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Hollyhill – Moorlough, Glenmornan, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
To be completely honest there’s not much I can tell you about this little isolated cottage amongst the Sperrins hills other than my personal thoughts on it. As you may know by now, I admittedly have an attraction to old abandoned buildings and isolated locations.
After locating a long-forgotten building to photograph, I then try to factor in the surrounding nature into the desolation of my composition. The aim is to draw out the hidden beauty from within what most people see as a long forgotten ruin. Vibrant colourful sunsets or sunrises normally work best for me to achieve this look.
There’s an excitement and buzz I get by simply finding these rural buildings and it only intensifies at the sheer thought of me being possibly the first person to photograph or even set foot near them in years.
Sometimes I think “maybe I need to go to the pub or watch football or something” instead of roaming the countryside alone in search of abandonment beauty. But if I was watching football in a modern bar or sitting at home watching reality TV then I would likely be miserable. So I’ve learned to just do what you love doing as often as you can, no matter how strange or weird it may seem to others 🙏
