Liffy Panorama

Kitsnaps: Liffy Panorama

So the other day when I got the Meat Loaf concert date wrong and there was nobody at the venue and I was walking around trying to find open doors, I noticed people crossing the street to watch the drawbridge being lifted over the Liffy, so I went over to watch too. Despite taking this, and several other, pictures, I somehow managed to miss the very large ship coming down the Liffey toward the drawbridge (I was looking the wrong way) until it blasted its horn and nearly scared the…

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Ibis

Kitsnaps: Egret, Possibly Snowy

Another one where I went back and forth and back and forth trying to decide whether it should be a color or b&w photograph. Obviously I finally decided on B&W. :) Egret at Dublin Zoo! (Someone had to correct me on this, I had put it down as an ibis due to them living with the ibis…es…and I wasn’t thinking enough. Egret! Probably snowy! :))

Convention Centre Dublin View

Kitsnaps: Convention Centre Dublin View

Convention Centre Dublin View[/caption] I’m not absolutely sure this should qualify as a Kitsnap, but what the heck. I was in Dublin’s new convention centre a while back, and this panorama is one I took from an upper floor, overlooking the docklands.

Finbarr Gargoyles

Kitsnaps: Finbarr Gargoyles

Now this gargoyle is definitely at St Finbarr’s Cathedral in Cork, even if I’m not sure about the apse photo from the other day. :) I like gargoyles, as people might guess. :)

Abyssinian Hornbill

Kitsnaps: Abyssinian Hornbill

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. :)