A horse and rider just after coming out of the water. They’d been wading through the water out further. Good exercise for the horse.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 178mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
Tag Archives: horse
The Watchful Eye of Sheep’s Head
Several years ago on Sheep’s Head we went for a walk and discovered a lovely horse nearby!
Did you know? Horses have nearly 360-degree vision due to the placement of their eyes on the sides of their heads, allowing them to spot predators from almost any direction without moving their heads.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 6.7mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Number 5 Takes Flight at Dawstown P2P
A horse and rider at Dawstown Point to Point in 2022.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 8000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2000s |
Horses on Sherkin Island
We were visiting Sherkin Island in 2015 when I saw a rider pulling another horse along with him. This was on Cow Strand, but I’d seen him riding on Silver Strand earlier in the day. A lovely, warm, August day just before school was about to start again.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Hungry Horse
The horses in the field adjoining Castlemartyr Resort were a curious bunch when Blarney Photography Club visited last week, when they came over to us for a chat and a sniff of our cameras.
This one threw all caution to the wind and just kept eating, ignoring me, and enjoying his best life. Rightly so, too.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 6400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A trot after the race
After the race, the horses slowed down to a trot. Dawstown, this year.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 75mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Ready to race
After the horses parade, the jockeys mount their horses for the coming race. Ice cream is always popular, even on a cold hilltop on race day. 🙂
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Bunched up at Dawstown
I attended the point to point horse racing this afternoon at Dawstown, Co. Cork, with others from Blarney Photography Club. We were lucky with the weather, even if it did become cold later on.
There was a good crowd there, and I recognised some faces from last year. If the shouting from the crowd is anything to go, they enjoyed the day too!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 383.9mm |
| ISO | 1600 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1000s |
Another lap at the races
A rider and horse at the Dingle Races completes one lap of the track in August 2022.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 132mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1000s |
Horse is a picky eater
Down by Garrettstown Beach in Co Cork I spotted a horse in a field. He was by himself and I went over to say hi, and take his photo.
He’s obviously had enough of people taking his photo, or maybe he ate something unpleasant, to judge by the look on his face. 🙂
| Aperture | ƒ/2.2 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 2.2mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/590s |
Blarney Men’s Shed win best St. Patrick’s Day Parade float
The Men’s Shed in Blarney constructed this fabulous float for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Blarney yesterday. It was voted the best float of the day by a panel who reviewed the parade.
The cart was made by members of the Shed so, as the announcer in the village said, it may be the newest cart pulled by a horse in the country now.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Ford Mustang
Another shot of the same Mustang at Charles Fort a few weeks ago. Plenty of photo opportunities!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |