Continuing on the Burnham Beeches theme, here’s another typical autumn shot. A great many more trees had their leaves than here in Blarney where most trees are naked. While in town this evening I discovered to my dismay that my Canon 10-22 lens is broken. The manual focus ring is completely jammed and the zoom [...]
2008Fri14Nov
Golden Leaves
Filed in Autumn, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Look up, Nature, Photography, Photos, Trees, United Kingdom
2008Thu13Nov
Autumn Leaves
Filed in Autumn, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Nature, Photography, Photos, United KingdomHues of gold and brown greet the eye in Burham Beeches. Yes I know it’s technically winter but autumn is always associated with falling leaves, while winter is cold and snow falls instead, so please humour me! I do have a couple of other shots of yesterday’s Burnham Beeches photo but I’ll leave those until [...]
2008Wed12Nov
The beauty of Burnham Beeches
Filed in Autumn, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Nature, Photography, Photos, Trees, United KingdomWe visited Burnham Beeches last Friday afternoon, on a day when torrential rain was forecast but thankfully the weather forecast was completely wrong. This large forest close to the city of London is an amazing sight to behold with ancient trees, and at this time of year beautiful, vivid (eh Matt?) and colourful leaves that [...]
2008Mon10Nov
Stuck on you
Filed in Autumn, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Photography, Photos, Rain, Street, United Kingdom, WaterA wet bench in Maidenhead is no place for you or I but an Autumn leaf has made it home.
2008Sun10Feb
Spectators on the beach
Filed in Autumn, Beach, Candid, Canon 20D, Inch Strand, Ireland, Kerry, People, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, WaterSpectators on the beach The hang gliding crowd attracted a bit of a crowd on Inch Beach in 2006. Well, it was late September and there wasn’t that many people on the beach in the first place, so 2 people isn’t so bad, eh? Hunger got the best of us and we watched as a [...]
2008Tue05Feb
Donkey eyes staring at me
Filed in Animals, Autumn, Baile na nGall, Canon 20D, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Nature, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, SunDonkey eyes staring at me The donkey knows everything. He stands in his field every day contemplating life. This is the same donkey I posted before in Baile na nGall, Co. Kerry. We passed that way last September and I didn’t see him so if you see a wandering donkey, tell him I said hi!
2008Sun13Jan
The Blarney Cat
Filed in Animals, Autumn, Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sun, UrbanThe Blarney Cat Next time you’re in Blarney sit down on the benches next to Super Valu. Wait a few minutes and this cat will probably appear, especially in warm weather!
2007Wed26Dec
Irish rugby was rubbish in 2007
Filed in Advertising, Autumn, Canon 20D, Cork, Douglas, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Street, UrbanIrish rugby was rubbish in 2007 Irish rugby player Ronan O’Gara was the face of Samsung and many other brands this year. Apparently Samsung announced that their sales dropped because of their association with the hapless team. “We had no idea how poorly he would play,” continued the Samsung spokesperson. “Not just Ronan, but the [...]
2007Mon12Nov
Winter Leaves
Filed in Autumn, Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Nature, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, TreesWinter Leaves It’s cold out there and the trees are almost bare. Some leaves still hang on however!
2007Mon15Oct
Sunlit Grassy Slopes
Filed in Autumn, Canon 20D, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Landscape, Photos, Sigma 10-20, SkySunlit Grassy Slopes Tough grass that’s lovely and springy to walk on edge to the horizon where a cloud floats serenely in the blue sky. Life is good! This is taken close to this photo of the same slope but the mood is completely different.
