Misty Mountain Top

misty mountain top

Share with your friends

Custom Options:

This photograph of Benbulben Mountain was taken just before sunset on a showery wet evening in February 2009. It is a panorama photograph where 5 individual photos were stitched together to form a single image. Benbulben forms part of the Dartry Mountain range and its dominance extends throughout much of County Sligo.

This photo focuses on dramatic cliffs of the northern face of Benbulben. These cliffs were formed as the harder Dartry limestone eroded at a different rate than the softer lower layers of Glencar limestone and shale.

Benbulben has many myths and legends associated with it, the most famous being The Boar of Benbulben. It is said that King Cormac, the High King of Ireland, had betroth this daughter Grainne to the warrior Fionn Mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool). However rather than marry the aging McCool, Grainne elopes with a young Fianna warrior Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.

The enraged Fionn pursues the couple all over Ireland and catches up with Diarmuid on the slopes of Benbulben where he tricks him into fighting an enchanted wild boar. After a fierce battle Diarmuid manages to slay the boar with his sword but not before the beast was able to pierce his heart with its tusk.

Legend has it that when Grainne learned of Diarmuid's death she died on the spot and that the couple were buried in a cave that now bares their name on the Dartry mountain range, not far from the slopes of Benbulben.
No, you don't need to have a PayPal account to make online payments with the PayPal Payment system. Customers who don't have a PayPal account can check out as normal with a credit card.

Towards the bottom right of the PayPal log-on window there will be a link for customers who don't have a PayPal account. By clicking "Don't have a PayPal Account" at this point, you can complete your purchase with your credit card in the normal fashion
Image Framers (Adelaide St Sligo) look after all of my framing needs.

My photographs are first hot press dry-mounted and then remounted on Arqadia acid free conservation mount board before being placed behind 2mm float glass. The backing board used has a built in acid free liner and moisture barrier to offer the highest protection for your photograph.

The frame and mount have been selected to best suit each individual photograph and image size.
My photographs and canvas prints are produced by DigiCreatiV as Giclée prints on 290gsm Fujifilm Pearl photo paper using 10 colour UltraChrome series inks. The end result are beautiful, fully archival prints with incredibly fine detail.

DigiCreatiV use fade resistant Epson inks which are UV stable ensuring your prints lasts for 60+ years. The images are printed on an Epson Stylus Pro 9900 printer using a colour calibration processes incorporating a spectroproofer and specialist software.

DigiCreatiV also produce my canvas prints.
All of the photographs displayed in the Gallery pages can be bought directly though this website.

To purchase a photograph, simply select the quantity and size of photograph you want to buy and then click the 'Add to Cart' button.  When you are finished shopping you can then click the ‘Proceed to Checkout’ button
Photographs can be purchased from this site using the PayPal Payment system. 

Note – you don’t need to have a PayPal account to make online payments with the PayPal Payment system.  Customers who don’t have a PayPal account can check out as normal with a credit card. 

Towards the bottom right of the PayPal log-on window there will be a link for customers who don't have a PayPal account. By clicking "Don’t have a PayPal Account" at this point, you can complete your purchase with your credit card in the normal fashion
Photos in a tube are delivered through the standard postal system.  Framed photographs and canvas prints will be delivered by courier.

Orders will be dispatched within 10 working days (they will usually be dispatched quicker than this but may take longer if the prints aren’t in stock or have to be framed). If your order is urgent please contact me directly to get a better estimate of delivery times.

Canvas prints will take 10 -15 working days for delivery.  Canvas prints are also available in sizes other than the default ones offered on this website (up to 3 meters wide for Panorama photographs). Please contact me directly for quotes.
If you are making a purchase using a promotional code you just need to enter the code at the checkout.

Only one code can be used per promotion per customer
If you have any query that hasn’t been answered on this page then contact me directly.