If there ever was any doubt of winter’s coming, then Wednesday’s snowfall across half of Ireland put that to rest. I never got to see how the early flurry affected towns and cities or even the south western coast. We got our own personal show rendering us snowbound and going nowhere. Soon the images started […]
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Rossnowlagh beach is famous for its kilometers of open sand, walking, surfing, swimming and a popular driving beach for doing donuts or simply enjoying the novelty of driving on sand. It’s also a great big open space for flying a drone and capturing coastal scenery. Except this time the camera was pointing the other way […]
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The problem with capturing birds in flight is that; well they’re in flight! Unless of course they can hover under joystick control. Jokes aside it took me a while before I was convinced that this bird was worth capturing. It will never compete with a full size DSLR hanging under a five figure professional drone, […]
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I love the light over water during civil twilight. That time of day just after the sun dips below the horizon when its still bright outside and the stars are yet make their appearance. It’s a time when you can put anything between yourself and the horizon and its silhouette will look stunning; … even […]
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What a marvellous piece of engineering is the humble windmill. Distributed throughout the Gillman wetlands is a system of underground interception drains with good old fashion windmills. These windmills pump hyper-saline ground water to the surface allowing a freshwater lens to develop below. And all this time I had thought they were there just to […]
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