Dramatic sky over Seapoint (1 of 1)
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Going fishing (1 of 1)
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Dolomites Sunset
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Portaneena 3
Glasson Athlone
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Glasson Athlone
IMG_7523Theme Composite - Rapeseed bubble
Composite Rapeseed Bubble
The Four Ages of Me
Offshoot Theme - Composite
composite from Davy Jones' locker
for Offshoot challenge
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Dandelion
Love is in the air (1 of 1)
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Dalkey Island to 40ft Pano
Sunrise/Sunset Dun Laoghaire Marina
Dunlin Bird - Calidris alpina
Summer visitor to Ireland from NW Africa/SW Europe, winter visitor from Scandinavia to Siberia, passage migrant from Greenland (heading south to winter in Africa). Most occur during the mid-winter period. Identification
One of the smaller waders and our most abundant one in winter and on passage. A limited number breed in some sandy / grassy locations along the west and north coasts. Plumage is highly variable - in summer, rich chestnut above, streaked on breast, white below with a striking black patch on the belly. The more usually encountered winter plumage bird shows a rather non-descript, uniform, plain brownish-grey on all upperparts and cold white underparts. Juveniles in autumn have warm brown tones on the upperparts and considerable streaking on the breast and underparts. There are many other variations and combinations, depending on the bird's state of moult. It is a rather dumpy bird, with black legs and a longish bill which downcurves slightly. Often occurs in very large flocks.
Sam_in_Bulb
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Japanese Gardens, Kildare
Offshoot Outing
Lost in Hong Kong - Adamski Effect 4
Taken as part of an Offshoot SWM Project (thanks to Emily). A fairly simple Photoshop process with a distinctive result.
Black Castle Moody Sky
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Fog rolling in (1 of 1)-2
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Rain fall over Howth (1 of 1)
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Adamski Effect 4
Had good fun with a group at Offshoot Camera Club trying out the Adamski effect on a number of photos. It provides some interesting effects. The Adamski effect was created by Josh Adamski. It uses blur techniques to create the illusion of movement, and you can choose to isolate figures or elements in the photo and leave them un-blurred. Thanks to Emily Gallagher for leading the group and introducing us to the technique.
Gardena Valley
Dolomites
Coot Relaxing
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Skylark Bird
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Col de la Forclaz
Col de la Forclaz, France Dec.'19
Double Rainbow
Double Rainbow over Dun Laoghaire, Oct.'19
Starling
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Let me sleep
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I have a runing nose
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Heron-2
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Heron-3
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O'Reilly hall portico ICM
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Poolbeg chimneys dawn s-curve
Side light sunrise. How cold was it yesterday, felt like -1 degree despite being May!
Sitting By The Shannon
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Baily Sunrise
Sunrise a day early for the darkness into light. Tomorrow looks wet and full of low cloud. Shot with Sony a6400 and 200-600mm lens. Baily is 10km away!
Red Dawn
Sandymount
Low Key _ Fender Stratocaster
Offshoot theme - low key
Low key -clematis x3
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Carpet of Bluebells
Beautiful but light was very challenging
Frog in Silhouette
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Hare
The Irish hare is one of our most widespread wild mammals, present from sea shore to mountain top and familiar on bogs as well as on farmland. It is Ireland’s only native lagomorph (a group which includes all hare and rabbit species) The Irish hare is a sub-species of Lepus timidus. This species has a widespread distribution across the northern hemisphere, from Ireland to the Pacific Ocean.
One of the main differences between the Irish hare and other sub-species of Lepus timidus is that the former does not turn white in winter.
Hares live above ground and have developed particular strategies to cope with such a life style. Leverets (young hares) are born fully furred with open eyes and are capable of moving about soon after birth. The gestation period of the Irish hare is about 50 days.
Hares have highly developed senses of hearing and smell and their vision is good, particularly for moving objects. They are therefore well adapted for predator detection. Once discovered, the hare has two main strategies for avoiding predators – fight and concealment. Their long powerful hind limbs allow them to outrun most predators.
Lapwing
Lapwings are handsome wading birds, with a broad black breast-band, white underside, iridescent green and purple back and a distinctive wispy crest.
Residents, summer visitors from the Continent (France & Iberia) and winter visitors (from western & central Europe). At a distance the lapwing appears to be black above and white below. When you look closer the upper parts assume a metallic green and purple sheen, especially in bright light.
The underparts are pure white with rich buff under the tail and a broad black breast band.
The lapwing’s head is crowned with a long thin wispy crest. It has a relatively short bill for a wading bird, as it obtains most of its food from the surface of the ground, but possesses typically long, reddish legs. The lapwing has broad, rounded wings, which it flaps noisily during its dramatic, plunging display flight, giving the bird its common name : Peewit.
In Spring males put on dramatic aerial displays, tumbling through the air, accompanied by their piercing 'peewit’ call. The aerial tumbling display over their breeding territory is a dramatic sight, and the birds are extremely vocal at this time, giving a range of calls.
While it is widely distributed as a breeding bird in Ireland, its range and population have been declining markedly in recent years.
A beautiful bird to observe both on the ground and in-flight.
Storm over Howth
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Seapoint rocks (1 of 1)
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Vico Dawn
Killiney
Low-key Heron
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Inspired by 'The Crown'! Low key image
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Low Key Tiger
Offshoot theme
Sky drama over seapoint (1 of 1)
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Sunset over Seapoint (1 of 1)
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Low Key Reflection_
Offshoot theme
Still-life. Low key
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Bluebell
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"Smoke On The Water"
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Song Thrush
Singing as the sun sets. Roche's Hill, Killiney
Sleeping giant at sunset
Looking over some of my Dingle Peninsula photos from last year. Sunset beside Inishtooskert (Inis Tuaisceart). The island is also known as An Fear Marbh (the dead man) or the sleeping giant due to its appearance.
Lilies
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library arcade Belfield in ICM
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Sunrise in Bray
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Follow me
Coot taking her young for a morning stroll/swim
I am very hungry
Coot feeding her young
Dinner Done
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Rugby Stadium in your Back Garden, Dublin
Odle Sunset
Dolomites
Grey Heron
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Dying Tulips
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Dreamy Easter Cactus
Playing around with the flowers on my Easter cactus and the Zuiko 35mm macro.
A handheld shot using natural light and a daylight balanced 65W cfl for fill. After that, some cropping, cleaning and light treatments from the fog and glamour glow filters in Nik Color Efex.
"Just Stop And Take It In "
Rowing in Dun Laoire Harbour at sunset. A time to reflect.
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Taking Flight
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Poolbeg
From Blackrock Baths
Northern Gannet - Morus bassana
A large seabird with long, narrow wings the hunts and breeds around Ireland's coastline and further out to sea.
Gannets spend most of their lives at sea flying long distances to feed - as far as the Bay of Biscay in France or even West Africa. They form dense nesting colonies called “gannetries” on cliffs and rocky islands between March and September each year. Each breeding pair will build a nest using seaweed and mud, and lay a single egg in April/May and incubate it for six to seven weeks. It takes about four years for a young gannet to become fully mature.
Gannets have excellent binocular vision which allow them to spot fish while hovering above the water. Once the fish is spotted they plunge dive into the sea from up to 40 metres, folding wings back on descent to hit the water in a streamlined shape. Gannets have tiny air-sacs under their skin which help protect them from the impact of the water when they dive and allow them to quickly return to the surface more easily.
Lightpainting for Offshoot
with a torch
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Odle Sunset
Dolomites
Convention Centre Reflections - Dublin
First time in City Centre in a year
" Sunset In The Harbour"
Sunset last Saturday evening down in Dun Laoire Harbour, Dublin, Ireland PW1_1171
Hidden Waterfall
Marlay Park
Rising Sun
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Cow
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Kiltoom Sunset
Near Athlone Co Roscommon
Blackrock sunrise
The only trouble with sunrises is having to get up at crazy o'clock for the early start. Nice when you get there though and have the place to yourself for a while.
Cloud Textures at Nighttime.
Failed attempt to take an astro shot last night (1. cloud cover 2. Nearly full moon 3. Unable to focus on stars 4. Dublin light pollution). But, I thought the texture of the clouds was interesting. MoB_01113_038597_03605
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Kiltoom Co Roscommon
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Kiltoom Co Roscommon
Secret garden
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Tangled Tree
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Mono: Botanic skeleton
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A New Day
Sandymount
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail on the Dodder.
Omphalodes verna - Evergreen Perennial
These were growing in a wood with the light shining on the beautiful blues but pink ones there as well.
Mono: Kitchen Drimnagh Castle
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Mono - Guarding His Patch
Offshoot Weekly Theme
Mono Wake Up Call
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mono .spear
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Leading Lines
People's Park Dun Laoghaire
mono . Benin bronze
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CHESS ANYONE
UCD 2020
SIGN OF SPRING
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Mont Saint Michel w
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Offshoot Mono; last vestiges of a tulip
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Poolbeg Dawn
Dublin
Mono - Brothers in arms
Covid Haircut Support Group meeting
