Tullagh Cemetery in Baltimore, Co Cork, Ireland is just a field away from the excellent Casey’s Hotel where we spent the last week. I went down there one evening to shoot a couple of half capsized trawlers in the bay when I turned around and saw some of the headstones silhouetted against the setting sun. [...]
Tullagh Cemetery at Sunset
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Night, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, UrbanBrilliant Winter Leaves Just over a month ago, some of the trees around here still had leaves. I took the camera with me one evening when we went for a walk around the park. The leaves were a lovely bright and vibrant colour, but obviously this has been a little touched up in the GIMP [...]
Doneraile Park Stream
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Doneraile, Ireland, Photos, River, Sigma 10-20, Trees, WaterDoneraile Park Stream Water flows through Doneraile Park on a cold November afternoon. Despite the late season, leaves still cling to the branches of nearby trees although they’ve turned golden-orange and make a beautiful covering on the ground. I was quite surprised that the Wikipedia page for Doneraile didn’t mention Elizabeth Aldworth, one of only [...]
Sunrise over Blarney
Filed in Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, UrbanSunrise over Blarney This is the view that greeted me a few days ago from my office. I wouldn’t post it except that today is wet and gloomy and I want to remember what a nice sunrise looks like instead of the grey cloud I’m looking at now. The Midleton Food & Drink Festival is [...]