Unexpected Stop on the Slea Head Drive
The Dingle Peninsula is pure magic, isn’t it? Beautiful scenery, wild oceans and if you’re unlucky, a traffic jam caused by a cow walking up the road.
The sign Americans dread
It’s a commonly held belief that Americans don’t know how to drive around roundabouts, but when I visited that country last year (in the before times), I saw at least 2 roundabouts and local people had no problems traversing them. Good luck getting around them in a monstrosity like the Cybertruck however.
The Anonymous Suit
An anonymous man in a suit at the Dingle Races a few years ago. I’m pretty sure he was sucking a lollipop.
Hay Bales at Dusk
In a field behind Wine Strand on the Dingle Peninsula, I spotted some hay bales. The sun had already set, but the sky wasn’t very interesting. The lay of the land cast an interesting shadow and I like photographing bales whenever I see them.
The Three Sisters at Twilight
From Dooneen Pier on a lovely April day in 2022 I saw the Three Sisters off the distance. The sea was fairly calm, and the evening was warm for that time of the year. I think I spent a good hour wandering up and down the pier taking photos, until darkness descended, and I went…
Above and Below: Penguin Partners
Two Humboldt penguins swim in the tank at Dingle Oceanworld a few years ago.
Rural Barriers
Barbed wire along the edge of a field on Valentia Island is knotted to make sure the barrier holds. I remember hearing a podcast about the use of barbed wire in the US, how, in the 19th century, it helped white farmers control herds and easily fence their territories. The wikipedia page is quite interesting.
The Aquatic Paparazzi
A photographer with his phone captured the waves on Cuminole Strand a few years ago. It was a beautiful August afternoon, a far cry from the wintery weather outside right now!
A Silhouette of a Sunset
The sun had just set beyond Dunmore Head, next to Coumeenoole Beach. I had arrived late, but in time to make a silhouette of the hill and catch clouds just peeping over the hill.
A Stag and his hinds
I visited the National Park in Killarney, Co Kerry, today to photograph the deer with other members of Blarney Photography Club, and a few friends. There weren’t many stags or deer to be seen, apart from in a field up a hill beyond the Castlerosse Park Resort golf course. We found this stag near the…
A bovine family by the sea
A cow and its calf in a field on the Dingle Peninsula as the sun sets behind them. A beautiful April evening in 2022, when the first signs of Spring were showing.