Fuji 16-80 ƒ4

Gougane Barra

February 20, 2023 Cork, Fuji 16-80 ƒ4, Fuji X-H2, Landscape

I’m limiting myself to one photo in this post, mostly because it’s all the only photo from this set that I’ve put any thought into. As usual, I’m posting it here because it feels I need to do it more justice than a simple Instagram post that’ll be viewed at the size of a stamp. So, just the usual rant. It was taken with the new Fuji X-H2 which despite offering quite a different usage experience than the X-T3 itRead More

The First and Last

January 8, 2023 Cork, Fuji 16-80 ƒ4, Fuji X-T3, Macro

It wasn’t until we were back at the car after our first time out of the house in 2023 that my phone helpfully pinged and told me what we were doing at this very time in 2022. No surprises, it was the very same thing we’d just done. I suppose that makes it an unofficial tradition to walk around Fota Gardens in the new year. Not exactly as colourful as usual and with a couple of areas closed, but aRead More

Norway, eventually.

After two years of delays and many more years of wasted opportunity, we did finally get that Norway trip done. Seven thousand plus kilometers of roads, road works, mountains, fjords, ferries and fantastic fun. Or if you look at it the way I chose to do it, 3000km of motorway across multiple countries and about 4000km of actual Norway. Having the bike shipped directly to Norway from Ireland just seems like cheating. It’s not a holiday until you’re stuck forRead More