An idiot’s guide to spotting meteors on Sunday
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Raining Stars
Another star trail shot whilst watching the Geminids. The trail on the bottom left is actuallt a plane. This was my first attempt and I moved position because I didn’t think it was that good… but now looking at it, I think this is the … Read More →
The Haunted Lookout
This lookout tower overlooks the Old Head of Kinsale and it’s my usual place for trying out star trails. On this occasion, I was also watching the Geminid meteors but none have registered with the camera (too fast, too dim). In retrospect, the 2 hours … Read More →
What can Lightroom do?
Apologies, this is definitely a case of “here’s a shot that didn’t really work out, I wonder what Lightroom can do?”
Sunset at Galley Head
This is a HDR of 3images during a phase of working out if HDR could replace ND grad filters, which are kinda troublesome to keep clean. It can’t; it generates pretty bad artefacts in the sea so I’ll have to try a merge in Photoshop … Read More →
Fields at Galley Head
If only that damn house wasn’t there! Perhaps further along to the right would be a good location for another shot… another time
Galley Head Sunset
In the Carribean, the quintessential sunset is a cloudless sky with a ball of fire setting into the sea. In Ireland, clouds are such a persistent occurrence that they make the sunset
Foamy Moustache
I won’t be winning any wildlife photographer awards with the one, but the Seal intrigued me almost as much as I obviously intrigued him. He watched me taking photos on the cliff at Galley Head for well over an hour




Red Tower
The lookout tower lit with the red LEDs of my headtorch.