I was reminded of this quote while admiring the scene in front of me:
“A path is made by walking on it.”
― Chuang Tzu
And what a fine day it has been, perfect for photography with some rainshowers but mostly sunshine and cloud with blue sky.
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Copper Coast, Waterford
Galway & Mayo
Clare
Dingle & Co. Kerry
Antrim Coast & Giant's Causeway
Dublin's Coast
Cork
Donegal
Sligo
And that makes Ireland a perfect place for coastal landscape photography.
Here the rocks are carboniferous limestone, in layers that have been long eroded by the wave action of the Atlantic.
We set up our cameras and tripods on the cold winter afternoon, hoping for some sunlight but actually in this case the overcast weather worked better.
I was at this point only a few weeks away from having an operation to remove a cancerous tumour, and during that time it was scenes like this that kept me motivated in my treatment and recovery.
I'm almost a year post-cancer; I'm still photographing, I'm still leading photography workshops and tours in Ireland and you can book a private photography session with me through the site here at Panoramic Ireland.
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Exploring Ireland is filled with moments like these and other countless, priceless moments that make a visit to the Emerald Isle so special.
Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge is well known to locals and visitors alike, built in 1816 to span the River Liffey it has carried pedestrians for over 200 years.
See it above in Panoramic Ireland's 360-degree panoramic or photosphere.
Evening in Dublin as the stormy post-sunset light slowly turns to night via storm clouds spreading across the sky over the Irish capital's River Liffey and its modern structures - The Samuel Beckett Bridge, Convention Centre and others.
This is a place that I have photographed often but it never looks the same twice.
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The shadows of two walkers can be seen traversing a ridge between two mountains in the west of Ireland in this image from my Panoramic Ireland series. The shadows belong to me and a visiting photographer, on a photography tour of Northern Ireland initially we then headed on to Sligo, Galway and Mayo in the west of Ireland extending the tour by four days.