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Taken from the summit of Doan in the Mourne Mountains, this is the quaintly named Silent Valley Reservoir. I walked a circuit from there - see my previous two posts if you're interested! The low clouds were drifting around, making the place feel higher than it is.
I had my lunch where the chap is standing but he arrived with his family and I left them to it, finding another angle. Thankfully he stood admiring the view long enough for me to snap him to help the photo out.
The Shimna River cascades though the lovely Tollymore Forest Park, resplendent in its spring finery. This is at The Meeting of the Waters, a fine simple but fine name for a river junction.
I have photographed this view a fair bit - I love Tollymore. It was a race to snap before the sun pierced the clouds again. Great for warmth but not for ugly hotspots!
Buttermere on a damp morning. The lone tree watches over the lake, waiting for the clouds to break on a special view. For me this is a place full of memories.
In Explore July 12, 2025.
From the viewpoint of the fellow in my previous post. Kinbane Castle is the name of the ruin in the middle of the spur and our perspective here is the end of the spur, the spot where a beacon would be lit to warn other outposts of the MacDonnell clan, who had lands around here in Ireland and across the sea in Scotland.
You can see the stepped path zigzagging up the hall beyond the ruin, and it's a lung busting climb up to the car park, but well worth the effort - such an atmospheric place. It must be fabulous at dawn.
It's been so dreary, damp and gloomy since my trip to Balintoy and the north coast and I haven't felt inspired to take any landscape photos, but I was snapping madly at a school Chinese New Year event (I'm a high school teacher, btw) with some performers in traditional costumes who looked amazing. These went on the school's social media and I won't post them on Flickr.
I really enjoy event photography, interacting with people and the fast pace and fun of candids, capturing fleeting moments. Then some more posed portraits of the performers - great fun, and something I want to challenge myself to improve at. My Canon 6D and 24-105 lens are great for this, such a flexible focal range and the Canon gives great jpegs for fast turnaround.
A lovely sundown past Scrabo Tower at low tide. From a wee lay-by big enough for 4 or so cars, a place you often find folk stopping to watch the sun go down with the heater on and windows up. I'm the nutter who gets out with a camera and freezes.
My first visit to this fabulous spot on the Antrim coast, just along from Carrick-a-Rede and the famous rope bridge. I waited for this fellow to obligingly stand at the the end of the spur of cliffs jutting into the Atlantic. That's Scotland in the distance, and Rathlin Island (where Robert the Bruce saw the spider in a cave) on the left. On the right is Fair Head, a distinctive wall of cliffs.
The beach at the edge of Bangor before work one morning a while back. The Esplanade reaches around the bay, with the houses facing the sea having big windows to ponder and peer from.
The mill pond provides a lovely viewpoint of the old textile mill at Hardcastle Crags. This wooded valley is owned by the National Trust and is near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.
It operated from 1805-1890 and was one of the first cotton mills of the Industrial Revolution. The working day was 6am to 7.30pm, including for children! Then a law came in to restrict children’s hours - to 12! This mill pond was to supply the water-driven machines. Once it stopped being a working mill people boated around it, apparently.
In Explore April 21, 2025.
You can guess what this formation is called just round the coast from Balintoy Harbour on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. Did you guess Elephant Rock? I walked round the day before and couldn't help a giggle at just how elephanty it is. There's a story about a mammoth being caught in the lava from a volcanic eruption. Nice yarn. There are so many interesting rock formations and sea arches around here, and it's only a short drive from the famous Giant's Causeway.
I had left my filters at home so rushed round here before dawn to get a long exposure, with the water like mist being my idea, and I'm pleased at how it turned out.
There was a photography group from Sweden staying in same place as us, and the leader said it was the third he'd brought over in ht last year. I was rather surprised as I always think of Scandinavia as having awesome landscapes, but round here is pretty impressive too I guess.
In Explore February 15, 2025.
Antwerp City Hall dates from 1565 and has the wonderful Brabo Fountain in front of it. I was staying in an apartment in one of the old guildhalls, with this fantastic view from the kitchen window.
In Explore July 29, 2025.
Acclassic view in the Mournes, taken from the dam wall of this reservoir that supplies water to distant Belfast.
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The stepping stones across the Shimna River in Tollymore Forest in County Down. Fresh green leaves with lilting birdsong and the steady rumble of water over rocks - what a delightful place to be!
My previous photo was from the other side of the stepping stones.
In Explore June 9, 2025.
The Banns Road is an old track that leads to Lough Shannagh in the Mourne Mountains of County Down. I walked from Silent Valley - in my previous post, and then to the pointy hill on the right, Doan.
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This river is called Hebden Water, and it flows through a beautiful wooded valley to the nearby town of Hebden Bridge. I usually come to this lovely National trust place whenever I'm in the area visiting family. It's a gem, and Pippin thinks so too. Woods plus river plus squirrels = dog heaven!
Can you spot him? Long exposure training needed!