Winding through the Forest – Glenmalure, Wicklow, Ireland
As I discussed in a recent post I took my maps of Dublin and Wicklow out last week to scan for possible new locations to shoot. I came across what appeared, on paper at least, to be a viable Waterfall near Glenmalure named Ess. Unfortunately a 45min drive and a 3k hike proved to be [...]
A Moments Rest
I talked on Tuesday about my recent visit to the Japanese Gardens when I posted the first image from that trip, a yellow flower which I now know is called a “Black Eyed Susan” thanks to @ShebaJo over on Twitter. I mentioned during that last post that there was a riot of colour with many flowers [...]
Yellow Flower in the Sun
I took a trip up to our Japanese Gardens based in Kildare last Friday. It has been over two years since I last visited the gardens so it was high-time for a return visit. Along with the gardens the site houses our National Stud and Saint Fiachra’s Garden which offers woodland and lakeside walks. I [...]
Yellow on Green
I took my maps of Dublin and Wicklow out yesterday morning to scan for possible new locations to shoot. I came across what appeared, on paper at least, to be a viable Waterfall near Glenmalure named Ess. So I packed my gear and headed out there. An hour later I was pulling into the closest [...]
Sunset Over Dollymount – Dublin, Ireland
An image from a visit last year to Dollymount Strand and Bull Island. I have already posted some of dusk images I captured on the evening but thought it worthwhile to also post this sunset image. I was fascinated by the patterns the channels made in the sand during low tide. I walked around the [...]
Tulip
Yet another image from a trip to the Botanical Gardens in Dublin. This is a macro image of inside of a Tulipa praestans ‘Unicum or tulip to most if us. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Exposure: 1/50 Aperture: f/4 Focal Length: 100mm ISO Speed: 100 © John [...]
Perfect White
This is another image from the back catalog, this time from a visit to the Botanical Gardens in March 2009. One thing I love about photographing flowers in the botanical gardens is that they will always display their names so I can do a little research when I get home. So for instance this flower [...]
And the mist falls – Velentia Island, Kerry, Ireland
My wife surprised me with a weekend in Kerry for my Birthday last September, more then that it was to be a photography weekend. I know, she’s cool! I have shared a number of images from this particualr location a while ago but I came acorss this image while reviewing my back catalog of work [...]
Flourish
After my update on Tuesday from my recent visit to the botanical gardens I thought I would follow up with another image captured on the same day. This flower has an incredible stamen, its almost like a small explosion frozen in time. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM [...]
Exquisite
The Botanical Gardens here in Dublin is a place I visit regularly (here, here, here, here, here & here). They have an abundance of floral life no matter what time of the year you visit. They have a number of beautiful iron glasshouses that date back to the mid part of the 19th century. One [...]
One from the Archives | Light in the Forest – Dublin Mountains, Ireland
Another image from the archives although not so far into the hazy past as the last image I shared with you. This was captured during a wander around a forest located in the Dublin mountains in July 2008. I remember being very excited at the time as I was out with my brand new camera, [...]
Full Bloom
Another image from my walk around the communal gardens near the house is Spain in June. This is not the first time time I have decided to look underneath the flower head and capture the finer details there. The white petals really help the flower stand out from the background and the extremely shallow depth-of-field [...]
Standing before the Castle – San Miguel, Spain
I have shared quite a few images from my recent trip to Spain already and here is another one. I spoke last week about a visit to a full scale reconstruction of a Moorish Castle near the area of Orihuela in a small village called San Miguel. Maybe not the large scale view you were [...]
Reflections of Sunrise – Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Well here’s something a little different for me, a vertical pano. I remember seeing Peter Lik’s imagery for the first time when I visited one of his Galleries in Port Douglas, Australia. There, I saw these 3 meter tall 1 meter wide astonishing images and I was left gob-smacked. I new I wanted to try [...]
An Evening Swim – San Miguel, Spain
Another image from my time spent in Spain and from the same series discussed in Tuesdays post where I spent a pleasant 15 minutes with a group of geese and their young. In this image the goose has decided to take a little dip to cool off. You can see a number of Finches(?) busying [...]
Rest for a While – San Miguel, Spain
As promised earlier in the week I will continue to share some of the images I captured during my trip to Spain last June. We found a really nice spot for dinner just outside San Miquel near Orihuela in what for all intense and purposes was the grounds of a Moorish castle from the Medieval [...]
Efflorescence
My wife and I returned to my parents summer house is the south of Spain in June to recharge our batteries. In the 10 days I was there I rarely had the camera out of my hands, it was brilliant. I have quite a few images to share with you over the next while and [...]
One from the Archives | Rays Of Light – Maratea, Italy
With the launch of my new site I decided to start digging in to my archives and share with you images that I have never blogged about before and therefore have not had the chance to share some of the back story. To kick things off I present ‘Rays Of Light’ which is one of [...]
Sunrise upon the Rocks – Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Mad! At least that’s what my wife calls me. A 3am rise and 45 minute drive brought me to Howth Summit again, after my visit in January. I knew this was a spot worth visiting again and it didn’t let down. This image was captured at a small inlet beneath the lighthouse and was a [...]
Glenmacnass Waterfall, Co Wicklow
While we are having some glorious Spring weather here in Ireland I decided to take a trip out to Glenmacnass Waterfall near Laragh in Co Wicklow. If you have seen any of my images of the upper lake in Glendelough you might have noticed this waterfall in the background. The top image is taken from [...]
Sunrise in Phoenix Park, Dublin
This was in fact my first photographic trip to Phoenix Park, but it definitely won’t be the last. For those of you that may not know the Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed urban park in Europe and the home of our president, oh and also our Zoo. While driving to the spot for this [...]
Spring is here!
Spring is here! That means I get to do one of my favorite things, photograph flowers. This image was captured in our Botanical Gardens here in Dublin where so much life has begun to bloom. These flowers were sitting in one of the Glasshouses, reaching out beyond all the foliage to see the still fairly [...]
Snow Capped Peak – Glendelough, Co Wicklow
This is from the same recent trip to Glendelough, Co Wicklow that I described in the “Just Before Dark” Images. However this was several hours earlier. We still have the same overcast sky with pockets of harsh light penetrating some of the area’s with lighter cloud area. When shooting this image I had Black & [...]
Just Before Dark – Glendelough, Co Wicklow
This is from a recent dusk shoot in Glendelough, Co Wicklow. It was a very overcast day but we did get very short moments of some clearing sky. The light was dropping off very quickly once the sun fell behind the left side of the mountain so there was very little time for set-up. Fumbling [...]
