Day 302

Twenty four hours working followed by three hours sleep, and the only thought I had of finding a photograph involved taking a picture of something in the car and claiming it was inspired by exhaustion. Luckily I managed to shake off this funk, and left the motorway in the midlands in search of an image, with brooding and silhouetted results.

Day 301

You think that the day will be rich in opportunities, but then work intervenes, and instead you sit in a dark truck all day. This is my seat until some time tomorrow morning.

Day 300

It's been an eventful 300 days: lots of diversions, new ways home, laneways explored, and I've seen a lot more of the city and country than I'd expected. This evening was no different, as I came in to the city from Dun Laoghaire a different way, and I saw the Aviva from this side for the first time. I was very lucky too, as the sun came out in time to give me this image.

Day 299

I was determined that today's photo wouldn't be a landscape, and my intention to photograph something snow based was scuppered by the absence of snow. Luckily I saw, and was quite taken with, this sculpture in front of an office building.

Day 298

Another snowy day, and the day I found out how truly difficult it is to photograph snow well. As I made my way home, resigned to using an iPhone shot today, the sun started to come out from behind the snow clouds, and I went down Dun Laoghaire pier to get a shot of the sunset back over Sandymount. The day was saved.

Day 297

It was cold, so I put on my gloves as I left the office to take a few shots. It wasn't snowing though, so I didn't bring my jacket, and that was my undoing, because three minutes later the snow was pelting down as I was forced to retreat back to work.

Day 296

A very flat cloudy day, but at least it wasn't raining. I was here last week, but my shots with the tower didn't pan out. Today the tide was a bit further out, so I was able to get a better vantage point.

Day 295

A bit of a frustrating day today: I could see two locations that would probably have yielded great images, but I just couldn't reach them safely. Instead I made my way down a sufficiently precarious slope to take this shot of the river above Enniskerry. An ND filter allowed a 30" exposure at f22.

Day 294

Another Leinster home game, and another outing for my Canon: this time I was curious as to what the very high ISO worked. This was taken at ISO6400, and it's much clearer that I'd anticipated.

Day 293

What weather we have had today: torrential rain, gale force winds, cold, miserable, everything bad! Too wet to bring my Canon to work, which was a pity really, because it was a day made for long exposures down at the sea. Nevertheless the Leica was up to the job. There wasn't much colour on display when I was taking this, so it got some treatment in post, but only to emphasise what was already there.

Day 292

It's funny sometimes how things work out: I was working away this morning, and I turned around and saw the mantel beside me, and there was today's image. Just like that!

Day 291

To be honest, I just liked the light and the reflection of the screens in the bottle.

Day 290

I started work in Dun Laoghaire today, and to celebrate I cycled to work through the freezing cold and the snow. When I arrived the snow was clearing, and the sun was just hitting Pigeon House. The blue sky was misleading though, as it continued to snow and rain all day.

Day 289

Up close and personal with the cat today. Thanks to the macro lens you cant tell that she's glaring at me. Also, I think this should count as a self-portrait.

Day 288

All prepared for a triumphant return to training on my bike, and it pours down rain and I can't get out. My tyres will have to wait another day to get the new rubbed off them.

Day 287

Spring has arrived on our terrace, which is nice. It also means I don't have far to go today, which is also nice!

Day 286

I saw this rather peculiar tree on the Grand Canal this evening: it was bedecked in wind-chimes and angels. All quite odd, but charming nonetheless.

Day 285

Pretty much housebound today: tiredness, apathy and bad weather all conspired against me. Sometimes your only hope is whimsy!

Day 284

My plan to leave Dingle early was scuppered by outrageous fortune, and it was gone five o'clock when I actually managed to quit the city limits. The only upshot to this was that I was able to travel over the Connor Pass: it would have been a difficult trip at the start of the day due to the freezing conditions. As a result I was able to stop at this spot, and shoot back towards Dingle. A tripod was essential in the fading light, as anything less than f16 would have given inadequate depth of field.

Day 283

With the computer working away merrily without me I was able to nip out for half an hour to get a shot looking out to the Atlantic before the light was gone. This is a shot I've tried a few times, but only today did I get it right. Nothing but sea and sky, and the clouds played a blinder!

Day 282

Very cold today in Kerry, so what better time to go for a walk down the marina with no gloves?!The weather was very odd today, as evidenced by this photo: sunny on one side and snowing on the other.

Day 281

It's very hard to photograph my cat in any state other than sleeping. As soon as she sees the camera she legs it. Today however, she was engrossed in a leaf caught in a breeze outside the window, so I could catch her unawares.

Day 280

It is a grey, wet, and thoroughly grim day in Dublin today. Not a day for wandering around with my camera. Conversely though, it is a day for running. When I first started this blog it was partly to fill in the time as I couldn't train during a period of injury, so it's appropriate that I can combine the two today.

Day 279

Unfortunately I couldn't photograph the hour I spent on the phone to technical support, so instead here's the last run home. Back in Dublin after a fortnight away and it feels good.

Day 278

I elected to avoid the sunset and head north this evening in search of an interesting beach or seascape, and I was very happy with the results. A long exposure on a tripod enabled me to use a very narrow depth of field, and the polariser helped the clouds to stand out a bit more.

Day 277

A day spent sitting at my desk watching the computer refuse to work properly. The bright side though is that I had the opportunity to play with my macro lens, which I must admit I adore!

Day 276

Another incredibly overcast day in Dingle, so instead of the grand landscape I went in search of a macro shot instead. This was shot wide open to give a very narrow depth of field, and lots of resulting bokeh.

Day 275

I went back to Ventry Beach today: the water was like glass, and even tough the day was flat and very overcast, the pier was reflected in the water, and the fisherman was standing very still, thus enabling a longer exposure.

Day 274

A late finish at work tonight, and no moon, so I drove as far as Ventry beach and took my chances. Due to some sorry packing I'm limited to a 30 second exposure at a high ISO, but it worked well, giving the water a nice shimmer.

Day 273

Another beautiful day in Dingle, but all I saw of it was through these blinds as I was working all day.

Day 272

Long day at work today, so I never got out to look for a shot. It worked out well though, as this is the view from my edit suite.