There can be few places in Ireland as scenic as the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland's and Europe's most westerly point. And of course it sits on the Wild Atlantic Way.

It had been a while since I visited the rugged, mountain-filled land of rocks and beaches and a photography workshop with Patrick from Chicago was the obvious place to head to.

Panoramic Ireland's photography experiences have proved to be very popular this summer and I am just back from a 10-day tour of Ireland's coastline with Linda K. from the USA.

Have you been to Killarney in winter?

If you visit Ireland in the winter the weather may not be the best, but it always throws up beautiful light that makes landscape photography such a delight.

Here the lakes and mountains of the Killarney National Park with snow-capped peaks and fishing boats at the end of winter. On the day that I was here with Tim, a computer programmer from Dublin we waited alomst two hours at this location as several fishermen came and went, the light changed from dull to patches of sunlight. 

Sometimes with landscape photography you want to cover several locations but on this day we were happy to get out the tripods, filters and in my case a Canon 5D Mk III and 24-70mm f2.8L lens. Tim was using a Nikon, and during the few hours we were at this location we talked about the two camera systems. We also worked on some panoramic images but the image above is my personal favourite from the day.

It makes me want to head straight back down there but of course that clear winter light and snow on the mountains will be long gone.

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I led a photography workshop this week in Dingle, Co. Kerry. The westernmost part of Ireland, Dingle is a peninsula of rugged beauty, waves lash the coast that in places is sandy, or rocky as seen in this image. Offshore lie the Blasket Islands, whose inhabitants were forcibly removed from island life in the 1950s.

The town of Dingle, known locally as An Daingean, is one of the prettiest in Ireland. Colourful streets, a working harbour, mountains and 52 pubs all contribute to the appeal of this popular town on Ireland's newly created Wild Atlantic Way.