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Clouds of flame

Sunrise with dark clouds at the top of the frame. Yellow and orange sunlight lighting up the bottom of the clouds and the clear sky underneath. Silhouettes of trees and branches occupy the bottom third of the image.

Shortly after I sat down at my desk this morning, I looked out the window to see quite a beautiful sunrise lighting up the sky.

The top of the sky was a cool blue, moving to dark cloud lower down, then melting to a lovely orange and yellow colour before the sun rose over the distant hill.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	90mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/400s

A car drove towards me a few nights ago while I was playing around with an 8 star filter on my camera. Most of the time it’s totally overdone, but I liked how this came, especially as the headlights are reflected in the bus shelter.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	154mm
ISO	20000
Shutter speed	1/160s

The Fiery Red Tree

A sculpture of a tree sits atop a high stone tower, with a starry sky behind.

Atop a high stone tower in Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary Walk, near Blarney, is a sculpture of a tree. It was created by sculptor, Don Cronin and is impossible to miss if you’re walking in the sanctuary.

This was taken last night when temperatures had dropped to -4.5ºC. I didn’t stay out very long, but braver souls from Blarney Photography Club did!

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	30s

Delicate Orange Roses

Orange roses with a black background. One rose faces the camera lens while the others are blurred.

Orange roses shine out of the darkness of the night. The delicate petals of the flower showing some damage and the effects of ageing.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	50mm
ISO	2000
Shutter speed	1/100s

Christmas Lights in Blarney

The Christmas lights have been switched on in Blarney Woollen Mills and Christy’s Bar.

Aperture	ƒ/16
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	10s

A Panoramic Sunrise

A sunrise panorama. A silhouette of branches and trees climb from a dark foreground to a sky glowing orange and red with the sunrise

The good weather is well and truly gone now, so here’s a sunrise from a few days ago to remind you what the sky above the grey clouds and rain looks like. 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	62mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/80s

Sunrise on a Cloudy Day

The sun rises behind a hill, lighting up the clouds above and making a silhouette of the trees in the foreground.

The heatwave has broken today, but it’s still quite warm at 18C, but the rain is back. It’s like it never left!

The threatened thunderstorms never materialised in Blarney but the sky is cloudy and produced a lovely sunrise this morning around 7am. The sun rising behind the hills east of Blarney lit up the clouds with lovely warm light.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/250s

Sunrise This Morning

Just before the sun rose this morning it lit up the clouds on the horizon, while deeper clouds remained almost grey but with patches of purple.

Just before the sun rose this morning, it shone on the underside of clouds on the horizon, creating a lovely glow I could see from my home office window.

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	44mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/50s

A Sunset ICM

The colours of a sunset captured in the sweep of an ICM photo. Dark to bright orange and a bit of dark at the bottom where the roof of a house was.

I wish Adobe would use their AI to do an automated spot healing tool. My sensor needs cleaning and there were lots of specks that needed to be cloned out in this photo. They can already highlight them. They just need to go that one final step…

Aperture	ƒ/25
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	130mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/2s

The Colours of Sunset

An ICM of the setting sun with red, orange, yellow, black and hints of purple.

The last week has been fairly wet, with cloudy skies, so I thought an ICM of a sunset sky would brighten up the day. Another one that was taken just outside my home. The black parts are the roofs of nearby homes.

Aperture	ƒ/18
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/2.5s

Curious Cows

Cows in a field gathered by the gate when I approached.

Blarney is surrounded by fields, and up a country road from where I live you’ll find farm animals in the fields. It’s mostly cows, and when I approached a gate of one such field, the curious cows came over to watch this strange human on a bicycle.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	10
Shutter speed	1/230s

Our Pets

Diego, a chihuahua, Hoppy and Mommy Cat all in one rare photo

Mommy Cat, the oldest of our cats passed away yesterday at somewhere around the age of 17. We’re not sure, because she adopted us around 15 years ago. We are sure that she was roaming the estate for some time before that.

She had lovely kittens, but only one is left now, Hoppy, who is in the centre of the image here.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	10
Shutter speed	1/340s

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