My Photo of the week

This was taken after my first photography class. I am finally not relying on auto to take my photos. I took this at such a high res that I had to shrink the file to put it up here. There was some colour loss though as the green of the grass in the original is amazing.


This is my photo of the week.

The moon rise

My study of the night sky continues with this 30" exposure of the moon rising on Sunday night. It took a while to get the right exposure time, I think the trick is the longer the better to get great night photos.

Tis the season

A little bit of fun. I spent today carving this pumpkin and attempting pumpkin soup at the same time. The soup was a bit of a disaster but the carving turned out pretty well.

Happy Halloween :)

Bella, ever my muse

Bella hunting for birds on the beach.

Silver and White

Just for fun.

The morning sky

And in contrast here is the morning sun (with a couple of swans). What a gorgeous morning. I woke up early with Bella on Saturday at around 8am and when I saw this sunrise I ran outside in my PJ's to get this shot before it was too late.

The night sky

I spent ages trying to get a decent shot of the moon over the sea the other night. This was the best out of the bunch... although its hard to capture how gorgeous this moon was. I'm sure a few touch ups would make this photo amazing but I am leaving it in its raw state for the minute. This is the beginning of my night shots, I will get studying :)

Competition Entries so far

My entry into the GoIreland.com photo competition:
http://www.goireland.com/photos.htm

Bella chasing after the ball in Blackrock beach, Louth.

My entry into the Irish Met Society:

http://www.irishmetsociety.org/

Blackrock beach, Louth

My BBC Wildlife Magazine monthly competition entrants:
http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/

September 2010 photo contest: your best wildlife holiday images

October 2010 photo contest: your best photos from Africa

Bring back the Sunshine

    Blackrock sky above my house in Summer

To brighten your day

Recently I received a beautiful bunch of flowers and I couldn't resist taking a few photos of these flowers with one of my new toys, an Opteka 10x macro lens. This lens along with my trusty tripod allowed me to capture the colour and vibrancy of each flower perfectly.

I have used the orange one to brighten up my desktop in work and it works a treat.

 

 

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Ella Bella, who's got the ball

My wee puppy Bella has a wild obsession with her ball. I could take a million of these photos each day as it is never too far away from her at any stage. I have enough photos of her and her ball to fill an exhibition, although this has got to be one of my favourites.

My first blog

My friend Peggy shouted to me over a very loud Whelan's recently that I should start a blog. Now, me, I am usually very cynical about these things but I felt, she is right, it is the best way for me to share my photography. I hope people will read this and take the opportunity to view and comment on the photos I love so much. 

So enough about that.

This blog has been created for one reason only. To host my photographs. Enjoy. :)