In Photos dot Org » Animals http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Mylo http://inphotos.org/2012/04/23/mylo/ http://inphotos.org/2012/04/23/mylo/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:41:33 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5865

Mylo, a yorkie that was taken from the CSPCA Animal’s Home in Mahon, Cork. He’s looking a lot healthier than he was when he was adopted and left the care of the CSPCA. I was lucky to get this shot as he’s such an excitable dog he was jumping up and down, wagging his tail and a delight for all of us.

Pictured at the Friends of Animals in CSPCA petition on Patrick Street last Saturday.

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The Goose Family of Fota Island Wildlife Park in Cork.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/05/24/wild-geese-family/feed/ 3 The Lone Donkey http://inphotos.org/2009/12/13/lone-donkey/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/13/lone-donkey/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:08:23 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5256 The lone donkey

The single solitary donkey huddled among the Alpacas yesterday in Blarney.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/13/lone-donkey/feed/ 1 Alpacas know best http://inphotos.org/2009/12/12/alpacas/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/12/alpacas/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:58:11 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5253 Alpacas know best

Several Alpacas were in Blarney earlier as part of a Bothar promotion to encourage people to support them. The animals, including one donkey, were a big hit with the kids. I only had my 50mm lens with me so no wide angle shots, but I did get a couple of nice ones.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/12/alpacas/feed/ 0 Mother Cat http://inphotos.org/2009/09/02/mother-cat/ http://inphotos.org/2009/09/02/mother-cat/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:03:09 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=4476 Mother Cat

This is Mother Cat. Matriarch of the local cats. Her litter of kittens are growing up and make a daily appearance in our garden. They’re all a little wild though. The kitten’s dad, Patches, was the polar opposite. He was friendly to us humans and loved to be rubbed and scratched behind the ear. He adored my wife, and even put up with Adam chasing him around!

Unfortunately he disappeared a few weeks ago, on the very day my wife bought antibiotics for a bad cut on his leg. A few days later a neighbour reported seeing his remains on the back road. A car must have hit him.

I think the cats noticed his disappearance. Or it could just be us projecting our human thoughts and feelings on a sad situation. The kitten in the background of this photo is the spitting image of Patches. He’s also the most friendly, even coming up to me and eating from my hand on occasion. What d’you think? Is he the tiny kitten I photographed last May? His colouring looks very similar!

Anyway, they’re well cared for. The mother cat has come up to our back door and meowed to be fed, only to call her offspring when food has been put out. It’s great to see it!

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The green fields on Slea Head in County Kerry are home to many sheep and photographers who shoot this place to death. The photographers, not the sheep. With cameras.

While I was taking this photo another photographer walked down the slope just out of shot to shoot the beach at Cuminole!

Winners of the free hotel rooms tomorrow. There were only 5 entrants. Can’t believe it’s so hard to give away something free! I wonder if the hotel will actually make any bookings out of this?

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/08/21/fields-slea-head/feed/ 1 The rolling hills of the Irish countryside http://inphotos.org/2008/08/09/the-rolling-hills-of-the-irish-countryside/ http://inphotos.org/2008/08/09/the-rolling-hills-of-the-irish-countryside/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:40:57 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2640 The rolling hills of the Irish countryside

People come from far and wide to see the beautiful Irish countryside and it’s no wonder. There’s such a wide range of different scenery that you could spend many a day discovering new beauty spots.

This was shot near Dunmanway in West Cork. If you look very carefully you can see the wind power generators on the horizon but what attracted me to the scene was the gently rolling hills and changing light. Really beautiful part of the country.

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A hungry, scrawny cat came up to us while walking around Schull in Co. Cork last weekend. The poor thing was crying for food and affection. This was the first time Adam saw a real cat and he was delighted but we had to leave the poor thing to fend for itself.

I discovered that the Irish name of the town called Schull is “Scoil Mhuire”, a much nicer name IMO. In English that would be “Mary’s School”, or more likely, “St. Mary’s School”. West Cork is so beautiful but the basterdisation of Irish names is shocking. I even saw a sign for a town called “Snámh” which had been translated as “Snave”. “Snámh” is the verb, “to swim” in English. Perhaps the town was created by an English landlord and named “Snave” first and then named “Snámh” by the Irish?

PS. Congrats to fellow Mallow Camera Club member, David Lavery, who left his comfortable 9-5 day job to become a wedding photographer in Mallow, Co. Cork a year ago today! Not many would take the jump, so I hope he’ll get that blog rolling and write about his experiences. I know I’d like to hear about them!

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Cows gather in the shed against the howling wind and cold at Allihies. No room for any more though!

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Lonesome Donkey

A donkey, alone in his field. There’s a horse in the background but he’s being fed. The donkey doesn’t get anything. Poor thing.

Spotted on the road around Slea Head at the end of the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry.

That’s the last of the donkey pictures. For now.

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