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Irishman in the Middle East
Photos from HX – More!
Greetings to all. 30 more pics from my trip home. Heading back to the desert next weekend.
Happy New Year to all.
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Galtee Mountains, Limerick/Tipperary/Cork border
Galtee Mountains
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Fog engulfed Galtee Mor (highest peak)
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Bridge @ Bruff village
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Bruff Waterfall
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Ballygrennan Castle, Bruff
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Bruff Waterfall (again)
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Mrs Cow!
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Mary Howard’s Pub, famous Bruff watering hole
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Bruff village
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Bruff Church
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Birds feeding
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Mr Crow!
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Meany’s horse
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My daughter & pal running by Ash Point, Lough Gur
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Knockfennell, Lough Gur, shot from the opposite Knockadoon hill
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Knockadoon, looking west
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Lough Gur
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Lough Gur
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Lough Gur
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Lough Gur
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Lough Gur birds
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Lough Gur swans
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Lough Gur, wild goose (I think!)
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LG & goose (again)
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Grange Church, from across the lake with Garret Island in middle
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Moonrise @ Lough Gur (it’s a marvelous place for a moondance!)
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Wren Boys (girls) at my house on St Stephen’s Day evening – old Irish custom
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Bruff Village
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Grange Stone Circle, Winter solstice evening, 21 December 2012
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Chat next year. Take care all.
MB
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very beautiful shots. may I ask which Camera and which lenses you use for this pics? wide angle?
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Hi Dan. No. The opposite. Used a zoom lens. 70-300mm lens on my canon 7D. With the zoom lens you can compose a shot much better, pick out the part of the landscape you like best and compose your shot. I am not into vast sweeping landscape shots, which you would get with a wide angle lens. Far more interesting (for me) to select the most interesting part of the landscape and take one (or even more) shots with more close-up and more interesting detail (using the zoom). And if the subject matter is far enough away, you still end up with a broad enough shot even with the zoom. And of course, with the zoom lens on the camera – when you come across something interesting (like the cow shot in that post for example) – then you also have the ability, without changing lenses & maybe losing the moment), to immediately zooming in real tight. All shots taken in my home locality of south Limerick in SW Ireland. Go visit sometime with your own camera and get some practice! Thanks for the interest and for dropping in. Have a good one! MB
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Thanks for the pics Mike. Was just talking to Niamh. She thought they were great
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