Tag Archives: Head

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Red Tower

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

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Look Up There

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

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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

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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?”

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Welcome

The gate of a restored lighthouse keeper’s cottage. Galley Head, Co. Cork

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Yet Another Lighthouse

Galley Head Lighthouse at dusk

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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

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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

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Little Rock, Big Ocean

Off the Old Head of Kinsale

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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

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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