T minus 7 Irish quotes

Saint Patrick was a gentleman
Who through strategy and stealth
Drove all the snakes from Ireland
Here's a drinkee to his health!


But not too many drinkees
Lest we lose ourselves and then...
Forget the good Saint Patrick
And see them snakes again!


- unknown author -

I live in a beautiful town. I don't say this too often and for sure, I don't go out to meet him very often. The spring has finally arrived and I resumed my photo trips. There is one week left to St. Patrick's Day and I have noticed the airport is busy already, not to mention the streets, or pubs. I hope the weather will stay positive. Over the next seven days I will run a daily topic dedicated to the event taken place on the 17th March of every year.

Unusual point of view - lens distorsions

Portobello College

The Playwright Inn

From the goody bag I bring you...

Slea Head from the coast road

The Blaskets as seen from Coumeenoole Beach

I have these images put together since I've started this blog. I never new how should I present them. I have an issue with the image crop, and in the beginning I use to pan around with the camera until I ran out of space on the storage card. Today I present you these panoramas as they were taken back in May 2008 and close to what I had in mind back then.

It all started here

My first attempts to shoot panoramic images

I remember when this happened: October 2006, a trip to Paris took me close to some of the most impressive subjects that can be caught on camera. I had a Panasonic FZ30 for about 4 months and I wasn't sure what to do with it. Versailles Palace was in full recovery after refurbishment works. I felt that one image is not enough to see what I see. So I started to pan(fool)-around. I rediscovered these images yesterday and I said I should give them another chance. The original shots weren't great, so I played with them... a bit.

There's light at the end of ...

...the Irish National Stud

Low tide in Rush, Co. Fingal

Rush harbour, Co. Fingal

Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

Glendalough, The Upper Lake, as I've never seen it. On 31st of December, the most unusual time of year, I happened to be there to witness this magical place covered in snow.

The Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim (revisited)

Malahide Demesne, Co Fingal

I finally went outside for a photo-shoot. The sunny weather took me all the way to Malahide Castle. I had to take pictures of the mighty trees before spring comes and all turns green again. Having done that, I said I have to have a different approach of the castle demesne. Here it is, infrared and ND 0.8 gradient filters in 12 stitched photographs.

Howth Marina, Howth Peninsula

Howth Marina


Ireland's Eye