Sunset, East Coast of Ireland

: Darren McLoughlin; Category: Guide; 20 December 2017; 20 December 2017

It's hard at times to get a good location for sunset photography on the east coast of Ireland.

The further north and south out of Dublin that you go there become possibilities but Dublin south to Wicklow affords no opportunity to photograph sunset from the coast.

This is, however, overlooking the Dublin and Wicklow Mountains with the Irish Sea in the foreground.

Along with a series of images that I took in January of this year, 2017 this is one of my favourites and makes it into my "best of 2017".

Hazy light partially obscures the mountains, notable among them the outline of one of Ireland's most famous, Wicklow's Sugarloaf while sunlight shoots across the cloud-filled blue sky.

It's a beauty, don't you think?

ireland , photography , sunset

Polypodium, Ferns on the Wall

: Darren McLoughlin; Category: Guide; 19 December 2017; 19 December 2017

I'm currently working on my favourite images from the year 2017. This year has seen a lot of variety in my photographic subjects, from images of fine dining to music festivals, landscapes and animals. A little of everything that makes Ireland what it is.

This image is from January, the opposite end of the year from now - December, yet it looks like it could be from high summer.

These interesting ferns, seen here growing from a wall, are very common in Ireland and often grow in limestone rich rocks. Underneath, a carpet of mosses add a real soft feel to the hard man-made wall that divides private from public property; nature as we know respects little that humans put in its way.

ireland , nature , winter

Into the Cave

: Darren McLoughlin; Category: Guide; 14 December 2017; 29 November -0001

During a recent photography workshop on Ireland's coast (see here for more information) we stopped to find a small cave at low tide.

It wasn't a famous or large cave but it did have a certain character to it with intense sunshine coming in from one side.

Photography workshops and tours in Ireland are not just about the typical landscapes and scenes, although I do cover these on my experiences, but it's more about the journey.

ireland , photography , coast , photography workshop

Snow in Ireland

: Darren McLoughlin; Category: Guide; 14 December 2017; 19 November 2024

The green fields of Ireland, looking lush green on a December day with snow-covered mountains.

Ireland doesn't receive a lot of snow, given that Dublin lies on the same latitude as Edmonton in Canada and northern Donegal is almost parallel with Moscow.

New York Times and Panoramic Ireland Come to Cork

: Darren McLoughlin; Category: Guide; 13 December 2017; 13 December 2017

One of the world's best known publications, The New York Times, has recently visited Cork - a city in Ireland's southwest whose inhabitants often refer to as The Real Capital.

How do I know this? Well Panoramic Ireland (that's me - hello) photographed the charismatic small city for the 36 Hours in Cork feature.

36 Hours in Cork will be published in the New York Times on Thursday 14th December 2017. Find it online or buy it in print, and if you do can you send me a copy?

Check out the NYT's Instagram post below, and don't forget to follow me over there on IG, as it says in the post I'm @panoramicireland

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Where in the world is @nytimestravel? The photographer Darren McLoughlin captured this scene while on assignment for a story in this week’s issue. Where do you think he was when he took this picture? (There’s a hint in his handle: @panoramicireland.) #🌍🔍

A post shared by The New York Times (@nytimes) on Dec 11, 2017 at 9:24am PST

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ireland , travel , cork , 36 hours , new york times