Black & White Wednesday

Posted on December 9, 2020December 7, 2020 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., General, petsTagged Black and white, black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Cats, Co.Down, grumpy, monochrome, monochrome photography, Nikon cameras, Nikon D7200, Northern Ireland, pets, reflective light, Tamron lens, Tamron sp 70-2002 Comments

Hello to my visitors, hope you are all keeping well where-ever you are in our crazy world. This week I would like to meet a home invader. Been caught in my living room, sitting on my sofa, in my kitchen. But is always welcome to come in and get petted. So the other morning I was going out to the coast to do some photography, it was sitting on the doorstep and the sun was reflecting off the white van. So I grabbed the camera and took three or four photos. I turned one into this weeks B & W image. It was only when I looked at the finished photo I thought this is a grumpy looking cat. But it a very friendly and adores getting attention. Did you notice it sits with a front paw up like you would see some dogs do. It always sits like this, at first I thought it might have a sore paw ( hence the grumpy look) but seems to walk and run ok.

So this my house invader, always welcome to come in.

I used a Nikon D7200 fitted with a Tamron 70 – 200 mm SP lens.

Photo data: f/4, 1/60 sec shutter speed. ISO 100 and lens focal length 78 mm.

Thank you for visiting and be kind to all living things.

George.

Black & White Wednesday

Posted on December 2, 2020November 29, 2020 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., irish landscape, outdoors, wildlife, woodsTagged Black and white, black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Co.Down, Dromara hills, Drumkerragh forest, forest walks, landscape photography, misty mornings, monochrome photography, Monochrone, Nikon cameras, nikon D750, Ravens, Sigma 150-600 zoom, Sigma lens, Slieve Croob2 Comments

Out early Sunday morning and went up to my local woods, Drumkerragh Forest. A misty view of the forest and Slieve Croob mountain greeted me. Has I set off with camera bag and monopod on my walk, I hoped the sun would burn off the mist. After three hours of walking and into my final mile the sun started to do its job.

This was taken with a Sigma 150-600 mm lens, shot at 240mm. I love the way a telephoto lens can give the appearance of compressed distance between distant objects in a scene.

This area has a large number of ravens around the woods at this time of the year. Walking towards some dead trees just of the trail. Two landed close by on one of the trees.

Missed the first one in but caught the second one landing has seen above.

This next shot is a silhouette shot edited in Silver efex pro, I use this to edit all my B&W images.

Again it contains a lone Raven sitting calling across the valley.

The start of the walk did not look promising from a photography point but I ended the morning with a few good shots to edit in the evening.

Thank you for visiting and stay safe.

George.

Black & White Wednesday

Posted on August 19, 2020August 16, 2020 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., Coastal, General, Ireland, outdoors, wildlifeTagged Black and white, black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Castle Espie, child, Co.Down, Coastal, education, grandson, kids play, monochrome, monochrome photography, Newt, newt tadpole, Nikon cameras, Nikon D7200, Northern Ireland, ponds, Sigma 17-70 mm, Sigma lens, sunny days, WWT, wwt.orgLeave a comment

Another photograph from a trip to Castle Espie with my grandson Conor. This was taken where they have raised ponds planted out to suit different wildlife. Along the edges there are signage with drawings and the names of what lives in the ponds. So this is me getting a lesson on the newt tadpole that can be found in this pond.

Info: https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/castle-espie

Camera: Nikon D7200 with a Sigma 17 – 70 mm lens.

Data: Shot at f2.8, ISO 125 @ 1/1600 second and lens focal length 70 mm.

Thank you for visiting.

George.

Black & White Wednesday

Posted on May 6, 2020May 4, 2020 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., General, Ireland, irish landscape, outdoorsTagged Black and white, black and white landscape, black and white photography, Blogging, Co.Down, Dromara hills, Mountains, Mourne mountains, Nikon cameras, Nikon D7200, Tamron lens, Tamron sp 70-2005 Comments

This photograph was taken on one off my early morning walks in the Dromara hills. Shot using a Nikon D7200 with a Tamron SP 70 – 200mm len. Raw file edited in Lightroom and finished in Nik Silver Efex Pro.

Looking across the Dromara hills to the Mourne mountains in the background.

Thank you for visiting.

George..

An evening on Slieve Croob.

Posted on June 29, 2019 Posted in Ireland, irish landscape, outdoorsTagged Co.Down, Dromara hills, irish walks, landscape, landscape photography, Mountains, Mourne mountains, Newcastle, Nikon cameras, nikon D750, Northern Ireland, Sigma lens, Slieve Croob, sunset12 Comments

It’s been a few years since i stood on the top of Slieve Croob, so with a warm dry evening I packed the camera and drove to the car park at the foot of the service road. This gives a short walk up a steep tarmac private road to the top just over a mile away. Some things never change has the winds increase and the temperature drops on the climb upward. With the evening still bright I took my first photographs near the top with views across the Dromara hills with the Mourne mountains in the background.

In the photograph above you can see the coastal town of Newcastle in County Down nested at the foot of the Mournes.

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With the evening rolling in you can see the start of an evening mist forming in the valley’s.

After a short climb up pass the communication masts you reach the top of Croob with it’s stone cairn and trig point.

The remains of the Cairn on the right and the trig point on the left being lit with the warn light of a setting sun.

I sat for a while in the lee of the cairn and enjoyed the silence and beauty has the sun set lower in the sky. Starting the walk back down I took a few more shots.

Some more has I and the sun got lower..

In this shot the dark line in the middle of the photo is the source of the River Lagan has it starts it’s journey to meet the sea at Belfast.

My last shot of the evening has I was shooting hand held.

Thank you for joining me on my evening on Slieve Croob.

Black and White Wednesday

Posted on November 7, 2018 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., outdoorsTagged black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Boating, Co.Down, Ireland, monochrome, monochrome photography, Nikon cameras, Nikon D7200, Northern Ireland, Rowing, rowing boat, Sigma lens, Skiff's, Strangford loughLeave a comment

IMG_20181106_054838_962 Row row row your boat the children’s song goes. Taken from the shore line on Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland. These boats are called a Skiff. See them in action Here

Thank you for visiting.

George.

Black & White Wednesday

Posted on October 31, 2018 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., outdoorsTagged black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Co.Down, Dundrum bay, Little Egret, monochrome, monochrome photography, nikon, Nikon cameras, Nikon D7200, Northern Ireland, outdoors, sea birds, Sigma lens, wildlifeLeave a comment

This weeks photograph was taken while taking photo’s of a Little Egret. On a bridge a photographer was photographing the same bird from a different spot. So my shot this week is of the lesser spotted photographer.

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Dear photographer, if you happen to read this please contact me, would love to see your shots of the little Egret.

Comment’s welcome and have a great Wednesday.

George.

Black and White Wednesday

Posted on October 24, 2018 Posted in Black and White Wednesday., outdoors, WalesTagged Black and white cat, black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Blogging, Cats, Cats on roofs, Co.Down, Feline, humour, Ireland, monochrome, monochrome photography, Nikon cameras, nikon D750, north Ireland, Northern Ireland, pets, photography, Ridge line, Ridge tile, Rooftops, Tamron lens6 Comments

We’re off to the roof tops this week. I noticed over the last few weeks a cat walking along the ridge line on the houses behind where I live. I got this shot when the cat decided to sit in the sun. I had only a small window through the trees to capture it. Just after I grab the shot it moved off.

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Thank you for visiting and feedback is always welcome.

George.

Black and White Wednesday

Posted on October 17, 2018 Posted in Black and White Wednesday.Tagged black & white, black and white photography, Black and White Wednesday., Co.Down, Coastal, Grey seal, Ireland, Little Egret, monochrome, monochrome photography, nikon, Nikon cameras, Northern Ireland, seals, Sigma lens, wildlife, wildlife photography2 Comments

oct2018-1-60-01 This weeks shots comes from the Co.Down coast. The Little Egret and the Grey Seal.

Thank you for visiting.

George

Wagtail’s and sepia tones

Posted on January 27, 2018 Posted in GeneralTagged beach, Birds, Co.Down, Co.Down coast, Ireland, irish sea, Irish wildlife, landscape photography, landscapes, Nikon D7200, nikon D750, Northern Ireland, pied wagtails, sand, sea, seals, seaside, sepia prints, Sigma lens, Strangford lough, whisters, wildlife, wildlife photography8 Comments

With the sun shining and a light breeze I shouldered the camera bag, grabbed a tripod. Car locked and my first chat was with a man and his dog. Some local information is always welcome. I sit here listening to the wind and heavy rain beat it’s tune on the window. I took the following photos last weekend, what a difference this weekend.

First up are a few photograph’s of the Pied wagtail, these were taken while out for a walk along the coast.

I always hope to get some shots of seals that bask along the shore, but so far no luck. With the tide in I knew they would be out from shore. This one was around 100 metres from shore.

I got a few head shots but loved the light catching his whisker’s in this one. We have two type of seal’s around our coast. The grey seal and the common seal with this being the Common seal.

My last one is off the small lighthouses that mark the entrance to Strangford lough on the east coast of Northern Ireland. I gave it an old time look when editing it in Silver Efex Pro. Let me know what you think.

Thank you for visiting.

Take care,

George.

George McNeill Photography

Tag: Co.Down

Black & White Wednesday

Black & White Wednesday

Black & White Wednesday

Black & White Wednesday

An evening on Slieve Croob.

Black and White Wednesday

Black & White Wednesday

Black and White Wednesday

Black and White Wednesday

Wagtail’s and sepia tones