Portugal part 2

My last evening in Cascais, and it's getting a bit cloudy, but as we all know that makes for a more dramatic sky. This is the sun setting behind the house of Jorge O'Neill.

Morning in Cascais

A cloudy morning this morning as we walked to the station, but the sun was still there, forcing its way through and making its presence felt on the beach. Taken on my +Leica Camera X1

Day 361

Another unscheduled day off today, so I took advantage of the beautiful weather and drove down to Wicklow to see the lighthouse. It was built in 1781 and it's no longer a functioning lighthouse: in fact it's available to rent for holidaymakers, and you have to ignore a lot of "private property" signs to reach it, but it is spectacular.

Day 359

The weather has lost its mind! Blue skies in the west but I took this in the pouring rain. The dome of the St Stephen's Green centre looks good in silhouette.

Day 344

Is there anything happier than dogs running around in the sea?

Day 341

A different version of dark skies over the power station, and the addition of a lomo filter in post.

Day 333

I've seen this image on a few occasions, but today was the first opportunity I had to stop and capture it: the Luas bridge at Charlemont.

Day 314

A different route home, and I never noticed that there were two churches across the road from each other. One exposure for the sky, and another for the detail in the walls, and I blended them in post.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 260

I said goodbye to Dublin again for another work rotation in Kerry. Pity, because it was a very nice day in Dublin today.

Day 245

Last day in Chamonix, and it snowed heavily for most of the day. Not a great day to be trying to kill six hours while waiting for the transfer back to the airport. Somewhere in that cloud is Mont Blanc.

Day 243

Penultimate day in Chamonix, and a shining example of how your worst day on the snow is still better than your best day at work. Equipment failure and clouds conspired against us, but it's still better than work!