I love the colours of the trees at this time of year. We’ve been lucky this year that the autumn and early winter has been so mild. It was 15C today! I think of this display as one last hurrah before the cold and rain and wind really sets in.

Clusters of mushrooms growing out of an old tree trunk by a small river.

Here’s one of my attempts at a mushroom photo, focus stacked from 4 roughly the same images. This sort of photography is really hard isn’t it? You have to get down really low which is a problem itself if you don’t have a tripod to suit. An extension tube is a requirement as I don’t…

Walking down the hill in Knockomagh Wood, Co Cork in March 2015.

A butterfly bush in Fitzgerald Park, July 2016.

Spotted this little guy in the ditch behind my home a few days ago. Handsome fella but nervous of humans. He hid when my neighbour walked past!

If you’ve been to Dingle you’ve probably passed through the village of Lispole. It’s on that long fairly straight road where the speed limit is 60km/h. There are lovely views from the top of the hill overlooking the village and this viaduct sits behind the petrol station at the bottom of the village. I’d seen…

Fence running away from me in the hills above the Conor Pass, Co Kerry.

When one force of nature meets an immovable object something has to give.

On a cold December day in 2019 Blarney was frosty as the sun rose over the horizon.

Beautiful late afternoon light hits the hills of the Douro Valley in Portugal in November 2019.

Well, I won’t drive on the grass if you don’t.