In what seems like a lifetime ago we visited Wales, exploring some of the towns and countryside near St. David’s, Newport and elsewhere.
Here’s a sunrise outside St. David’s. Up early at 5am. Lovely to be out so early when the world is so quiet.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 70mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
The sun rises over the houses of Blarney early one morning at the end of March, 2022.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.4 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 9mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2800s |
This morning is a beautiful start to the week. Fog in the distance and the fiery orange ball of the sun shining through clear skies. Blarney Castle was lit up in a lovely orange glow and I had to spend a few minutes away from the busy bustle of life to get this photo.
| Aperture | ƒ/4.9 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 30.6mm |
| ISO | 64 |
| Shutter speed | 1/50s |
The sun rises slowly over the horizon almost exactly 4 years ago in March 2018.
| Aperture | ƒ/14 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/640s |
The colours in the sky this morning were unreal for a few minutes. Reds mixed with purples. Deep shadows in the clouds. Wonderful.
| Aperture | ƒ/4.9 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 30.6mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/50s |
It seems unreal but most of the Covid19 restrictions will be lifted in Ireland tomorrow morning at 6am.
You’ll still need the Covid digital cert (or I presume a negative PCR?) to travel on a plane though.
Today we had just over 11,000 new cases of Covid19, but it’s omicron, “the mild variant”. Our hospitals aren’t overflowing. The Taoiseach spoke this evening and acknowledged that case numbers will go up. Hopefully not too many of those extra people die or suffer long term disability.
Despite the frost on the ground in the photo above this has been a remarkably mild winter. If I go anywhere I’ll be eating and drinking outside for a good while yet.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 6.7mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1050s |
The sun almost breaks over the horizon on a lovely October morning in Kerry last year.
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| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
Because of the disc’s enormous magical field, at sunrise, the morning light flows over like thick golden syrup, accumulating in valleys and then slowly crawling over the top of an hillside. The same can be said about the night, which spreads like plum jam.
Terry Pratchett
Sunrise over Muckross Lake in Killarney, Co Kerry. On a visit there with Blarney Photography Club one morning in October 2021.
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 191mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/800s |
Another early morning sunrise photo at Gougane Barra with Blarney Photography Club. Way back in 2016 I published a similar photo but the Gougane Barra boats were swapped. They’ve been there quite some time!
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4s |
An early morning drive to the Lakes of Killarney this morning resulted in an eventful trip for Blarney Photography Club today. Rain didn’t spoil the sunrise, but a trip afterwards to the Gap of Dunloe didn’t go so well with a literal storm blowing up between the hills.
The photo above is from Dinis Cottage if you’re interested. Lovely walk down there and so picturesque!
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
On an island in Gougane Barra, just as the sun broke over the horizon behind me.
Yesterday was the feast day of St. Finbarr. More to be found in this fascinating blog post.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 44mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4s |
Early one morning when the sun rises.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1600s |