Clowning Around
Clown in a hail of popcorn, Duffy's Circus, 8 October 2026.
Photos from an OffShoot photography outing.
Autumnal Odle
Dolomites
The Complex Beauty of the shore
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European common frog
Green and gold. A European common frog breaks the reflected grey sky.
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Chapter House Ceiling
The ceiling of the chapter house at York Minster. It was built in the late thirteenth century, during a comprehensive rebuilding and progressive replacement of the then-existing Norman Romanesque minster. It is of octagonal plan and is unusual in not having a central column to support the relatively large roof.
Pale Tussock Moth caterpiller
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Vico Baths Dawn
Killiney
Dubai in February
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Dubai
Water display in Dubai
Dubai at night
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JACKSON FALLS 2
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King's College Chapel, Cambridge
lucky timing for the image
I think it has similarities to a Dutch Master's painting
Dun Laoghaire Dawn
Dublin
Hoopoe
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Cliffs of Moher - just after Dawn
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Icefall
Back to a re-edit of one of my Svalbard pictures from 2016. While out in the zodiacs taking pictues of the glacier cliffs there was a tremendous icefall from part of one of the glaciers. Lucky enough to get some shots of it happening, and to be far enough away not to be affected!
Sciliar Sunset
Dolomites
Rivulets
Southern Morocco, 26 December 2025.
Childen of the World
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Trá na mBo Waterford
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Dodder Foxes
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Still Looking beautiful
Botanic Gardens today
Gardena Pass
Dolomites
Childen of the World
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Larr the Liffey Warrior
The 65th Liffey Descent
Hi Ho Silver_Ger Halpin
The 65th Liffey Descent
old boat Durrus
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All roads lead to home
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Sandymount Lines
Dublin
Laytown Races
Another shot from the Laytown Races, 10 September 2026.
An OffShoot Outing.
"Laytown racecourse is an extremely unique track as it is Ireland's only horse racing event run on a beach under the Rules of Racing. Laytown Racecourse is a seven-furlong straight track that is on a tidal beach. Racing takes place on just one day in September each year, with the races all run over either six or seven furlongs. Until the 2015 meeting, races commenced via a flag start, but stalls have now been introduced.
People travel far and wide to witness the spectacle of horse racing on the beach in Ireland, with crowds in excess of 5,000 in attendance every year. As the tide recedes in the morning of race day, the race course is quickly set up allowing for six races of between six furlongs and one mile. The majority of racegoers watch the action from an elevated field above the strand which is set up for the day with temporary marquees which act as the weigh room, the jockeys’ room, bars and restaurants."
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The 65th Liffey Descent
Ger Halpin
The 65th Liffey Descent
Friendship
Two young women at the Laytown Races, 10 September 2026.
An OffShoot Outing.
"Laytown racecourse is an extremely unique track as it is Ireland's only horse racing event run on a beach under the Rules of Racing. Laytown Racecourse is a seven-furlong straight track that is on a tidal beach. Racing takes place on just one day in September each year, with the races all run over either six or seven furlongs. Until the 2015 meeting, races commenced via a flag start, but stalls have now been introduced.
People travel far and wide to witness the spectacle of horse racing on the beach in Ireland, with crowds in excess of 5,000 in attendance every year. As the tide recedes in the morning of race day, the race course is quickly set up allowing for six races of between six furlongs and one mile. The majority of racegoers watch the action from an elevated field above the strand which is set up for the day with temporary marquees which act as the weigh room, the jockeys’ room, bars and restaurants."
Tetrapod B/W. The oldest known footprints on Earth. Valentia Island.
360,000,000 years ago a 4 legged amphibian walked on a sandy shoreline in Earth’s southern hemisphere, erect like a Komodo Dragon, dragging its tail behind. The beach morphed to sandstone and tectonic action send it northwards, ultimately becoming Valentia Island.
Childen of the World
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Coliemore Dawn
Dalkey
Reflections of the Laytown Races
Offshoot Outing
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Childen of the World
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Tour du Mont Blanc Terrain
Switzerland
Seaside Gallop
Laytown Races, 10th Sept.'26
Almáciga... Looking East.
I was surprised that I captured so few images of this area. Unfinished business.
Iconic London - St Pauls from Millennium Bridge
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A Hike a Day ......
Tour Du Mont Blanc
Laytown Races
Laytown Races. 10 Sept.'26
A close race
Laytown Races. 10 Sept.'26
Waiting
Porto Metro
Vico Baths Sunrise
Killiney, Ireland
India Day 2026
It's back!
India Day, Trim, Co. Meath. 30 August 2026.
(Even though it celebrates India's independence on 15 August 1947.)
"India Day was celebrated at Trim Castle in Co Meath on Sunday, a year on from the annual event being cancelled due to a spate of attacks on, and abuse towards, members of Ireland’s Indian community.
The event, which has been organised by the Ireland India Council (IIC) since 2015, aims to celebrate relations between the countries."
Vico Baths Sunrise
Killiney, Dublin, Ireland
Childen of the World
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Camino Frances, Solar Eclipse
The winding path of the Camino climbs out of Hornillos del Camino 4km away, to the plateau of the Mesatas at over 925m altitude. The Eclipse was down about 8 -10 degrees above the horizon line, so from the vantage point appeared almost at eye level, and seemed to hum during totality. Temperature dropped from 38 deg C to something much more comfortable during and after the eclipse. (composite image)
St. Magdalena Sunset
Funes Valley, Dolomites
Childen of the World
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Valley of Despair
Abu Dhabi, 2022.
"The Empty Quarter or Rub' al Khali is the desert area encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 km2, including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert."
Harry Potter Bookshop Staircase
Livraria Lello Porto
Bodegas Ysios
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, Ysios Winery sits at the foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains near Laguardia
Calandar lark- melanocorypha calandra, Southeast Georgia
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Marques de Riscal, Frank Gehry architect
Following the success of Guggenheim Bilbao, the family owners of the Marques de Riscal estate in Rioja pursued and cajoled Frank Gehry into designing for them. The deal was sweetened with a bottle of their finest reserva from the cellar, laid down the year Gehry was born.
Childen of the World
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Floating
Another Svalbard one from 2016 I didn't get round to editing at the time. Some lovely light on the berg.
Peak View
Chamonix, France
he got a fish , I gor a photo
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Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao B&W
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Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Atrium
Influences of Alvar Aalto and in particular Frank Lloyd Wright’s original Guggenheim rotunda are so apparent, but processed through an irreverent deconstructionism.
Fishing on the Edge
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Seapoint Sunrise
Dublin
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Evening light, long exposure from the other side of the river, no tripod just sat the camera on the quayside.
Childen of the World
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P8192674 copy
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The Long and Short of it
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A Curlew feeding on Crabs.
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LargewhiteLavender
Large white butterfly on Lavender but am open to correction
Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) Southeastern Georgia
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Dun Laoghaire Dawn
Ireland
P8192556 copy
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P8192573 copy
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Great reed warbler
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Lac Blanc
Chamonix, France
Corona (Explored 18.8.2026)
2026 Solar Eclipse, from the Camino Frances near Burgos. The Sun's corona or outer atmosphere with the solar winds of ionised gas ejecting outwards across the solar system
Blue triangles
I was keeping cool during the recent hot spell be going over some of my old Svalbard shots from 2016, now I'm somewhat better at post processing than I was then. I also came across this shot that I'd missed first time round. Shows the benefits of revisiting old pictures from time to time.
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Dragonfly in flight 2
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Dragonfly in flight
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Moss Walk
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Val Veny Reflection
Tour du Mont Blanc, Italy
Horned Lark
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Lesser Spotted Eagle - Clanga pomarina
This is a migratory species, migrants leaving their breeding grounds between August and November, and returning in March and April.
Point of Ayr lighthouse
Staying with the lighthouse theme of the last post, here's one from a trip to Wales in 2023. The lighthouse is on the north Wales coast near the entrance to the Dee estuary. It was a beautiful sunrise that morning.
Gannet Colony, Little Skellig
Every ledge is home.
Heather on the Hills
Hillwalking in Wicklow yesterday
Headstone of St Fionan, Skellig Michael
St Fionan (Finnian) established the hermetic monastery on Skellig Michael, located 12 kilometers off the coast of Kerry, in the 6th C. The monks hewed out a platform from the rocky summit, buiding sparse 'beehive huts' (clochain), and storing rainwater in underground cisterns.
