
4Y4A4600-Pano
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4Y4A4649-Enhanced-NR
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Killarney Golf Club
Killeen 18th green and clubhouse with a larger than usual pond

Puffin On Lookout
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The spires by the sea
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The shower room
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Road Racer
Taken at Mondello Race track

Frogfest
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Tracks To Nowhere
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Sunset Glow
Dolomites

Calm Waters
Camino Island Malta

Calm Waters
Camino Island, Malta

St. Nahi's churchyard, Dundrum
A 720nm IR image with minimal processing in PSP and Nik Silver Efex. It just had the full contrast and structure filter, a virtual selenium tone on an Ilford Pan F simulation and slight desaturation in Nik Silver Efex after some straightening and tidying in PSP.

The Patient Kingfisher
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Rainy evening on the High Line 1
The formidable structure of the former elevated rail line, now a linear elevated park

A lady and a bird
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Killbogget Park
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_E3A1673-HDR-Edit-Edit-Edit
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Passing by....
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Sugarloaf B&W

B&W High Seas

Mysterious Forest
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Passo Sella View
Dolomites

Wicklow Head from Clonmannon beach
After Hokusai. View of the old and even older lighthouses on Wicklow Head.

sunny sunday
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wet Saturday

County Mayo, West of Ireland
Beautiful Mayo which sits right at the heart of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way and one of my favourite places to visit.
Mayo embraces the Atlantic Ocean with many of the unforgettable landmarks dotted along its coastline.
There are many lakes, explore the green and peaceful valleys, walk up to the peak of wild mountains or experience challenging outdoor activities.
Appreciate the stunning islands and stretches of coastline; take pleasant strolls on the wonderful, yet unspoiled, beaches and enjoy the pure and crystal waters.
There is a good variety of animal species in Mayo, an attractive and enjoyable country for animals and bird watching.
People are really friendly and it is well worth a visit.

Passing by.........
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Nun's day out!
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The Oculus
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Howth from Dun Laoghaire Harbour

Chancel (Christchurch)
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Red Kite
A beautiful majestic bird of prey. They hunt on the wing, soaring and circling for prey. Buzzards and Red Kites both have fingered tips to their wings but the tail of the red kite if forked. Their grey heads make them more distinguishable as well as the reddish plumage on the back and chest, with pale grey patches on the underside of the wings and tail.

calm after storm
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mountain reflection
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Christchurch cathedral
Dublin

Reverse busking....
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Chiesa di san Valentino
Dolomites

4Y4A4125
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4Y4A4270
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4Y4A4137-Enhanced-NR
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4Y4A4054
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The Oculus
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Oculus sits over a major transportation hub at the World Trade Centre, Manhattan.

Honey Pot Location - Gougane Barra
Taken on workshop with Darren J Spooley Photography

Tree-line Sunset
Dolomites

My beautiful launderette!
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before the storm agapanthus
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after the storm agapanthus-2
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Hotel de Dieu Lyon
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Whitney, High Line
The Whitney is located at the southernmost part of the High Line, a wonderful park created on former elevated train line.

Earth to Starship...come in please
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St Finbarr's Oratory, Gougane Barra
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Wild hungry Little Owl (Athene noctua) ready to go hunting
The little owl has piercing yellow eyes and mottled brown and cream colouring across its head and body. The wings are rounded and move with rapid wingbeats.
The bird lives up to its name, standing at only 20cm in height, and has a short tail.
Little owls are nocturnal, like most owls. They hunt from dusk till dawn, feeding on small insects, small mammals, frogs and reptiles. These owls are also a delicious snack for other nighttime hunters, including genets and larger birds of prey.
True to their name, Little owls are small and can easily hide in their surroundings. Sometimes you can spend hours trying to find them but feel you are being watched. They are so small and really beautiful. Their common call is quite distinctive; a repetitive series of whistles that sound like "kew-kew-kew."

Wintry Sassolungo
Dolomites

Rue Saint Jean Lyon
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Basilique composite
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Dingle Sunset
Taken on a John Hooton workshop in April 22.

contoured
One from my helicopter ride in Namibia back last May. Flying above the dune landscape at dawn gave some amazing abstract shots as the sun gradually rose.

Istanbul sunset.
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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
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Is anybody there?
Wicklow Gaol

Rue de Lyon
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After the rain
Taken on a rainy evening walk in Lyon

Place Dauphine, Paris
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Istanbul sunset.
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Sella Sunset
Dolomites

4K4A5630-Enhanced-NR
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Giudecca Stucky
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Grumpy Red Kite
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‘Selfie’ocene, American Museum of Natural History
Anthropocene: current period of time where human activities are catastrophically impacting the environment, and causing mass extinction……..sound familiar??

Minimalist West Cork
Taken on workshop with Darren J Spooley Photography

Central Park Colour (F01)
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Giving it a spin!
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Wolf Moonrise, Dublin Bay
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Mystic Sunset
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Cloud 9
Soft clouds at sunset on Mullaghcleevaun Mountain Wicklow Ireland

RGB Smoke Using Harris Shutter Effect
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Apple going up in Smoke
Using Harris Shutter Effect

Snow to Sky
Dolomites

It's just potty!
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Baily Lighthouse under a moonlit sky
Full moon on January 15th 2025

The door
Didn't post that many of my Namibia photos from last May here at the time as I was waiting until I'd done a presentation at my camera club. Will get round to posting a few of my favourites now over the next while. This is definitely a favourite from the visit to the amazing abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop. I went back to this building a couple of times as I had nice shots from the first visit but nothing that stood out. On this occasion was lucky to get the light just as it was shining on the door.

Coffee via Droste Effect

2024 Duffy's Circus - 1 of 12
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2024 Duffy's Circus - 4 of 12
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Oh look, it's Harry!
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Moonrise over Roger Casement Statue, Dún Laoghaire
Emerging full moon, 14th Jan.'25
Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

The Bath
Reworking of an old photo from Kolmanskop in Namibia, that I originally posted more than a decade ago.
This post was inspired by Richard Boyle's photos which he took last year and showed at an OffShoot meeting last night.
Richard's photos of Kolmanskop are much better, by the way!
"In 1908 the worker Zacharias Lewala found a diamond while working in this area and showed it to his supervisor, the German railway inspector August Stauch. Realizing the area was rich in diamonds, German miners began settlement, and soon after the German government declared a large area as a 'Sperrgebiet', starting to exploit the diamond field.
Driven by the enormous wealth of the first diamond miners, the residents built the village in the architectural style of a German town, with amenities and institutions including a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley, theatre and sport-hall, casino, ice factory and the first x-ray-station in the southern hemisphere, as well as the first tram in Africa. It had a railway link to Lüderitz."

Life's just a whirl!
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House in the forest
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Juac Huts
Dolomites

B&W Artist at Work

Misty swan
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Going for a spin!
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Preparing for the chop!
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Dolomite Huts in the Snow
Dolomites

Hard at work!
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The Duck Pond
A personal 'Birds of America' from Christmas '24 in Vermont. Just a bunch of Mallards!