Tir 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 [...]
2008Wed01Oct
Tir na nOg ar Oilean Chleire
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Vehicles, Water
2008Thu25Sep
Cottages in decay
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 40D, Co. Cork, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanTwo tiny cottages sit on the quayside in Cape Clear’s North Harbour. You might have missed them when you arrived because they’re off in the opposite direction most people take. I was quite taken with the contrast between both cottages. While both are obviously old and have seen better days, the left one has a [...]
2008Fri25Apr
An Fear Marbh san uisce
Filed in Canon 20D, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Landscape, Night, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, WaterAn Fear Marbh, or “The Dead Man” in English lies off the coast of Co. Kerry. I posted another photo of the island taken on the same night as this one here, but it was such a beautiful evening I took quite a few shots!
2007Sun04Feb
Alcatraz Staircase
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, Automattic, Black and White, California, Candid, Canon 20D, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 10-20, United States, WaterAlcatraz Staircase A lonely staircase on Alcatraz is off-limtis to tourists but not to the eye of my camera.
2006Thu21Dec
An Fear Marbh
Filed in Canon 20D, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Landscape, Night, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, SunAn Fear Marbh An Fear Marbh, an island off the coast of Co. Kerry, Ireland, with the setting sun lighting up the cloud over the Atlantic. “An Fear Marbh” translates as “the dead man” and is so named because of the obvious shape of the island – that of a man lying on his back. [...]
2006Mon30Oct
Watching from Alcatraz
Filed in Architecture, California, Photos, Rocks, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, United States, WaterWatching from Alcatraz A small hut on the island of Alcatraz looks out on San Francisco. It looks well preserved and anyone in the hut would have a god view of the city and probably the surrounding coastline up to the Golden Gate Bridge.
