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alien world

An alien world at Bloom

The macro lens can be a bit of fun exploring hitherto unseen worlds in the center of a flower

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Decay of Beauty

I saw this beautiful yellow rose in my mum’s garden but it’s only on closer inspection you can see it has started to spoil

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Black and White Daffs

While everyone else was eating their sandwiches, I popped out to photograph the impressive daffodils on the road up to Cork Airport. I’m not sure I can justify the pseudo-IR processing though.

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Red Fuschia

Strong evening light and deep shadows = natural colour-popping!

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Heather and Gorse

Yellow gorse and purple heather. It’s fun to photograph but not so fun to climb up a cliff and wade through it.

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More Pink Flowers

Another set of pink flowers but not Sea Pink this time. Found them on the lawn this week.

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More Sea Pink

I promise I’ve got plenty of Sea Pink shots… but I’ll try to ration them out over time ;-)

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I Sea Pink

After photographing these flowers for about a month now, I’ve finally looked it up and discovered they’re called “Sea Pinks” or “Thrift”. They provide a great splash of colour to our coastal landscapes at this time of the year. I’m off to Kerry for the … Read More

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Daffodil Day

Today is Daffodil Day so I was told that this photo would be appropriate!