Another image from my recent trip around the Botanical Gardens in Glasnevin here in Dublin. This is also of a Purple Crocus that are in such abundance at the moment. You can just about make out in the back a veritable sea of purple. I talked recently about the love-hate relationship I have with my 70-200…
Spring has most certainly sprung here in Ireland. Along with the new growth we have had some beautiful days of hazy blue skys and bright sunshine, still on the chilly side though. While I really enjoyed our wintertime this year with plenty of frost and snow I am ready to move on to a new season. Crocuses,…
Hi Folks, apologies for it being a little quiet around here for the last couple of weeks. I have a couple of things going on all at once which is taking up a lot of my time. Anyhow here’s another image from my recent trip to the Botanical Gardens and ongoing my experimentation with the…
I took the opportunity last weekend to visit our local Botanical Gardens here in Dublin. It doesn’t mater what time of year it is you are always sure to find something in bloom. And after plenty of grey Sky’s and rain recently it was a great way to lift my spirits. One thing I promised…
I was recently commissioned to produce some very special images as a Christmas gift for a ladies husband. She was looking for a unique perspective of her husbands boyhood home, Clontarf. Here I share the story of how it all came together in a final set of printed images.
Well it’s been pretty quiet around the blog lately folks and I do apologise. We have officially entered what’s known as the silly season with too much to do and too little time to do it. Between Travel, the ongoing weather, trying to complete two commissions while dealing with the aforementioned weather as well as…
This Calla Lilly was captured in May 2008 and is one of the most pivotal images in my portfolio. I remember the day I was in the Botanical Gardens for the first time and happening across a bed of Calla Lilies.
Well things have been a little crazy this week so apologies for no post on Thursday. One of the things causing the craziness is the weather. For any of you reading this from Dublin you’ll no exactly what I am talking about. To say unexpected weather conditions would be an understatement. We have had a…
I am currently traveling so this is a post I prepared last week and is being automatically published. Technology eh! its wonderful 🙂 I produced an image of this Orchid last year, in fact the image won a competition which I was delighted about. This is an even closer view of that incredible detail in…
I am currently traveling so this is a post I prepared last week and is being automatically published. Technology eh! its wonderful 🙂 This was taken earlier this year during my numerous visits to the botanical gardens. It is actually a very tight crop of the right petal (Leaf?) of an Orchid. I wanted to…
As we continue to head deeper into Autumn and then on to a fairly inevitable harsh winter I thought I would share the above image taken at the beginning of spring last year. It’s nice to be reminded that new life is just around the corner I think. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens:…
[column width=”55%” padding=”3%”] Black and White image of the Hell Fire Club located in the Dublin Mountains in Ireland. [/column] [column width=”42%”] I took a visit to the Hell Fire Club on Saturday afternoon. This building – a hunting lodge built around 1725 by William Conolly – was originally called Mount Pelier and since its…