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Photos at the Conor Pass

A family stopped at the top of the Conor Pass to take photos of each other on a glorious July day in 2022.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	35mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/50s

Another lap at the races

A young rider on a brown horse races past the finish line after doing a lap of the track on grass. People watching from behind the barrier and umbrellas offering shade to bookies behind.

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

Sunrise by the Brickeen Bridge

Reeds in the foreground, then water and far away hills are coloured yellow by the rising sun behind clouds in the sky.

On a trip with Blarney Photography Club to the Lakes of Killarney a year ago, we photographed the water as the sun rose over the mountains in the distance.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	144mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/160s

Alone in the crowd

A man sits at a table surrounded by other tables with people at them. He is alone, facing an empty chair.

Momentarily alone in a crowd at the Dingle Races a few years ago.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	85mm
ISO	3200
Shutter speed	1/1000s

Hussey’s Folly and the green fields

On a lovely evening in August 2020, we were visiting Dingle in Co. Kerry. A walk out to Hussey’s Folly is always on the cards, I think this evening was the last time we saw Fungie too. He was swimming in the bay, just off shore, surrounded by boats, as he always was.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	37mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/400s

A stag and his grass

A stag digging into grass to decorate his antlers

A stag with grass on his antlers, thought to make him more attractive to the female of the species.

A stag buries his head in grass, to decorate his antlers and make himself more attractive to female deer.

Killarney National Park, October 2023.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	514.7mm
ISO	1250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Castlerosse Park Resort Cottage

A small cottage surrounded by a neat lawn and hedges with trees in the background.

Situated at the edge of the woods behind the Castlerosse Park Resort golf course is this small cottage. We walked by it a few weeks ago when we were in the area to photograph the rutting.

There was a car parked directly outside, so it’s occupied, but it’s so solitary and in a secluded area, it was like finding a magic cottage in the wood.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	40
Shutter speed	1/100s

To be a stag in October

A stag with grass in his antlers look on at stags and other deer out of the picture

We went to Killarney National Park this morning to photograph the annual rutting. This is when stags come down from the mountain and look for romance and court any nearby female deer. And they’re quite vocal about it.

This particular guy was on one side of the tarmac path occupied by us human photographers, and it didn’t occur to us that he wanted to get to the other side, where a large group of younger stags and some does had gathered.

In frustration, he bellowed, pawed the ground, and ripped grass from the ground.

A stag walks across a tarmac path, previously occupied by this photographer. Other photographers are seen in the background.

When we finally realised what he wanted, we made a hasty exit to the side. We watched this huge, powerful creature walk over ground we recently vacated.

Unfortunately, the other deer, male and female, all ran from him. None stayed around to challenge him. If you look carefully, you’ll see his right eye is weeping and injured. He has lost the use of that eye, whether through infection or injury, but it hasn’t slowed him down.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	473.2mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/1000s

Red Clouds at Sunset

High clouds are lit by the sun after it has set. They're a vivid red thanks to the sun shining through the atmosphere. Street lights and the tops of houses are visible too.

Clouds in the sky are lit up by the sun after it has set. They’re a vivid red thanks to the light travelling through the thick atmosphere just beyond the horizon.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	94mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/100s

Betting on the horses

A woman takes a receipt after placing a bet at a horse race. The bookie stands on a platform, with a screen and umbrella protecting him.

A woman collects a receipt after making a bet at the Dingle races last year.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/1000s

The cars of Inch Beach

Just some of the vehicles parked on Inch Beach the other day. Adventurous folk!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Narrator: vehicles weren’t removed

An electronic sign at a beach says, "HIGH TIDE 5:15pm Tues1Aug"

An electronic sign at a beach saying,
"Remove
Vehicles
in GOOD TIME"

It’s good to see a warning for motorists who park on Inch Beach in Co. Kerry. High tide was at 5:15pm yesterday, and motorists were urged to remove their vehicles “in GOOD TIME”.

We parked in the car park and left at 5:42pm, but there were still a few hardy souls on the beach with their cars. Including one German registered Land Rover Defender that was parked right next to the “No cars beyond this point”. I guess they wanted to use their spotless, clean vehicle in “extreme terrain” like a “sandy beach” just once before going back to the urban jungle.

Luckily, high tide isn’t high enough to submerge vehicles.

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	27.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/100s