River Ow at Mucklagh's by horourke

Knockananna - Ireland, Wicklow The name of the river is corruption of the Irish word Abha (pronounced "Ow") meaning simply river. The granite landscape provides the riverbed pebbles shown golden here through the water flowing from the peat clad slopes of Lug na Coille

Uploaded: Oct, 11 2010 | Taken: Oct, 11 2010| Viewed: 36 times  | 4 votes Camera: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY | Model: KODAK EASYSHARE Z950 DIGITAL C | Exposure 1/250s, f3.6, ISO 64 | FLength: 6mm

pesu - Oct, 12 2010 06:10am Serene picture of a beautiful place. jacko1 - Oct, 12 2010 09:10am The more usual 'emerald green' is softened well by the autumn colours! horourke - Oct, 12 2010 10:10am Thank you both for your interest and kind words. Tony you have drawn attention to the unique quality of this clear October sunlight which seldom happens. Slanting through additional atmosphere because of the axis tilt thre is a filtered "golden" quality to the light from the sun resulting in this "ripe" tint to the greens