Church Flowers Flowers outside The Lough Parish Church, “Church of the Immaculate Conception”. You can read more about the church and mass times at the The Lough Parish page on the Diocese website.
2008Sun16Mar
Church Flowers
Filed in Architecture, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Look up, Photos, Sky, The Lough, Urban
2008Sat15Mar
Heads up at the Lough
Filed in Birds, Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, The Lough, Urban, WaterHeads up at the Lough This was shot from a precarious position. I jumped up on one of the concrete posts dotted around the pond and very carefully snapped a couple of shots. I just about managed to balance there for a few minutes! See the two black swans everyone else was shooting? From left [...]
2008Fri14Mar
A big head is natural
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sport, Street, The Lough, UrbanA big head is natural I was setting up a shot by placing that wheel cap leaning on the bus shelter when these two teenagers ran across the road carrying a football goal between them! Anyway, there’s the Murphy’s stout advert I wanted to shoot. I wonder if they advertise anywhere else in the country?
2008Thu13Mar
The pigeon flies away!
Filed in Birds, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, People, Photos, Sky, The Lough, UrbanThe pigeon flies away! Besides the beautiful swans, there’s the usual gathering of pigeons waddling along on the path picking up bread crumbs. Too tempting. I had to chase after them and encourage them to fly a little. Some of them need the exercise!
2008Tue11Mar
The Swan’s Wings
Filed in Birds, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, The Lough, Urban, WaterThe Swan’s Wings You really only appreciate how large and imposing a swan is when they rear up out of the water and spread their magnificent wings. While at The Lough on Sunday there were a number of fights between swans. Guess it’s that time of the year again, eh? The swans were fairly tame [...]
2008Mon10Mar
That bread is mine!
Filed in Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Sigma 18-200, The Lough, Urban, WaterThat bread is mine! A heron swoops in on a bunch of greedy gulls at The Lough yesterday! For more pictures, check out Katie’s set and Will’s photos! In retrospect, we were very lucky with the weather for the photowalk. Just after I got home the downpour started and 60mph winds ravaged the south of [...]
2008Sun09Mar
The Lough Photowalkers
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, The Lough, UrbanThe Lough Photowalkers We had a great day today. 11 people showed up at the Lough in Glasheen today for the photowalk. Pictured above are some of us. Unfortunately Patrick and Amy, and then Brendan left earlier. Thank you all for taking the time and making the effort to come. It was freezing cold and [...]
