Archive for the 'Kerry' Category

Meander

A bit further up (if I remember correctly) from where I took this, but the same roll of film none the less. Spurred on today having just had the Bronica out for the first time in a hell of a long time. Shot two rolls of B&W in the Irish Museum of Modern Art, came home all enthusiastic ready to dev & scan. Nope, developer is well expired. Balls. Decided not to risk it with the rolls as one of them is SFX 200 that I’ve had in the fridge for the last 18 months at least. I really want to see how that comes out. Shot the whole roll with a 25A red filter and chanced my arm using the metered prism finder.

Anyway, that’s the reason for the medium format shot today. Also reminded me that we passed the Gap of Dunloe only a few weeks ago on the way back from Waterville and my intense desire to ride up through there on the bike was cut short by worries about the lack of tread left on the rear wheel. Still haven’t managed to get the tyres changed so riding has been somewhat restricted of late. That and the weather is pants. This is priority one for the next trip to Cork. Spin down to Killarney, through the gap and onto the pancake house nearish Kenmare for something cheesy and bacony.

I’m sure the sun will come back for at least another week…

Published on May 15, 2011 in Bronica ETRS, Film, Kerry and Landscape. 2 Comments

The Edge of the Country

A photo rally point yesterday on the edge of the country in north west Kerry. Somewhere not too far from Ballinskelligs to be precise. (Edit; also as photographed elsewhere, but with a bit more style than I can muster)

After coming back from the UK on Wednesday evening (and having had a very relaxing journey back), I repacked the bike on Thursday and along with Julie headed south to Cork for the second in a row of long weekends.

Getting out of bed on Friday morning to the sights and sounds of “The Royal Wedding” (I’m sure there’s a patent pending in there somewhere) was enough encouragement to eat a quick breakfast and head out on the bike once more. That and I was also getting the universal sign of ‘need coffee’ from Julie so we headed into Cork coffee roasters for a predictably tasty couple of large ones.

From there to Kinsale and thankfully avoided big rugby weekend. Got through the town without a hitch and made our way up to a breezy photo point on the old head. After some grass sitting, some munching of ‘emergency chocolate biscuits’ (that is, the chocolate biscuits that live in the top box of the bike so they’re on hand 24/7) it was back to Carrigaline to buy some socks.

As I’d recently discovered that my head fairly closely resembled some kind of budget priced mop, I also took the opportunity to get much of my hair removed. Saturday morning and down to Waterville to do the above photo rally point and meet a friend who was holidaying/chilling out with his daughter in the area. One tasty Chinese takeaway, several well needed beers and a couple of handfuls of crisps later and the next thing I knew, it was Sunday morning.

Back to Cork and I’m now eying up a large kinder easter egg. It will shortly disappear entirely, except of course for the large inner quite indigestible part of it. Back to Dublin and/or normality tomorrow. The lack of tread left on the back tyre of my motorbike is testament to what an amazing double bank holiday I’ve had. Who needs double rainbows when you can have double bank holidays?!?

Published on May 1, 2011 in iphone, Kerry, Landscape and People. 1 Comment

The Gap

The Gap
I\’ve always found velvia to be an absolute bitch to scan. Trying to maintain the colours you see when you hold the film up to the light is impossible. Probably why I post very little of it and why I still have nearly a dozen rolls of it to scan. Well, either the above or I\’m just lazy.

Published on October 7, 2010 in Bronica ETRS, Kerry and Landscape. 1 Comment

All the people, all the time

All the people, all the time
Kerry, stopped to investigate. Open to correction but if I remember correctly, it\’s the gap of Dunloe.

Published on October 5, 2010 in Canon 50, Canon 5D, Kerry and Landscape. 2 Comments

Dry Dock

Dry Dock
Near Killarney, one of the many photogenic places to stop along the Molls Gap route that winds through the mountains from Kenmare.

Published on February 6, 2010 in Canon 5D, Kerry and Landscape. 0 Comments

The Lakes

The Lakes
Nearly a year ago on the way from Kenmare to Killarney. Don\’t get down here that often now, it\’s a bit more of a hike from Dublin than it was from Cork.

Published on January 7, 2010 in Canon 50, Canon 5D, Kerry and Landscape. 2 Comments

Swans of the Apocalypse

Swans of the Apocalypse
Earlier this year at one of the lakes of Killarney. Shot at Ross Castle.

Published on December 16, 2009 in Black and White, Bronica ETRS, Film, Kerry, Landscape and People. 3 Comments

A walk at the castle

A walk at the castle
A couple taking a breather during a walk around the woods at Ross Castle in Killarney, Kerry. This was back when the weather was nicer. What is it some people call it, summer? Sounds familiar.

Published on December 9, 2009 in Black and White, Bronica ETRS, Film, Kerry, Landscape and People. 0 Comments

Kenmare Uncovered

Kenmare Uncovered
July 2003. Clearly not designed for the well-being of anyone\’s livers. Several of us took off to Kenmare and rented a holiday home for a few days. There was a lot of fishing, a lot of drinking and a medium amount of falling into the lake while fishing done. There were people accused of being homosexuals, people doing strange things to cattle and a video produced that covers most of the above. Above is an example of drunk people, albeit quite well behaved drunk people. Still can\’t remember if anyone actually caught anything though…

Published on September 10, 2009 in Event, Kerry and People. 0 Comments

Torc Waterfall

Torc Waterfall
Part of the stack of Velvia that\’s been sitting, waiting to be scanned for months. This is my very first post of a shot taken on velvia and I\’m going to start as I mean to go on. All the velvia shots I\’m going to post will be exactly as they came out of the scanner. Which, hopefully, will be very close to exactly how they came out of the camera. The only alterations I\’m going to allow myself are crops to remove frame borders and very minor colour temp shifts where for some inexplicable reason, my scanner decides to tint the scans purple or blue.

Published on August 4, 2009 in Bronica ETRS, Film, Kerry and Landscape. 2 Comments