A Floral Image | A Pink Quill
The violet flower of this Tillandsia ‘Anita’ is in full bloom. This one has been on the back burner since April. I was fascinated by this plant when I came across it in Johnstown Garden Centre in Nass, Kildare.
A Robin Redbreast Image | Perched
Shooting (ne photographing) birds is not a common event for me. In fact a quick browse through my galleries and you’ll be hard pressed to find many. However when the opportunity does arrive I certainly won’t turn it down.
A Floral Image | Anemone on Green
Purple Crocuses were having way too much fun on my blog this Spring so I thought I would break up the party a little with an Anemone. They are a flowering plantsin the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones.
Mushrooms on the Forest Floor
Back to images from my recent trip and here is another image of some tiny mushrooms on a very cold morning in Cavan. These are in fact the same four mushrooms that appeared in a post from 2 weeks ago entitles Early Morning Life. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8…
Early Morning Life
And so I continue with the release of images from my recent travels with this image of mushrooms struggling for life on an early frost bitten morning in Cavan. I like the contrast between the colourful but dead leaves and the pale but living mushrooms. The scene offers an interesting contrast, and possibly a contradiction…
Memories of Winter Past
As we begin to head into Autumn I thought it would be interesting to look back over my Autumn/Winter catalog. We rarely get snow here in Dublin but last winter proved the harshest in over 30 years, with heavy snow that lasted for months. The country was brought to its knees, so unprepared as we…
3 in a Row
Still experimenting with the 70-200 at f/2.8 and I continue to be amazed by the quality of this lens wide-open. I am also just loving the bokeh 🙂 Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Exposure: 1/640 Aperture: f/2.8 Focal Length: 173mm ISO Speed: 100