The Blue Lagoon, Iceland. The water is lovely warm, even quite hot in places and is full of silica and sulphur. There’s usually a smell of bad eggs in the air from the sulphur but when we visited it was definitely bacon we smelled. Really weird. A great experience except when hailstone started to fall. [...]
2011Fri04Mar
Football on the beach
Filed in Beach, Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Garrettstown, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Water3 boys playing with a football on Garretstown Beach. The tide was coming in and I watched them kick the ball out into the water. The day was freezing though with a strong offshore wind. Brrrr.
2011Wed12Jan
Boats in Drake’s Pool
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, WaterThere are always boats moored in the section of the Owenabue River called “Drake’s Pool”. This was a shot I took last weekend while out walking with my family there. Quite frosty but many people out walking the light from the setting sun was amazing. Yes, this location is associated with Sir Francis Drake: The [...]
2010Fri26Mar
River Nore, Kilkenny
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Ireland, Kilkenny, Photography, Photos, River, Sigma 10-20, Urban, WaterThe River Nore runs through the city of Kilkenny where we spent a weekend earlier this month at WordCamp Ireland. In the photo you can see the Rivercourt Hotel where I stayed with my family on the opposite bank the famous Kilkenny Castle. Beautiful city, well worth a visit.
2009Fri27Nov
CELTIC FIShER
Filed in Boat, Candid, Canon 40D, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban, WaterThe Celtic Fisher, out of Tralee, was docked in Dingle Harbour in early November.
2009Tue24Nov
Reflections of a fence
Filed in Canon 40D, Ireland, Kerry, Photography, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 10-20, Slea Head, WaterThat same fence again, this time against the setting sun and reflected in a pool of water from the recent rains. Loved taking this shot and others at the time, they turned out almost as good as I imagined they would! My sister-in-law’s husband Ed has published a short story and is using one of [...]
2009Mon07Sep
Springer at Fountainstown
Filed in Beach, Canon 40D, Canon 50mm f1.8, Cork, Dogs, Fountainstown, Ireland, Photography, Photos, WaterI always have a soft spot for Springer Spaniels. The beaches at Myrtleville and Fountainstown seem to be a favourite haunt of them if our experiences are anything to go by. Here’s a Springer that played with my son Adam at the beach in Fountainstown. They had a great time together! Almost recovered. Stomach is [...]
2009Sat05Sep
Tipping Over
Filed in Canon 20D, Ireland, Kerry, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Slea Head, WaterI thought I had posted this photo of waves crashing down at Couminole Beach before but no, I have posted several shots of waves at that exposed Atlantic beach but not this one! I rarely mention WordPress stuff here but if you haven’t upgraded your site to 2.8.4, read this post by Matt. Please upgrade, [...]
2009Fri02Jan
Sheep’s Head Cliffs
Filed in Beach, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sky, WaterThe cliffs of Sheep’s Head in West Cork are forever battered by the Atlantic.
2008Tue09Dec
Windswept Daisies
Filed in Beach, Canon 20D, Cork, Flowers, Fountainstown, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 10-20, WaterDaisies cling to the sparse earth at the water’s edge in Fountainstown, Co Cork. This was taken just a few metres from my previous Fountainstown picture and was mocking me for over 2 years, sitting in my “Work in Progress” folder, defying my attempts to capture the feeling of that cold October day in 2006.
