23-part II.

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Related:

• Shot no.23-part I
• Shot no.23-part II

My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_RsH6gIokndeUKVYOzmN7w

Shot no. 23 - part II

Shot no.23 - part II (Canon EOS M10 with lens Canon EF-M 15-45mm and Canon EF 75-300mm)

Photos taken at Killiney Hill, Co. Dublin, Ireland in September 2017.

So exactly one week later, another Sunday, morning time was terrible for photography but the afternoon and evening were just golden! Drove all the way back to Killiney Hill 100% sure that it would be a day for good shots and I don't think I was wrong. The sky was blue but still with some clouds so didn't make the background so boring.

This time I managed to photograph what I had planned when I went on the first visit.

To reach this monument you need to do a little hike, very easy!

That obelisk was built in 1742 and has been restored several times after that and still knows how to look well in a photo! The pyramid was built in 1852 at the edge of Killiney Hill and it was a great spot for me to put my tripod on the top of and take several pictures of Co. Dublin, Dalkey Island and Co. Wicklow... just had to turn around! Sea and mountains so close, just undescribable!

Killiney Hill Park is a great place to spend time, you can hike, mountain climb, play sports or just chill! It includes Killiney Hill and Dalkey Hill, just a few minutes away from Dún Laoghoire. 

I read somewhere that there is many famous people living in Killiney and Dalkey like U2's Bono and The Edge. Who knows if you will find Bono on a hike around the hills?

Info:

About Killiney Hill:

• in English: 
• http://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/parks-outdoors/parks/killiney-hill-park
• https://www.fitzpatrickcastle.com/killiney-hill.html
• http://www.visitdublin.com/see-do/details/killiney-hill#53.270346|-6.107274|16
• em Português:
• http://www.vidanairlanda.com/2012/01/conhecendo-a-irlanda-killiney-hill.html#axzz4tvIGseYz
• http://tolongedecasa.com/2016/04/21/um-passeio-por-killiney-hill/

Shot no.8

Shot no.8 (Olympus SP820)

Photo taken at Chichén Itzá, Tinum, Yucatán State, México in July 2015.

In this photo we can see one of the new 7 wonders of the world, the pyramid "El Castillo", the main building in Chichén Itzá archeological site.

I wish I could have more pictures to show you about the archeological site but they are just not good enough! They are the kind of pictures that a normal tourist takes, just pointing the camera anywhere and taking shot after shot with no discrimination. Just happened that I got these 2 shots from the main pyramid and I think, for what I was at that time, they are not that bad. The first picture I think is quite interesting because the way that the pyramid looks surrounded by light. That day was just a very normal tropical day, very hot and extremely humid. In the morning we visited another smaller pyramid and a cenote and we left the main attraction for the end of the day, Chichén Itzá. It happened that, all of a sudden, the weather turned and heavy clouds appeared in the sky (and actually when we were on the bus heavy rain and a thunderstorm started). When I took this photo, I was already on my way to the little trail that would bring me back to the bus but I decided to stop and look again to the pyramid and happened that, for just a few little seconds, there was no one between me and the pyramid that could destroy my photos so I took my opportunity and I got my shots.

The pictures are not the best, the angle is not great and the framework is terrible but I still think they have something special. In the second picture, near the top of the pyramid, you can see a bat with open wings.

If you are in Yucatán, you must visit this amazing archeological site!

Info:

• Chichén Itzá: 
• http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/483
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/chichen-itza/
• http://www.chichenitza.com/