A brave young man surfs the waves at Ardmore, Co Waterford this afternoon. It was freezing, cold winds sucked any warmth from exposed skin but this guy was out there battling the waves!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
When one force of nature meets an immovable object something has to give.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | DSC-RX100M4 |
| Focal length | 12.81mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Glencolmcille, Donegal. August 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/14 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1.3s |
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 40mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Long Strand, Co Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The weather for the first 3 and a bit months of this year have been miserable. It’s been raining, and cold and windy and miserable. The sun has poked through the clouds for a few days at a time, or more usually in between rain showers it would brighten slightly before the clouds gathered for another onslaught.
So, even though there was a good possibility of rain and the forecast said there were 54km/h winds yesterday I decided we should go to the beach! Luckily it wasn’t freezing but the wind was almost enough to blow us off our feet and it whipped the sea up into a churning mess of white flecking waves and foam on the rocks. Sometimes I couldn’t even take a photo before the wind blew against my zoom lens so much it was hard to hold steady!
It didn’t stop others either. There were well over 20 cars down there, most people sitting in their vehicles watching and listening to the wind howl. Some braved the waves.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 162mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1600s |
Waves crash into the sea wall at Garrettstown Beach, Co Cork a few weeks ago. Beautiful day for a trip down there and the wind blew the sea into violent waves pounding the man made obstructions on shore.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
Water laps the shore at Fountainstown Beach on a crisp September evening.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 50mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/3200s |
I thought I had posted this photo of waves crashing down at Couminole Beach before but no, I have posted several shots of waves at that exposed Atlantic beach but not this one!
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| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
Waves crash and water rushes in on the rocks at Couminole Beach in County Kerry.
Shot almost 2 years ago on Slea Head!
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 106mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
Waves crash on the beach at Allihies in Co Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Allihies Beach on a cold February afternoon. Waves crash on the beach. It was bitterly cold and windy that day but well worth the trip.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |