Had an appointment in the town of Newry so with the weather spoiling us today with great sunshine and heat, I headed there early. Walked some of the canal down through to the Albert basin. First up is a sculpture caller the Newry Docker. Link here for more info .A sort distance along the basin some …
Irish photo Rally 2017
A beautiful morning greeted me on awaking, sun lighting up the bedroom and birds singing. Shower and dressed I was ready for the road. Open vents in my jacket and sort light weight gloves, fire up the bike and I'm off. Four mile up the road and I'm riding in thick fog, forty miles later …
Photo rally
Coyles cottage, number six on the map. In my last post on the rally I said I done one more rally point on the way home. Well this is it. Coyles cottages, the last remaining fishermans cottage on the shores of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. Got here late in the evening has the sun was …
Rainbows
Took this one evening just has one rainbow faded another formed. Enjoy your weekend and thank you for visiting. Eye of Seoirse verse, short stories and other rants.
Irish Photo Rally 2017 (3)
So out on the road again, this time over to Boyle in County Roscommon. This is listed has number 23 on the rally map, link Here . While getting this photo I met a local lady, No name given but was told a little of the history behind the steam driven motor and the generator sitting to the …
Photo Rally 2017
Welcome back to another update on doing the 2017 Irish photo rally . More info about it and a map with the photo rally points is here. This one is number 21 on the map and is in County Sligo and is called The Scenically Set Ruin in Gleniff. I was lucky to get these photo's …
Photo rally
Another three of rally points done, but only got a couple of photos edited. The first is here in County Monaghan. This stands in the most northerly parish of Co. Monaghan: Errigal Truagh. Behind the old school house stands the ruins of an ancient church, where many beautifully carved old headstones of McKenna interest remain a …
Irish Photo rally 2017
Started doing the first photo points on the IPR this year. There's a link here which shows the map and rally points. You can do them in any order and have a few months to complete them. My first was number 8 on the map. Moylough Castle or Church Then traveling south it was number …
Natures lovers.
There's a different look on the lough, with the winter water fowl and duck's away the summer residents have made a show. Back are the Great Crested Grebe, Mallard's and the Mute Swan's. Mute Swans pair up for life and seldom divorce. Courtship takes place in late winter with synchronised head dipping and necks and …
Spring morning in the back yard.
Woke this morning to the rising sun hitting the bedroom window, one look and I and my old pal where quick to get outside. I was setting up the tripod just has the last of the mist was kissing the lough surface. I took these with a 70- 300 telephoto lens, bracketing some of them and …
