Coliemore Glow
Dalkey
Four (!) Offshoot members at recent Jason Ingram garden photography workshop at Jimi Blake’s Huntingbrook Garden
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GNR Steam Locomotive No. 131 running on main line from Dublin to Dundalk, 8th Sept.'24
Locomovive No. 131 passing along Rogerstown estuary 8/9/24.
Some history.. "Q" class 4-4-0 No. 131 was built in Glasgow in 1901. Operated by Great Northern Railways mainly on routes from Belfast to Clones and from Belfast to Derry. Overhauled/rebuilt in 1920 and again in 1958 when she was handed over to CIE in Dublin. Taken out of service in 1963. Rescued and restored by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, moving under it's own steam again in Jan. 2015.
Dalkey Island
Dalkey Island
Great crested grebes
The Great Crested Grebe is a delightful, elegant waterbird with decorative head plumes. It was once hunted for these fancy feathers, almost causing the population to be wiped out. Great Crested Grebes dive to feed and also to escape, preferring this to flying. On land they are clumsy because their feet are placed so far back on their bodies. They have an elaborate mating display which sees them rise out of the water and shake their heads
Chasing Butterflies - Esther’s Blue
Small butter fly with blue on one site and lovely colours on the other
Saltees Puffin
An image of a Puffin looking out to sea taken on the Greater Saltee Island
Light in the Dark
Dunlaoighre Pier
Road kill
Dereliction is not an accident. These shopfronts once featured in a book celebrating the Irish shopfront.....
Kingfisher
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Sunset over Craig Goch Dam
Elan Valley, Wales
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Fanes Cross
Dolomites
Sunset La Napoule
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Rooks
handheld double exposure in camera to emphasise movement of a single Rook
Sunrise Poole August 31st 2024
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Bee
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All systems are nominal
Multiple exposure, Killiney Hill Obelisk
Rebirth
Within days of the fire on Mullens Hill, a wind carried Thistle seed attaches to the scorched gorse, starting the process of renewal
Red Sails in the Sunset
Yacht, Scotsmans Bay Dun Laoghaire 29th Aug.'24
Butterfly
Focus stack, taken in Butterfly house Malahide.
Malahide Beach
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Malahide Beach
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Fanes Hut
Dolomites
Squirrel on Tap!
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On the Hill
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Hunting Brook Gardens 1
Jimi Blake's garden is a wonderful riot of colour and shape.
Monument Valley, Arizona USA
Monument Valley, April'24
Sleepy Head
A Seal snoozing on the Great Saltee
Thirsty Pheasant
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Killiney hill
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Reykjanes Lighthouse
Shot last September on the Rekjanes Peninsula in South Iceland. I used the sky from the southern view to fill the sky behind the lighthouse as cloud rolled in from the north behind the lighthouse. Both shots taken within seconds of one another.
Eurasian Goshawk
The Goshawk is a large hawk, almost reaching buzzard size. When seen up close, it has a fierce look in its eyes and a distinctive white eyebrow. Thanks to its broad wings, it can to hunt at high speed, weaving in and out of trees, while its legs and talons can catch its prey in flight. The female is much larger than the male. In late winter and spring it performs its 'sky-dance' display. Goshawks are a Schedule 1 species. They are still persecuted and their nests are frequently robbed.
Common Kingfisher(Alcedo atthis) with fish. Also known as the eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher.
Among birds, raptors are known for their sight, penguins for their huddling techniques, and some kingfishers are skillful divers. Some of these colorful and long-beaked birds dive headfirst into water to catch fish at break-neck speeds, all without damaging their brains. How they accomplish this feat is all in their genes.
The special type of diving kingfishers perform is called plunge-diving. Other birds including gannets and pelicans also plunge-dive, but it is not a common foraging method in the animal kingdom. While kingfishers don’t generally hurt themselves on these dives that can reach up to 25 miles per hour, they do not come without risk.
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Lake Garda Sunset
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Swirling wave - Vico Bathing Place
Taken on Offshoot Outling
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Multiple Exposure ICM taken at Marlay Park, Dublin.
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Multiple Exposure ICM taken at Marlay Park, Dublin.
Moody Sandymount
Dublin
Black Tailed Godwits, South Bull
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Super Blue Moon, Dun Laoghaire Harbour lighthouses
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Super Blue Moon, West Pier Light
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Kingfisher Ballet
There are 87 Kingfisher breeds in the world but only one the the beautiful Alcedo atthis, breeds in Europe.
The kingfisher’s contrasting colours – orange, cyan and blue – produce a startling flash of colour. product of tiny pigment granules but its cyan and blue feathers contain no pigments. These colours are ‘structural’. They are created by the intricate structural arrangement of a transparent material which, depending on its precise make-up and thickness compared to the tiny wavelength of light, produces a range of colours by ‘incident light’ – in other words light shining on the sample.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/why-does-the-kingfisher-h...
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August 20th 2024 Blue Super Moon
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Will it fit
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Swallowed whole
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Moonrise over Dalkey Island
Full moon, 19th Aug.'24
St. Magdalena
Funes Valley, Dolomites
Gorse fire on Killiney Hill
August 19th 2024, as shot from Sandymount Strand
Mooner
Fisherman near Cahore Co. Wexford
Happy World Photography Day
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Hitchin....India Day - 18th Aug. 2024
Had a lovely couple of hours at the Phoenix Park yesterday.
Unfortunately I had to leave early and was so sorry to miss the afternoon events. These few photos might give you a small flavour of the day.
Classy Lady - India Day - 18th Aug. 2024
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Possibly a Perseid
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DunLaoghaire Sunset
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Moon August 2024
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Rock Pool at Sunset
Taken on Offshoot Summer Outing
Nightlight
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Puffin portraits
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Puffin portrait
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Life is a struggle
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powerscourt in full bloom
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Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey Island
Sorrento Terrace dating from the 1850’s, with the Martello Tower and Battery on Dalkey Island from earlier 1800’s
Odle Sunset
Dolomites
Hugh Lane Gallery
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Chatsworth Library
The library at Chatsworth House
Firestarter.
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EXIT.
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Kingfisher-Alcedo atthis
Beautiful bright blue and orange birds of slow-moving or still water. They fly rapidly, low over water, and hunt fish from riverside perches, occasionally hovering above the water's surface. Kingfishers are water specialists, they nest close to clean rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. In winter they will move to other bodies of water like canals or coastal lagoons.
They feed almost exclusively on fish, but will also take small invertebrates
Solar Image - Sunspots 14th Aug'24
Using dedicated solar filter.... 560mm, F11, 1/60sec, ISO 100. Plenty of sunspots in view.
milkyway over roof
Two men looked out from prison bars , one saw mud , one saw stars. !! seeing lots of stars past fewnights.
Harmonia
Harmonia Tigerwing in butterfly house, Malahide
Scorpion Weed
Part of the "Frozen Beauty" Panel
Aurora glow over Dublin
August 12th from Coliemore harbour
Russborough House & Park
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Devil's pitchfork
From a helicopter ride over the dunes of Sossuvlei, Namibia.
Blue Hour Light Trails
Taken on Offshoot Summer Outing
Fountain, People's Park
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Milky Way over Macgillycuddy Reeks
From the Europe Hotel, Killarney
Sea shower
Looking out to Killiney Bay, Dublin
Bubbly Bloom
Part of “Frozen Beauty” panel
Nature's Architecture
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Spoonbill precariously perched
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cosmos and cup cake papers
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Dragon Fly
This beauty along with lots of others were in a small hidden pond in Ravens Point Wexford Ireland. Just buzzing around and doing their business. Fascinating to watch.
Isabelline Wheater Bird with chick.
A large pale wheatear. Gray-brown above with warm orangish tones on white underparts and a pale white eyebrow. Tail is predominantly black with white edges and it contrasts sharply with its snow-white rump. Somewhat similar in coloration to a toned-down female Northern Wheatear, but visibly larger, shorter-tailed, and longer-billed (all of which are accentuated by the typically tall, erect posture). Inhabits flat, open areas, often at middle to high elevations. Remarkable song has a tumbling quality that includes long ringing whistles, chattering, and imitations of other sounds in the surrounding environment. Calls include shorter whistles and hard “chak’s,” like rocks being struck together.
Red Admiral Butterfly
Kilmacurragh Gardens
malahide Castle and Gardens
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malahide Castle and Gardens
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Clogher strand
Moody shot
Portaferry
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Bloomsday Moment
Kennedys pub
Guiding Lights
Dunlaoighre, Dublin
Aer Lingus A320-200 over Bray Head Cross - Bray Air Display 2024
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Red Kite- Milvus milvus
Male and female kites are very similar in size and appearance, but juveniles have a pale, ‘washed-out’ colouring.
Key features to help identify them include the sharp angles of long wings, tilting fine, forked tails and the intense autumnal fire of their feathers: fox reds and russets, winter-sunset orange, coal black, white ash; a marigold bill and feet and a cumulous blue-white head, nape and eye.
Blackrock sunset
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Dun Laoghaire Skyline
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Dun Laoghaire East Pier Evening Walk
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Puffin Landing
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