I feel that this one is a particular triumph, for the grain of the wood and all. I suspect I’d like it *even more* if I’d had a 40 or 50mm lens to take it with, so that the depth of focus was more dramatic, but I’m very fond of this picture. Possibly I’m just fond of taking pictures of Celtic crosses, mind you. :) (ps, if you saw this last week, YOU NEVER SAW THIS LAST WEEK!!! O.O :))
Ha’Penny Bridge is Dublin’s oldest bridge, and for a long time, the only bridge over which you could cross the River Liffy. It cost a ha’penny (a half penny) to do so, hence the name.
There’s not much evidence of it in my portfolio, but my favorite kind of photography is portraits. I have a project in mind (don’t I always?) to celebrate 2016 in Ireland, with a theme/subtitle of something along the lines of “Children of the Revolution: The Ireland Michael Collins Never Imagined,” that focuses heavily (but not exclusively) on Ireland as an immigrant, rather than an emigrant, state. It would be either 100 or 200 photos, probably: half of them portrait shots, and half images of the same people ‘in context’, at…
I’m pretty certain Castle Ross is down in the Killarney area, though I could be wrong and it could be up by Shannon. No, I’m right, I’ve just checked and it is Killarney. Also apparently it’s Ross Castle, not Castle Ross. Oops. :) Anyway, I believe this is one of the restored castles (well, not *this*, this is obviously boats outside of it) and that it was super cool to visit. I also believe I had the camera accidentally set to manual focus for most of this holiday and that…
I feel that, what with it being April Fool’s Day, that I ought to have some kind of funny picture to post here today. But I don’t, so this will have to do. Ted, taken on the beach at Cobh on a day of island-wandering.