Day 8

Dunmoe Castle, Navan, Co.Meath

After heavy rain most of the day the drive north through Navan towards Slane turned out nice but windy. Stopped at Ardmulchan Church were i took this photograph of Dunmoe Castle that overlooks the River Boyne.

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Day 7

Max

Well number 7 done. This is Max, had him running around in the evening sun. With the sun back lighting him he was looking grand. But I made a terrible mistake and chopped his feet off in the shot. He had stopped running for a second and I shot this, took a few more while the sun was still up and only looked when processing the photographs. So a lesson learned this afternoon. Check you have the shot before packing up.

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Day 6

Carrickmacross , Ireland
old market house art

Art work outside the Old Market House in the town centre of Carrickmacross which house’s  the library.

Day 5

School Bus

Through my car window on a rainy day in Ireland. Spotted this school bus coming down the street so grabbed the camera and took the photograph.

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Day 4

Moody Blues

This evening it was play around time, Bluesmaster  Harmonica and a leather wallet. A speedlite and softbox for light with a small side light to throw a warm reflection in the chrome work on the harmonica. Play around in Lightroom, still learning on that front. I enjoy the learning and experimenting process, with my images.

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St Andrew Church of Ireland.
Boardmills, Co.Down

Working late tonight, so it was dark when I left work. On the drive home I remembered seeing St Andrew’s was now lite up at night. So with a little detour I had the place to my self, a lovely night warm and mild. Hope you enjoy the photograph.

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Day 2

365 Shutter Release Challenge 2015.
Day 2

Stopped to look at a round tower in the Village of Drumbo in County Down in Northern Ireland. But the light was gone and looking over a hedge I spotted a few sheep. Got one shot off before they high tailed it across the field. So meet the  star off today.

Number One

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The 1st November is here and I post the first Photo for my challenge. Have sat and thought about what it would be, what will be my first photo. Thought about something to do with motorcycles or the great out doors, that didn’t happen. Well was sitting in a friends house and  spotted this cute little teddy sitting on the fire place. So got a post-it, grabbed a marker and there you have it. Well come to The 365 Shutter release challenge 2015.

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George

My 1962 Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc racing bike. retrieved from a shed

and after many hours work it rolled out, restored back to how it looked on it’s last race

many years ago.

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Now what has this to do with Photography, well I locked my self into the shed to work night after night on restoring the little motorcycle. A little bit of history from my childhood days, Here in the North of Ireland motorcycle racing was on closed public roads. Complete with walls, trees and every other piece off roadside furniture, it was and still is a dangerous sport.

I was thinking about doing a 365 project, but wondered where I would get the time from. And then I thought back to the time I rebuilt the Cub. I had less time then and I got it done. So from the first of November 2015 I start my new project.

The plan is to publish the photograph’s twice a week, and have a write up about how it affects my day and my thoughts behind the picture’s taken. To look at it every couple of months and see what or if there is improvement in my photography.

Again the photographs will be linked to Flickr and viewed in Monthly albums. Now’s the time to see how I will work this project, weekly projects or monthly ones. Random weeks with themes running and other weeks where the subject matter is  wide open. Looking forward to the challenge and the out come of The 365 shutter release Challenge

So parked  at this bridge over the Grand Canal out side the town of Daingean, Co. Offaly. With a short climb up onto the bridge by a steep bank. There you will find part of a rail system that transports the peat that’s removed across the bog.

The stripped Bogs of the Irish Midlands

Peat bogs take thousands of years to form,  Dozens of plants and animals, uniquely adapted to life in peat bogs, are found nowhere else and with the bogs disappearing fast so is this unique habitat. European and Irish law stopped people from cutting turf for there own use has a heat source. Something they have done for hundreds of years, Some still cut and dry the turf defying the law.  These bogs are stripped to supply the West Offaly Power Station while people are banned from cutting there own turf.

A peat bog that’s been striped and mounds off peat awaiting transport.

The ground is drained and leveled, while other parts have become wind farms with public footpaths where nature reclaims it for its self and wildlife.

The turf being cut up with tractor machinery. Note the twin wheels front and rear to help spread its weight on the soft ground.

And the rail track continues for miles/km’s

Its not just the top they remove, the peat could be a couple of metre’s deep. That is a large tonnage that is stripped from the earth and burned to supply power every year. When it’s all gone where do the government and the power industry turn to next. Will it be shale gas, if so I hope the pain we do to this plant does not become our pain in return.

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