The area known as Lamb’s Head at Caherdaniel is a beautiful and dramatic place to explore. Winter or Summer, the sunsets here can be glorious, but I prefer winter time when the lack of many other visitors gives the place a very special feeling when exploring it.
The area known as Lamb’s Head at Caherdaniel is a beautiful and dramatic place to explore. Winter or Summer, the sunsets here can be glorious, but I prefer winter time when the lack of many other visitors gives the place a very special feeling when exploring it.
Lambs Head at Derrynane is probably top of my wish list to have a little bolt hole.. and I'm quite envious of anyone who has one of the many little houses nestled into the rock on this little peninsula. I've been coming here for years, and it's always different every time, which keeps me coming back !
Remnants of storms or active ones approaching are great providers of dramatic light which brings me back to the thrills of my early days in photography when it was all about catching moments like this !
It's still wonderful to experience and especially now as so many can't travel and experience the west coast.. it's nice to share this with you all too !
Lambs Head at Derrynane is probably top of my wish list to have a little bolt hole.. and I'm quite envious of anyone who has one of the many little houses nestled into the rock on this little peninsula. I've been coming here for years, and it's always different every time, which keeps me coming back !
Remnants of storms or active ones approaching are great providers of dramatic light which brings me back to the thrills of my early days in photography when it was all about catching moments like this !
It's still wonderful to experience and especially now as so many can't travel and experience the west coast.. it's nice to share this with you all too !
Last Light, Lough Leine
A long exposure of 5 minutes after sunset on Lough Leine, Killarney National Park. During the exposure the water and clouds blur and you only see the final result once the exposure has completed. My favourite part of long exposure work is the time you have during exposures when you can do nothing else but relax, look around and take it all in !
Last Light, Lough Leine
A long exposure of 5 minutes after sunset on Lough Leine, Killarney National Park. During the exposure the water and clouds blur and you only see the final result once the exposure has completed. My favourite part of long exposure work is the time you have during exposures when you can do nothing else but relax, look around and take it all in !
The Meeting of the Waters
Tucked in behind Dinis Cottage, this wonderful spot is the point where all three lakes of Killarney converge. I had waited a long time to get early morning light on the old weir bridge but soon realised it's always in shade and so had to settle for some dramatic mid shower light on the bank opposite me.
The Meeting of the Waters
Tucked in behind Dinis Cottage, this wonderful spot is the point where all three lakes of Killarney converge. I had waited a long time to get early morning light on the old weir bridge but soon realised it's always in shade and so had to settle for some dramatic mid shower light on the bank opposite me.
“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” – Ansel Adams
This was one of those moments which was fleeting and I knew would never be repeated. So being there and witnessing it was wonderful but realising I had to make an image that captured it required my full concentration and lessens the ability to just enjoy it a little.
The sun behind me was setting and about to drop below high ridge, putting the valley floor into shadow. It was also dropping into a slim sliver of clear sky which I thought could produce some drama on the mountains opposite. As it did, this razor like cut of light fell on the base of the mountain with the approaching squalls turning the rest of the sky an ominous dark black.
Once again I felt I was realising years of contemplating another artists work, the painter Tim Goulding, who's Mountain Fires paintings , I've long coveted and admired. This was my mountain fire and it was a glorious sight.
“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” – Ansel Adams
This was one of those moments which was fleeting and I knew would never be repeated. So being there and witnessing it was wonderful but realising I had to make an image that captured it required my full concentration and lessens the ability to just enjoy it a little.
The sun behind me was setting and about to drop below high ridge, putting the valley floor into shadow. It was also dropping into a slim sliver of clear sky which I thought could produce some drama on the mountains opposite. As it did, this razor like cut of light fell on the base of the mountain with the approaching squalls turning the rest of the sky an ominous dark black.
Once again I felt I was realising years of contemplating another artists work, the painter Tim Goulding, who's Mountain Fires paintings , I've long coveted and admired. This was my mountain fire and it was a glorious sight.
Ross Castle , Lough Leine
I will often go to great lengths to exclude buildings and man made structures from my landscape work but everyone now and again they can't be left out. Ross Castle was photographed for my book project PARKLIGHT - Images of Killarney National Park, as it's an iconic part of the built heritage of the park. I didn't want to just photograph the castle though, I wanted to show it within the context of the surrounding landscape and so choose to photograph it from across the lake on a winter's afternoon with the right amount of low light and cloud separating the mountains behind. The little ducks were a bonus !
Ross Castle , Lough Leine
I will often go to great lengths to exclude buildings and man made structures from my landscape work but everyone now and again they can't be left out. Ross Castle was photographed for my book project PARKLIGHT - Images of Killarney National Park, as it's an iconic part of the built heritage of the park. I didn't want to just photograph the castle though, I wanted to show it within the context of the surrounding landscape and so choose to photograph it from across the lake on a winter's afternoon with the right amount of low light and cloud separating the mountains behind. The little ducks were a bonus !
Skellig Moon II
The iconic Skellig Islands , off the west coast of Kerry with an April full moon setting in the morning. The once in a lifetime perfect image that took three years and 16 failed attempts to make is by far the most popular image sold in the gallery. This was made just before sunrise in April at 6.13 am as the moon sits just two degress above the horizon. It is the lowest I have witness the moon setting and is coloured yellow as most of the white light is filtered out as it travels through more atmosphere at that elevation. It was still quite dark so a 1 second exposure was required which gives the breaking wave that blurred effect. I had underexposed slightly to ensure the details of the moon were not blown out and used a hard graduated filter over the lens to make sure and balance the exposure.
Often dismissed as a 'photoshopped' image.. I haven't grown tired of explaining it to visitors and reliving that wonderful morning again and again !
Skellig Moon II is an open edition available in three sizes.
Skellig Moon II
The iconic Skellig Islands , off the west coast of Kerry with an April full moon setting in the morning. The once in a lifetime perfect image that took three years and 16 failed attempts to make is by far the most popular image sold in the gallery. This was made just before sunrise in April at 6.13 am as the moon sits just two degress above the horizon. It is the lowest I have witness the moon setting and is coloured yellow as most of the white light is filtered out as it travels through more atmosphere at that elevation. It was still quite dark so a 1 second exposure was required which gives the breaking wave that blurred effect. I had underexposed slightly to ensure the details of the moon were not blown out and used a hard graduated filter over the lens to make sure and balance the exposure.
Often dismissed as a 'photoshopped' image.. I haven't grown tired of explaining it to visitors and reliving that wonderful morning again and again !
Skellig Moon II is an open edition available in three sizes.
I'm surrounding by a wild and dramatic landscape that can sometimes be quite overwhelming and almost too much too photograph ! On mornings like this when a low fog softens the entire landscape and isolates wonderful details it's a great treat to be able to make quieter more reflective images. This is near Derrycunnihy on the Upper Lake in Killarney National Park, taken from a boat after travelling up along the Long Range from Muckross, one of the great water journeys you can do anywhere in Ireland.
I'm surrounding by a wild and dramatic landscape that can sometimes be quite overwhelming and almost too much too photograph ! On mornings like this when a low fog softens the entire landscape and isolates wonderful details it's a great treat to be able to make quieter more reflective images. This is near Derrycunnihy on the Upper Lake in Killarney National Park, taken from a boat after travelling up along the Long Range from Muckross, one of the great water journeys you can do anywhere in Ireland.
Uragh Stone Circle in the Gleninchaquin Valley on the Beara Peninsula most likely predates the great pyramids in Egypt and similar structures are dotted all around the country. The southwest of Ireland has some of the highest concentrations of megalithic sites in Europe and this location with the Gleninchaquin Waterfall in the background is typically spectacularly scenic.
Uragh Stone Circle in the Gleninchaquin Valley on the Beara Peninsula most likely predates the great pyramids in Egypt and similar structures are dotted all around the country. The southwest of Ireland has some of the highest concentrations of megalithic sites in Europe and this location with the Gleninchaquin Waterfall in the background is typically spectacularly scenic.
I'm based and work mainly on the west coast of Ireland which is frequently battered by Atlantic storms in Autumn and Winter. I'm no storm chaser but sometimes I do find myself out when the weather takes a turn for worse and it can be both exhilarating and frightening to witness the power of nature up close. Here you can see Cromwell Point lighthouse on Valentia Island during a storm with Beginish Island in the background.
I'm based and work mainly on the west coast of Ireland which is frequently battered by Atlantic storms in Autumn and Winter. I'm no storm chaser but sometimes I do find myself out when the weather takes a turn for worse and it can be both exhilarating and frightening to witness the power of nature up close. Here you can see Cromwell Point lighthouse on Valentia Island during a storm with Beginish Island in the background.