Journal
Field notes, location guides, and photography stories from across Ireland.
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As we travelled along the backroads, the sky looked ever more promising so instead of heading to our intended destination directly, the sensible thing was to head towards a viewpoint to photograph this majestic scene of...
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The old farmhouse sits, slowly decaying amongst trees planted by former inhabitants of this bleak place; in an almost treeless landscape in the Irish mountains.
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This is the scenic road, the road less travelled (thankfully as I was standing in the middle) and definitely not the famous road.
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Nature is strange, here I was marvelling at the allium flowers just opened, and thinking about photographing them, when I spotted what at first appeared to be ladybirds of some kind.
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Bright colourful grass grows between the limestone rocks of the karstic region on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, nibbled by donkeys.
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Mind you, it's interesting, I have read a completely different account of his early life that involves his having joined the Royal Navy, both seem like credible stories so maybe more investigation is required.
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Moone High Cross, County Kildare in video walkthrough Tiny Planet style.
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We might be restricted right now from moving too far from home but if you have a garden, balcony or window box then and some flowers then the chances are you have bees visiting.
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Slieve League, Ireland's highest cliffs rise to almost 600m above the Wild Atlantic Way.
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Said to have been founded in the 6th century by Saint Mogue, Churchtown graveyard is old even by Irish standards. All that remains of any church are some ivy-clad walls, sadly the case for many of Ireland's ancient...
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Street photography usually involves the skill of watching and anticipating situations, what's happening and how will it look for instance - positioning yourself in relation to the subjects and being ready to photograph...
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It seems that during the whole lockdown due to coronavirus / COVID-19 that everything has stopped but life does go own, nature has its own rhythms and the seasons change just like they do every year - although in recent...
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I've been exploring the Irish countryside, photographing landscapes, rivers, woodlands and waterfalls a lot recently.
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Saint Patrick's Day parades have been cancelled all over Ireland, and all over the world due to, well you undoubtedly know it's the coronavirus / COVID-19.
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Photographing woodland streams and waterfalls in Ireland, the Irish countryside is filled with places like these.
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