A Floral Image | Purple Haze
I decided on this occasion to visit the Alpine Gardens as I rarely spend any time there and I was confident I was missing something. And I was right, I came across this Mountain Cornflower which I had not seen before.
Behind the Shot
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A Wexford Seascape | Sun sets upon Hook Head – Wexford, Ireland
A friend and I decided to take a trip down to Hook Head Lighthouse in Wexford to capture a Sunset and Sunrise combo. We’d packed the tent and sleeping bags and even though the weather didn’t promise much we jumped into the car and took the 2.5hr drive.
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Reflections of Ancient Walls
As I mentioned in my post last week I had an 11 hour photographic marathon a couple of saturdays ago which started with sunrise at Trim Castle in County Meath. As is often the case in Ireland the sunrise did not go exactly according to plan
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A Floral Image | Lit from Beneath
My Saturday sunrise trip to Trim Castle turned into an 11 hour photographic marathon and I loved every minute of it 🙂 The images from Trim should follow later this week but to get things kicked off I thought I would post this Crazy Daizy.
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A Floral Image | The Dew Covered Flower
An early morning visit to the Botanical Gardens in Dublin treated me to a freshly watered Rhododendron. The flowers were in full bloom and saturated in heavy droplets of water.
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A Robin Redbreast Image | Perched
Shooting (ne photographing) birds is not a common event for me. In fact a quick browse through my galleries and you’ll be hard pressed to find many. However when the opportunity does arrive I certainly won’t turn it down.
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A Floral Image | Anemone on Green
Purple Crocuses were having way too much fun on my blog this Spring so I thought I would break up the party a little with an Anemone. They are a flowering plantsin the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones.
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A Floral Image | A Line of Crocuses
Well it appears as if March is the month of the Purple Crocus, atleast according to this blog. This is the 3rd image I have posted and I have in fact published 5 to my portfolio. I mentioned earlier that these flowers, along with Tulips mark the beginning of Spring for me.
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A Floral Image | Emerging Life
Another image from my recent trip around the Botanical Gardens in Glasnevin here in Dublin. This is also of a Purple Crocus that are in…
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A Floral Image | Purple Crocuses on the Forest Floor
Spring has most certainly sprung here in Ireland. Along with the new growth we have had some beautiful days of hazy blue skys and…
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A Floral Image | Bird of Paradise Flower
A close-up image capturing the shape and texture of a flowering Strelitzia Reginae with dewdrops on its base. The Strelitzia Reginae, also known as the Bird of Paradise Flower, indigenous to South Africa has been on my photographic list from the first time I saw it almost two years ago in our local Botanical Gardens here in Dublin.
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A Floral Image | Buds
Hi Folks, apologies for it being a little quiet around here for the last couple of weeks. I have a couple of things going…
