Taking a Break
Another image from my my recent visit to the Japanese Gardens, and for anyone following the blog you will no doubt recognise this flower. I spent quite some time around these Black Eyed Susan’s, capturing them on their own, with a little Hover Fly, and today with a Bumble Bee. Unlike the Hover Fly who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thaw
This image was taken during a recent walk in our local park. The snow was still on the ground and the park was full of parents with their young children running around playing and having snowball fights. And perched quietly just beneath a tree was this little fellow, weighed down by the tiny little piece [...]
Shell We?
Another image from my walk around the gardens at our place near Orihuela in the south of Spain. These snails were everywhere clinging to anything that might provide life giving moisture. Like the previous images this was handheld using the Canon 100mm Macro @ f/2.8 and ISO400. Pretty tricky to focus right when your dealing [...]
Study in Purple
The first from a series I will be publishing from my recent trip to Spain in September. Here I have published two images that are almost identical apart from a subtle difference in focal points. These were both shot handheld @ f2.8, so have a depth of field of just a few millimetres. There was [...]
Killruddery House (Part 2 – All About Lilies)
A second batch of images from the picturesque Kilruddery House & Gardens. This time all but one of the images are from my 2nd visit in early August. If you look really closely you may notice a trend in today’s images. No? Ok then they’re all of Lilies. The gardens contain a very large pond [...]
Killruddery House (Part 1)
Well yet again an unintended extended break, although this time just from actually publishing images as I have managed to get out on several occasions over the last few months including two trips to Amsterdam and two to Kilruddery House & Gardens. This is the first batch from my visit to Kilruddery House & Gardens [...]
Vibrant
The last in a series of images from my trip to our local Botanical Gardens here in Dublin. I was lucky enough to happen upon these just after they had been watered. They’re an incredible vibrant yellow. © John Dunne 2007 ~ 2010 ~ All Rights Reserved No usage allowed in any form without the [...]
Graceful
The 3rd in a series of images from my trip on Saturday to our local Botanical Gardens here in Dublin. This is not the first time I have shot this Orchid as I managed to capture it during a visit to the gardens last year also. This is one of the most fascinating Orchids for [...]
Velvety Texture
The 2nd in a series of images from my trip on Saturday to our local Botanical Gardens here in Dublin. An ultra close up of the delicate petals of this Orchid. I love the way the colours almost bleed into the white as if it someone split ink. © John Dunne 2007 ~ 2010 ~ [...]
Blossoming Orchid
Taken during a trip on Saturday to our local Botanical Gardens here in Dublin. Its wonderful to see the Orchids back blooming. The details in these flowers is amazing. I used a very narrow aperture of f/20 here to maximise depth-of-field but still managed an extremely sharp image. I also used a reflector to fill [...]
Delicate in White
From a leisurely stroll around my local park during some fine weather. Wonderful to see all this new life springing up everywhere. An opportunistic shot captured handheld wide open at f/2.8, so about 2mm of effective DOF. © John Dunne 2007 ~ 2010 ~ All Rights Reserved No usage allowed in any form without the [...]
3 in a Row
Still experimenting with the 70-200 at f/2.8 and I continue to be amazed by the quality of this lens wide-open. I am also just loving the bokeh Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Exposure: 1/640 Aperture: f/2.8 Focal Length: 173mm ISO Speed: 100 © John Dunne 2007 ~ [...]
Nature’s Designs
I am constantly fascinated by the designs found in nature and this flower is just one example of that. The soft purplish design, it’s almost as if someone spilled ink down the delicate white petals. © John Dunne 2007 ~ 2010 ~ All Rights Reserved No usage allowed in any form without the written consent [...]
Head and Shoulders Above the Rest & Pure
Here are the last 2 images from my trip to Dunboyne Castle Hotel. Head and Shoulders Above the Rest The last in the serious from my visit to Dunboyne Castle Hotel I just love the detail captured in the veins of the blue tulips petals. The surrounding tulips fall softly out of focus letting your [...]
