Day 232

Freezing cold morning in Dublin. I was down in Sandymount with my new ND and Polariser filters, and they resulted in texture in the sky that wasn't really there.

Day 226

First day back at work after a week of illness, and I'm barely back to 80% efficiency yet, never mind 100%. I've seen this image on a number of occasions, and I'm not really happy with this first effort at capturing it: I had only my iPhone with me, and it would have benefited from being taken further away on a longer lens.

Day 212

Celebrate! This party's over! I'm going home......................

Day 211

Back to work, early on a Sunday morning, and the sun was belting down Baggot Street when I got there.

Day 205

Sunny but wet today, and a lot of the countryside looked grim as a result. A couple of shots that I wasn't too happy with, then on the way home the evening sun was shining through the trees, and the Christmas Eve photo was decided.

Day 204

Just arrived in Galway, and what a beautiful and cold night it is. Sadly the moon is too high to feature in my shot, but there's still plenty of light from it.

Day 202

Last day at work today: Christmas holidays start here!

Day 198

Sitting eating breakfast this morning I noticed that the sky had gone crazy. Quickly I grabbed my camera, took three shots, and then the  moment was gone and the heavy grey clouds had blotted out all the colour again.

Day 197

First proper day off in a long time, and there was even some winter sun, albeit for quite a short time.

Day 196

I had a photo from the Aviva stadium for today's blog, but after Leinster losing to Clermont it didn't feel right. So, instead, I decided to post a pic of our newly decorated Christmas tree: an altogether more cheerful sight.

Day 195

We've quite a nice office at the moment: a first floor room in a Georgian terrace on Baggot Street. The only real drawback is that we've the world's coldest kitchen. Today it was actually colder than outside, which really contravenes at least one law of physics. The only redeeming quality is this rather quaint iron window frame; having said that, it may also be a contributing factor to its incredible cold.

Day 194

Today was bitterly cold, and I didn't manage to get out of the office in daylight to take today's photo, so I took a slightly different route home along the canal. I took this on a thirty second exposure at a narrow aperture, and then corrected the orange cast in post.

Day 193

It's work work work these days. Monday morning I had four projects on the go: mercifully that's down to two today. Still, that's a lot of work!

Day 192

What a beautiful morning: cold, crisp and frosty. The Dodder park was still covered in frost when I passed on the way to work, and the colours in the trees were incredible. A wonderful way to resurface after the madness of the last fortnight.

Day 190

A few hours working in Dun Laoghaire this morning, so I took the opportunity to walk down as far as the sea wall. A lot of boats out sailing today, despite the cold winter conditions.

Day 188

Today was a good day, but it was a very long day. It started with delivering one project to be mixed and played out, it continued with another project that's nearing completion, and it ended with talk of exciting new projects that are in the early stages if development. Still, I'm so glad to see the Luas that'll bring me home.

Day 187

It seems like there's been protests in Dublin every day for the last six months, and I've missed them all. Today I saw this placard discarded by Clare St: seems like the capitalists are finally making themselves heard.

Day 186

I had hoped to have left Dingle about four hours ago, but the graphics card had other ideas. So here I am, last man standing, watching the sun set, and hoping to be gone by dark.

Day 181

A cold night last night coming over the Connor Pass last night, all the more so as I spent ten minutes waiting for midnight to pass so that I could legitimately say that I took this today. A long exposure by moonlight, and a wide aperture, and amazingly the sky turned out blue.

Day 179

Long day, long night, but a beautiful clear night, and a full moon to distract from the freezing cold.