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Cobbles - Street Photography in Dublin

15 March 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Street photography is an interesting pursuit, often requiring more patience than landscape photography.

The Irish Hare and RHD

30 September 2019Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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The disease affects rabbits and hares, it is extremely contagious and cause death rapidly.

Giant's Causeway, Landscape Photography

13 March 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Adaptability is one of the key skills for any photographer, landscape photography is no different.

The Green Road

27 September 2019Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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I have led many photography tours to my own Dark Hedges, a place that I call the most photographed road in Ireland, and it is a most scenic place but it is also a most overrun place so finding lanes and rural roads like...

As the Sun Sets - Sunset in Ireland

2 March 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Here, a bright and colourful sunset over the north Atlantic as the sun descends below a large bank of cloud towards a clear horizon - all of its colour spreading underneath the clouds high above and lighting the ocean...

A Green Lane in Ireland

16 August 2019Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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But much of Ireland's charm lies in the hidden heartlands of the country, those parts with no famous locations.

Landscape Photography Workshops in Ireland

19 February 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Learn how to make better landscape images with me, a professional travel photographer who has worked with the biggest names in international publishing, photographed many of the world's biggest bands and has been...

Old Stone Bridge, Ireland

9 August 2019Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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We stood in the water here, no need for wellies, to photograph this scene.

A Fine View at Sunset - Photography in the West of Ireland

16 February 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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The word crepuscular is interesting, it comes from crepusculum, a Latin word relating to dawn and dusk or darkness. A crepuscular animal or event is different to nocturnal (during night) or diurnal (during daylight).

Old Stone Abbey

10 July 2019Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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This old place would once have been a thriving community, noisy with the daily machinations of an abbey - chants, prayers, food preparation, beekeeping and agriculture. Now so little remains, the roof long gone, stones...

Reflections in Landscape Photography

13 February 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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And here the reflections are as good as they get, the beauty of the green landscape of woodland trees are mirrored almost perfectly in the still waters of the lake.

Guess the Location - Somewhere in Ireland June 2019 part 2

14 June 2019Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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This week's Guess the Location comes from a more famous, and guessable location in Ireland.

Wisping Pink Cloud over Mountains at Sunset in Ireland

13 February 2019Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Here is one such case, a typical Irish landscape of green fields and distant mountains, this time with the bright pink colours of sunset illuminating those wisping clinging to the contours of the Irish countryside.