Category: Ireland

Can you see what it is yet?

On my way to catch my train home the other night I stopped on the Millennium Bridge to try and snap a shot of the Hal’penny Bridge which was reflecting perfectly in the calm River Liffey. Crowds of commuters crossing the bridge at the same time, all in their own hurry to get home, made it impossible to get a clear shot because the bridge I was standing on was bouncing so much. In the end, after many failed attempts and with just ten minutes to get to the DART station, I decided to just go with it.

A few more shots from Greystones Harbour.

It was a really good weekend for photography. I got out both days and got some shots that I’m really happy with. I’ve been meaning to go to Greystones Harbour for awhile and I made it down there on Saturday evening just as the last of the light was disappearing.

It was bitterly cold and my fingers were so numb I nearly dropped my camera into the water in this old rowing boat but it’s my favourite shot of the afternoon:

I’ll post some more tomorrow.

I spent some time taking photographs in Rathdown Cemetary in Greystones yesterday afternoon. What is it about graveyards that is so fascinating? Rathdown is a pretty modern cemetary so no ancient tombstones to be found there but still, I love to read the inscriptions and try and piece together something of the people’s stories.

I didn’t stay long. Being a Sunday there were a few people visiting graves and I felt awkward about taking photographs. Even though I was sure to be as inconspicuous as possible (never putting the camera to my eye for instance) and nobody even gave me a second glance, it still felt like I was doing something wrong.

When I go, I want to have lots of interesting information on my tombstone (no cremation for me thank you) so that people will stop and read it and, who knows, maybe blog it. Haha…a final post from beyond the grave!

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