Porchfield » Nature http://porchfield.com Danny O'Brien's Photoblog Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Spring Drops In http://porchfield.com/2010/03/27/spring-drops-in/ http://porchfield.com/2010/03/27/spring-drops-in/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:52:21 +0000 Danny http://porchfield.com/?p=990 ]]>

At last Spring is squeezing its way in. This was taken in Wilhemsdorf, Southern Germany last week.

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White Strand, Cahersiveen. Saturated!

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White Strand, Cahersiveen.

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I can’t think of anything profound to say about this. Sorry.

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The last of the snow shots for now. I’m just back from Barcelona so will have a few from there soon.

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A Redwing searching for food during the recent cold spell.

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I love the west coast so much I often forget that there are so many great places to see on the east. Laytown on the small teeny bit of sea that is in County Meath.

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Apparently Mars is closer than it has ever been to the Earth tonight. And it really is red! Click on the photo to see a larger size on Pixie.

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There is only has a few days left to bid on the auction for Haiti.  Please consider bidding. Details are here: http://pix.ie/valentia

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There is only has a few days left to bid on the auction for Haiti.  Please consider bidding. Details are here: http://pix.ie/valentia

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I have four photos up for auction for Haiti. Please read my profile here:http://pix.ie/valentia for all the details. It would be wonderful if you would consider putting in a bid on one of them. Thanks.

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I have four photos up for auction for Haiti. Please read my profile here:http://pix.ie/valentia for all the details. It would be wonderful if you would consider putting in a bid on one of them. Thanks.

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As fossil fuels go turf must be the one with the best soul! Is there anything better, on a cold winter’s night, than sitting around an open turf fire, with friends and talking pure drivel and having the best of craic? Nothing, I say. Nothing on earth.

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Another year draws to a close. Lets hope 2010 sees some small step towards a world that begins to care about itself and its people. (Though I wouldn’t get my hopes up!)

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Ice crystals on a leaf. Happy Christmas Day!!

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I know that this looks a bit set up but is is taken, with the sun behind, in a hedge-grow at Newtown cemetery. No manipulation except for a tweak in contrast and sharpening. I love this sharp chill but after seeing a few of the homeless on the news tonight I feel very fortunate not to have to sleep out.

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Baltray, County Louth.

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An Arctic Tern (I think) succeeds in getting his dinner at Kilkeel, Co. Down. Not the sharpest but I’ll keep trying!

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Looking out the window of the house we were staying in at Bowness.

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As we’re on the subject of waves, if anyone has an invite for Google wave that they have to spare……….?

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I went for a stroll along the Royal Canal yesterday after the fog had cleared. I didn’t take many photographs, just a few macros. I’ve noticed that after a fog the plants and grass are full of micro drops. These can make for exciting close-ups. This shot again shows the value of the extra megapixels of the 5D Mk II. You will see from the original below that this is just a small section of the frame. You could still get a decent 8″ x 8″ (20cm x 20cm) print from it as well. I have also added another shot at the end in which the focus is more on the drops.

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It was taken with a Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro lens.

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Dolphins retire for the evening after entertaining us in Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo.

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This boyo has been sitting in the blog drawer for a long time. The humour is on me now to release it.

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Not really a mouse catcher. The owls at the World Owl Trust in Cumbria are fed these little lads every day.

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Taken from Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick in Cumbria.

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This photo was taken at the same spot from where my last post was taken. There’s photographs aplenty everywhere!

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I can’t let the summer go by without posting an up to date puffin shot. Taken this year on Skellig Micheal.

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Somewhere in the Lake District.

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Juno, our dog, has had a fairly difficult few weeks. We thought at one stage we were going to lose her. Luckily, animals don’t have to put up with the dire health system that we humans have to and she has fully recovered. She loves water and regularly enjoys a walk along the Royal Canal.

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We went for a stroll on the Royal Canal at Longwood yesterday. The Canal was full of colour and growth, in a good way. Because I still haven’t mastered walking on water I had to take this from a long way away and it is only a small part of the frame. Luckily I used the 5D Mk II which makes it viable to be radical with the crops. Taken at 400mm and I’m amazed at how sharp it is at such magnification.

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