The QE2 docked in Cobh last Thursday. This was shot at the bottom of steps down to the water where seaweed made footing precarious. I saw a few people venture down the steps but none went further than half way down. The tide was well out so I was maybe 3m below the quayside, standing [...]
2008Wed08Oct
Queen Elizabeth 2 in Cobh
Filed in Boat, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sky, Vehicles, Water
2008Sat04Oct
Cast Off in Bantry
Filed in Bantry, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sea, Urban, WaterA small ferry casts off and heads out of Bantry Harbour with lots of hunting dogs and their owners. This was last February and I watched with interest wondering where they were going. More QE2 photos to come, when I have time to work on them!
2008Thu02Oct
QE2 Leaving Cork
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Vehicles, WaterThe Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2, flagship of the Cunard Line, docked for the last time in Cobh yesterday and left this evening just after 6pm. Here she is after turning in Cork Harbour and seconds before she increased speed and left the harbour for good. In 2009, she will become a floating hotel in [...]
2008Wed01Oct
Tir na nOg ar Oilean Chleire
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Vehicles, WaterTir na nOg is the house on the right of this photo. It’s a house that Colaiste Ciaran, an Irish summer school on the island, rents during the summer and where I spent a number of weeks years and years ago. The long, low building attached to the left is a canteen. An Oige have [...]
2008Fri26Sep
Tractor at Allihies
Filed in Allihies, Beach, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sky, Vehicles, WaterA tractor in the carpark at Allihies Beach in Co Cork.
2008Tue23Sep
The cars of Cape Clear
Filed in Black and White, Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Street, Vehicles, WaterCape Clear Island, or Oilean Chleire, is only 3 miles long and 1 mile wide, but it’s only 40 minutes by ferry to the mainland so it’s fairly easy to bring out vehicles. In fact, I saw many more cars on the island than I did on my last trip. As you may have guessed [...]
2008Mon22Sep
Cape Clear North Harbour
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, WaterThe north harbour in Cape Clear is the main harbour on the island. There’s a south harbour as well but there’s only a small beach there, and a long quayside where the occasional small boat ties up. To the left you can see the Club which is a small shop/cafe on the ground floor, while [...]
2008Sun21Sep
Speeding Boat
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, People, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Vehicles, WaterA speedboat, at speed, races past the more sedate Naomh Ciaran II on our way to Oilean Cleire, or Cape Clear. You can see the island itself in the background!
2008Sat20Sep
Mulroy Bay II stranded in the evening sun
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Night, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Vehicles, WaterAnother shot of the Mulroy Bay II as it lay in shallow waters in Baltimore Bay.
2008Fri19Sep
Warning sign in the wilderness
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Signs, WaterAnother shot of the Electric Wires warning sign I posted yesterday. This one gives you a flavour of the landscape in the area, and the desolate, remote location of the sign.
