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Misty Lake Garda
Italy
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Puffin in the thrift.
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) amongst the sea thrift, Great Saltee Island.
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sports gear for the Aged?
not sure they are reaching their target market
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Urban fox kit
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Tory Island & Fanad Lighthouse
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Tory Island & Fanad Lighthouse
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Long Eared Owl
from a recent Offshoot outing to the bird of prey centre at Russborough.
I found I wasn't particularly good at any kind of action shots, but some of the birds did pose very patiently for straight portraits.
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Tuskar Rock Lighthouse from St. Helen’s Bay
20 July 2024
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Poulnabrone Dolmen at Sunset
The Burren
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Infinity Pool
Seapoint, Dublin
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Good Morning Monday
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Gannet
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
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Northern Gannet
A large seabird with long, narrow wings. Plunge dives into the sea from up to 40 metres, folding wings back on descent to hit the water in a streamlined shape. Long neck, head and bill. Large projecting wedge shaped tail. Large dark webbed feet. In adult plumage is white both above and below with large dark wing tips and a yellowish head. Takes 4 years to reach adult plumage. Juvenile bird is all brown (apart from upper tail coverts), with beautiful fine white speckling. Attains adult plumage slowly with sub-adult birds showing white under sides and a variable amount of black in the wing.
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Pitigliano
Italy
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Quiver Tree Forest sunset
Late evening at the Quiver Tree Forest in Namibia as the sun set and the moon rose.
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Two dogs and their man, Falcaragh beach
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Northern gannets
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) with the landing gear out
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Northern gannet
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
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Eurasian Linnet- Bath time
The linnet is a slim bird with a long tail. The upper parts are brown, the throat is sullied white and the bill is grey.
The summer male has a grey nape, red head-patch and red breast.
Females and young birds lack the red and have white underparts, the breast streaked buff.
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Sugar Loaf Reflections - after Blue Hour
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Camogli Harbour
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Tree Grove (Courtown Woods)
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Fly - (Courtown Woods)
Not one for the wall in your house!
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Forty Foot
Dublin
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such beautiful eyes
35mm macro with Viltrox extension tube
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Ostrich
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Wallaby
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Where the trees meet
Glengarriff Cork
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Nice place to reflect
Gougane Barra Cork
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Killarney Golf & Fishing Club
Mahonys Point 18th Green
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“The answer, my friend is ….”
Dolomites
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another ghost tree
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ghostly tree
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Look at my muscles
A Ring Tailed Lemur giving a demonstration of his masculinity on the roof of a shed at FOTA wildlife park Cork
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Saltmills Wreck
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Ripped tide
Glengarriff Cork
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Road block cattle crossing
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"Dad's off shooting eejits again"
Egret in UCD
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Sparring Stallions
Doodling with some old images from the Camargue
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perfect fern frond
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Vernazza
Beautiful isolated village on steep slopes. No cars can get in and the train needed a lot of tunnels
The best restaurant needed 200 almost vertical steps to get to it, but the food and views were wonderful
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Boat to Garnish Island
Glengarriff Cork
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Roof needs attention
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Sassolungo Reflection
Dolomites
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Glossy Ibis
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Kingfisher hunting 3: homeward
Dodder River
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East Pier Sunset
8th July 2024
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Heron in flight Botanic Gdns
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a kiss at sunset
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Purple shades
Taken on Kinard Beach Dingle on my first John Hooton (award winning landscape photographer) workshop in 2017. My first time to dip into long exposure and Lee filters.
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Evening Light, Dun Laoghaire Harbour
Reflected evening light, Dun Laoghaire Harbour July'24
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East Pier
Mammatus clouds signal lots of rain to come
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Seapoint Sunrise
Dublin
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Marmore Falls
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Manx Shearwaters
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Razorbill close up
I love the bright yellow/orange of the Razorbill’s mouth.
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Foxglove
I went to Kilanerin Woods (Gorey C. Wexford) with the hope of seeing some birds and when I arrived there were quite a few - but as soon as I put on a telephoto lens they vanished. So I photographed some Foxglove instead - Two morals of this story 1) put on your telephoto lens before you leave the house 2) The birds in Wexford have a keen understanding of photography and camera equipment
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Sunrise in Mallorca
I took this in Mallorca in 2022. Another memorable sunrise. Cala Bona
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Forty Foot Sunrise
Killiney
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Sherkin Island rock pool, Snakelocks Anenome
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Long and winding road
Dolomites
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Common Dolphin
off Cape Clear, West Cork
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A mother's kiss
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Red Squirrel hiding behind flowers
Very agile squirrel. Watched it patiently for hours until it was curious to see where I was and peeked out.
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bog cotton 1
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Looking for Food - Bluebottle Fly
In my garden
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Long tailed tit - Adamski edit
Long tailed tit in flight, edited using Adamski effect.
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Sunset Tenerife
Island of La Gomera taken from Los Gigantes Tenerife
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Razorbill mono 2
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Quiver tree with social weaver bird nest
A post sunset glow on the quiver tree in Quiver Tree forest, Namibia, as the moon rises. The social weaver bird nest in the tree is a remarkable thing. These nests can be home to hundreds of birds and weigh more than 1000 kg! We were advised not to stand underneath the nests as snakes can drop out which go up there looking for eggs and chicks.
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Camogli
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Sunrise in the Kingdom
Sunrise at Fermoyle Co. Kerry
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County Galway Coast
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County Galway Coast
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Odle Range
Dolomites
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Moonlight
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Fishing Boat
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Hoopoe gathering food for chicks
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Lahinch
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In Full Flight-1
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Diving for Lunch
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sand and rocks
Sherkin Island
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Gannet Chic
Mum just stepped away to one side for about 5 seconds and I was able to capture this beautiful chic alone. It might not be the best photo but it certainly was wonderful to take it
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I need to stretch
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Puffin-2
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Beatrice
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Forty Foot Sunrise
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