CillDaraMan: Silver Lining
Silver Lining
Just occasionaly there is some payback from all the rain we've endured recently.
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Silver Lining
Just occasionaly there is some payback from all the rain we've endured recently.
EyeBlinks: Exit Stage Right
Pictures at an Exhibition #3
Josef Koudelka's quite brilliant "Prague Invasion 1968" in the Gallery of Photography, Dublin . Worth a visit.
venividi.ie: beware – horses bite, Hop Island, Cork
introducing another feature to venividi: entries with more than one photograph. the main character of today's post is Thierry, the biting horse.
Hot off the Memory Card: Mucky Owl
A barn owl at the Birds of Prey demonstration at Fota Wildlife Park. Apparently, this one's a particularly messy eater and still has lunch on his face :)
This was taken minutes before the gears stripped on my Sigma 70-300 lens leaving me without a telephoto. Not very happy. I'd always intended replacing the lens this year, but would have preferred it to be on my terms.
Peter Cox: Dún Briste, Downpatrick Head, Co. Mayo
Dún Briste (Broken Fort) is an impressive sea stack at Downpatrick Head on the North Mayo coast. Standing 50 meters (164 feet) high, it was once part of the mainland, connected by a sea arch. It's not known for sure when the arch collapsed, but it seems likely to have been sometime in the 14th century.
Normally viewed from the adjacent cliffs, the most impressive views of the stack are from sea level. This image was made from the base of the cliffs near the entrance to one of the caves that undercut the headland. It should be noted that this an extremely dangerous spot to get to and should only be attempted while in the company of someone who has been there before, and with good knowledge of the local tides and sea conditions. It is possible to become trapped by the incoming tide and a rogue wave could easily sweep you out to sea.
This swirl in the foreground is a result of the long exposure revealing the flow pattern as the waves ebb off the platform. The pool here is about 8 feet deep, and has been carved out of the flat rock platform by countless years of such action. If it wasn't for the danger of being swept away, it would make an excellent jacuzzi!
inphotos.org: Matthew Sadler
Footballer Mathew Sadler is immortalised in a playing card, unfortunately discarded on the ground in Youghal, County Cork.
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Iced Coffee: Dome
Yes, sinful, I know. This is indeed a photograph of the Dome in Victoria Square on the photo walk where photographs of the Dome were specifically banned. Unfortunately, that all went out the window when we were taken to locations where we could get the best shots of the windowed viewing point, of roughly the roofs of most other buildings in the city centre.
Grannymar: Where to start….?
Carrickfergus Castle
I am not sure if I am ready for this unveiling yet. I like to take things slowly and savour the moment. So many situations in life are ruined because they are rushed. So where should I start? Looking in or looking out?
Looking out through the archway to Belfast Lough.
Have you ever been to the Courtyard at Scotch Quarter in Carrickfergus? It is a pleasant setting off Marine highway with about nine individual shops. Some of them have had the same tenants for years while a few deep inside bring new faces and merchandise. The list includes a china/giftware and kitchen ware shop, and a coffee shop both face the direction you see through the arch above. Elizabeth Anne fashions had large retirement notices pasted across the windows and little stock left. It was one of the larger shops and I wonder who will replace them? There is a tiny Thomas Joseph Gallery, where you can chat to and watch the man himself, as he paints.
This photo I took back in March last year, was right in the central courtyard. The furniture is made from tree trunks and imported from the far side of the globe so has a very heavy carbon footprint! The shop selling that furniture is to the right of where the ladies are sitting. One of the more recent arrivals is a delicatessen/coffee shop with just a few tables inside and out.
The well bleached furniture! Who said we get no sunshine?
Facing the ladies is my favourite shop, it is The Silver Store, a small jewellery shop full of variety and surprise, a place I love to browse. From the very modern to the very old, and as they say the day you browse is the day you find treasure. That was the day I found……
Sorry, my wrists are sore and you would hate to have me get RSI, now wouldn’t you? Maybe by Tuesday I’ll be rested! 
