A Laois Landscape | Forest Reflections – Co. Laois, Ireland
A Laois Landscape | A piece of driftwood is caught at the edge of a small falls as the water swirls around it at Glenbarrow Woods in Co Laois, Ireland
A Dublin Landscape | The Tree and the Ivy – Dublin, Ireland
A Dublin Landscape | A black and white image of ivy winding it’s way around the trunk of a tree in Deer Park in Dublin.
A Floral Image | Signs of Life
Spring is here! While I love what every season brings, Spring offers something truly special. This image above captures the very essence of that new life for me. The bud of a new flower literally bursting from the ground. The dead brown leaves surrounding the vibrant pink flower stem acting as a classic juxtaposition – winter/death vs spring/life.
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.
An Antrim Landscape | A Waterfall in Autumn – Co. Antrim, Ireland
[column width=”64%” padding=”3%”] The lower waterfall at Glenariff Forest Park, Co Antrim showing with full Autumnal Colour. [/column] [column width=”33%”] For those of you that have been following along with my blog will know that I visited Co Antrim during the Autumn last year. While there I took the opportunity to visit the beautiful Glenariff…
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…
Of the forest’s ferny floor…
Both of these images remind me of the famous line from Walter de la Mer’s poem “The Listeners” – Of the forest’s ferny floor. If there is one thing I remember about alliteration from English class in school it’s this one line 🙂 The composition of both images are almost identical in terms of camera position…
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…
An Antrim Landscape | Ess-na-Larach Waterfall – Co. Antrim, Ireland
This is the second image from my recent trip to Antrim in Northern Ireland. Last week I posted an image of the Giants Causeway. Not too far from where we were staying is the Glenariff Forest Park which has some stunning views of the glen and was fully resplendent in Autumnal colour when we visited.…
Wildflower in the Park
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:…
Standing Apart
I spent a very relaxing weekend in Dunboyne Castle Hotel which has some lovely grounds. It proved a perfect opportunity to take my new 70-200mm out for test run. Initial results prove it is as good as everyone says it is. Even wide open at f/2.8 it is tack sharp with beautiful bokeh. First in…
A round of updates
It’s been a little too long since I provided an update as I have been busy playing with some new toys, namely a 2nd hand Canon 17-40 f/4 L Lens I picked up a few weeks ago and a new Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens that I got a great deal on in John Gunn’s.…