Inside Biosphere 2, Arizona is a complete ecosystem meant to keep a group of people alive for months on end. That project ended years ago but the building remains and it’s worth a visit if you’re in the area! Just in case you didn’t see yesterday’s post, 3 hotel rooms going for free on the [...]
2009Tue18Aug
Growing Wild in the Biosphere
Filed in Arizona, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, Trees, United States
2009Sat01Aug
A Yellow Rose
Filed in Canon 40D, Canon 50mm f1.8, Cork, Douglas, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Photography, Photos, UrbanA yellow rose in my father-in-law’s garden. Even in his mid eighties he’s very active and loves tending his garden.
2009Thu30Jul
Keeping the Chicks Alive
Filed in Blarney, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban2 chicks are fed by a parent just outside the window of my home office here in Blarney. The chicks have been there all evening and I just looked out again and they’re still there. Unfortunately the neighbour’s cat, Patches, saw them too and is keeping a vigil close by. We saw the parent bird [...]
Fuchsia flowers in my dad’s back garden. I’ve tried to photograph fuchsia plants many times but the flowers are so delicate that any sort of breeze will set them shaking. I took this photo with the Canon 50mm resulting in a very fast shot and thankfully the lack of wind helped too! (Posting this so [...]
Rocky Bay in County Cork is a beautiful little sandy beach, despite the name.
They’re not daisies are they? They look like them, but they were for sale in a garden centre and I’m sure they wouldn’t be so bold as to offer the common daisy for sale?
2009Mon06Jul
Autumn Trees
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Photos, Trees, United KingdomBeautiful golden leaves adorn the trees in Burnham Beeches near London. Last year I posted a photo of the same trees in Burnham Beeches and this version has been sitting in my TODO folder ever since, waiting for me to work on it.
2009Sat04Jul
The gull fight
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, UrbanGulls fight over a few crumbs of bread at the Lough in Cork. Taken during a photowalk there last year.
Beautiful, pretty pink flowers in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork in July 2007. I already posted a photo of these flowers but this one was sitting in my TODO box for so long it had to see the light of day!
The Cliffs of Moher, majestic cliffs in County Clare looking out on the Atlantic Ocean. 7UP are part of the campaign to name the cliffs as one of the new 7 natural wonders of the world. You’ve probably seen the crazy adverts! It was a really miserable day when we got there. Shooting was really [...]
