Entries tagged under ' Flowers '

Daisy Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I’m half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won’t be a stylish marriage,
I can’t afford a carriage,
But you’ll look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two!

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Flowers cling to the rocks in Church Bay, Co. Cork.

Post processing: curves, channel mixer, blurred layer and layer mask, lomo and unsharp mask.

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Purple flowers that crept into my garden from next door. I’m not complaining because they’re very pretty!

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The beautiful countryside north-east of Dunmanway in West Cork.

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Written May 25, 2006 in Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Urban

Daffodils in Pairc Shalom. Inner City residents on the south side of Cork City have a beautiful park to frequent here.

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Written May 9, 2006 in Cobh, Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Photos

Assorted flowers decorate the harbour area of Cobh.

Yesterday, my wedding day, was without doubt “the best day of my life”!

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Written May 8, 2006 in Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Trees

I can never remember the names of flowers and trees and today is no exception. I captured this image almost a month ago after Jacinta spotted this beautiful display of nature.

We are to be married today, it’s all hectic around here but our prayers have been answered and the rain is clearing off. I’m looking forward to saying “I do” later and making Jacinta my beautiful wife!
Slightly later… we got a mention on the radio when Ian Dempsey read out my text. A pity he fluffed up my surname but their text machine must have mangled it somehow! Jacinta reminded me that it’s a cherry blossom in the photo above!

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Written December 20, 2005 in Black and White, Blarney, Flowers, Photos, Rain

One of the Blarney Castle roses.
The original was very saturated and detail was lost in the bright red of the petals. Making a monochrome image made the detail stand out and drops became visible again.
A little dodge and burn to finish.

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Written December 11, 2005 in Blarney, Flowers, Photos

While out with Matt this fine morning we walked over to Blarney Castle. Just inside the railings are some beautiful red roses. I just had to take advantage of the beautifulsunshine and snap off a few shots!
Photo was desaturated, and the red and yellow channels were restored afterwards to isolate the lovely colour of the flowers.

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Written November 8, 2005 in Blarney, Flowers, Houses, Photos, Urban

A house in Blarney we spotted while out walking the other day.

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