Happy New Year - One of the Last Sunrises of 2024, West of Ireland
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Happy New Year from the West of Ireland as the sun rises on one of the last days of the year 2024. Colour and drama from Ireland.
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Field notes, location guides, and photography stories from across Ireland.
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Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - The Dockers' Church, Dublin
Miscellaneous
As a result, due to local protests, in 2018 the developer of many of these buildings contributed over €3 million to a fund to repair and restore the church and its surroundings. The City Quay school (jigsaw building)...
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Using Smart Collections in Lightroom to Find and Group Black and White Images in Adobe Lightroom Classic
Photography, Photoshop and Post-processing
Adobe's Lightroom, known as Lightroom Classic to distinguish it from the cloud-based Lightroom CC, is one of the best image editing programs to be found. Undoubtedly, Lightroom Classic (Not Lightroom CC) is the best...
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Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights Over Ireland With Reflections
Photo Tours
The year 2024 has certainly blessed us with plenty of opportunity to photograph the Northern Lights or aurora borealis here in Ireland.
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Ireland: Newgrange - Neolithic Irish Monument - Come and Join the Livestreaming for the Winter Solstice 21st December 2024
Guide
In 2024, the solstice will be the morning of the 21st of December at 09:20 when the Sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn and hence at it's lowest latitude relative to Earth. From here on the days get longer.
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Dublin Bay, Hawaii, John Lydon, PiL and Eurovision
Miscellaneous
The Baily Lighthouse on Howth Head overlooks Dublin Bay and could double for Hawaii, the title of one of Ireland's potential contenders for Eurovision 2023 by PiL.
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Adobe Lightroom - Library Module - Folders Management - Show Parent Folder
Photography, Photoshop and Post-processing
Adobe Lightroom, image management - show parent folders in Library Module to allow nesting or similar structure to folders on hard drive. Also how to hide parent folders.
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Calm Evening and Sun Rays at Sunset on the Atlantic
Photo Tours
A calm evening close to sunset with cloud obscuring the best of the western sky over the edge of Ireland. Yet it's still a scenic view with orange-red sun rays.
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Scenic Drives: Driving the Vee, One of the Most Scenic Roads in Ireland
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Scenic Drives · County Tipperary & County Waterford
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Redevelopment of Saint Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Dublin - Welcome to the Generic
Miscellaneous
Panoramic Ireland - Dublin Streetscapes: Saint Stephen's Green Shopping Centre to lose unique ironwork and glass features in redevelopment.
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Finding Missing Files in Adobe Lightroom
Photography, Photoshop and Post-processing
Finding missing photos in Adobe Lightroom can be done in a few ways, here how to find a missing photo from a Smart Preview. Image of a snowy Slievenamon in Tipperary, Ireland.
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Cloud Fills the Valley, Photographing Landscapes in the West of Ireland
Photo Tours
Thick cloud blanketed the rest of the landscape but here we had a view beyond, to the mountains and, in the foreground, sheep dotting the hillside.
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Stone Walls of Ireland Inscribed onto UNESCO List of Protected Intangible Cultural World Heritage
Guide
It's interesting that intangible cultural practices include customs, traditions, crafts, games and practices that are part of people's lives and identities both individually and wider communities, and are passed on from...
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More from Ireland's Most Famous Admiral, William Brown of Foxford - Argentinian Naval Hero
Miscellaneous
Admiral William Brown is one of Argentina's heroes, the Irishman came from County Mayo, now Alexis MacAllister, a descendant of a Dubliner is playing the the World Cup.
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Landscape Photography - Using Polarising Filters for a Better Image
Photography, Photoshop and Post-processing
Simply put, reflectance is defined as a "measure of the ability of a surface to reflect light or other electromagnetic radiation".
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