This magnificently ugly fellow is Ted’s nemesis at the zoo. Every time they’ve encountered each other, the hornbill defends his territory like crazy. Ted wasn’t with us when I took this, and the hornbill was showing off mightily for his lady friend, so I got some great pictures. :)
There’s a maintained forest in Cobh, Marlogue (Marlow) Wood. Scattered throughout it are small ruins, houses that have been taken back by the wood. This is my favorite shot I took of one, a hearth that appears in remarkably good condition, given that everything around it has largely disappeared.
A few-second, maybe 10-second, exposure, taken while balancing the camera on top of a post because I didn’t have a tripod and was apparently bored with just snapping shots of passers-by. Mostly I like the color in this.
This one’s mostly for Ursula. :) Baby moorhen, and my recollection of taking the picture is that it involved practically lying down in the mud to get on the right level with the wee little creature. :)
St Coleman’s Cathedral overlooks Cobh in a most impressive manner. This is one of probably six or so pictures I’ve taken of it that I like quite a lot. This post, incidentally, marks 4 months of weekday posts of Kitsnaps. It’s doing what I hoped it would make me do, which is go through older photos and organize them to at least some degree, as well as helping to encourage me to get out and take a few more pictures (admittedly mostly at the zoo). Sometimes it’s Monday morning before…