A sunset on beautiful Rossnowlagh beach is always a wonderful experience. Whether a solitary personal moment, or shared. This time not all eyes on sunset were mine.
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Remembering Summer
Under a brooding sky and a glowing horizon, Adelaide beachgoers soaked in an unseasonably warm, balmy mid-autumn evening. Now, deep into our Irish summer, we may not reach those 30 degree nights, but with up to 17 hours of daylight, the long golden days more than make up for it. Meanwhile, in the chill of […]
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Back to Beach
It’s been a very long time since I photographed a Henley Beach sunset. Tonight I nearly didn’t. I was in fact about to mow the lawn when I noticed the light around me strike the building as it emerged beyond the blanket of ominous cloud above. The lawn was soon forgotten, tripod located and to […]
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Not Just a Pretty Sunset
This beautiful sunset scene looking out over the wild Atlantic ocean contains some of the most amazing diving I have been privileged to experience. My very first dive here in Ireland was on Skellig Michael, that pyramid on the distant horizon. I could not have wished for a more profound introduction to Irish diving. From […]
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Bokeh f/6.3
For a technical, pixel-peeping photographer, (like someone I know), there’s a wonderful freedom in simply turning the focus ring until it just feels right. I’d been carrying my camera unused for most of my walk. The light was fading, the last rays of sunlight filtering through the trees. What the heck, just take a photo, […]
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