Day 365

I've been wanting to get a shot of sand dunes for a long time, so when I arrived in Brittas Bay today I was delighted to see that it was nothing but dunes as far as the eye can see. It's an image I've wanted to catch for a while, so it seems an appropriate way to round out this project.

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 360

I'm very happy with this shot: I knew as soon as I took it that I liked it, and that it would make a good blog pic. And that's just as well, because the shot I took half an hour later was much better, but when I got home I realised it had been ruined by three drops of rain on the lens. So, ferns it is, and a valuable lesson about lens cleaning

Day 358

I read during the week that there's a German military cemetery about ten miles from my home, so I thought I'd go and have a look. Turns out I've ridden past it hundreds of times in the last eight years. It's a small cemetery: inconspicuous, easily missed, and silent but for the sounds of the wind and the stream that runs past it; a very peaceful resting place for the hundred and thirty four Germans buried there.

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 217

We drove down to Powerscourt today: seemed a better way to spend the day that sitting on the couch watching tv.

Day 216

I had an unexpected half day today, so I took a trip out to Greystones to take a beachscape. The sun was almost gone, but I like the gathering clouds and the colour of the sea.