This is the first photograph I took with a digital SLR, in January 2006. I’d bought the camera (the Nikon D50 that recently died) on eBay and had to have it shipped to a friend in the US, because reasons. He thought I was batshit. insane. for having bought a thousand dollar camera kit. Absolutely could not understand why somebody would do that. But he forwarded the camera on to me anyway, if bemusedly. Ten days later or so I posted this picture and his eyes nearly fell out of…
Taken in the west of Cork, on the road to Bantry. Or rather, on a side road that we followed up into the hills because they claimed there would be a standing stone ring up there somewhere. There was–the cover of NO DOMINION features them in the background–but Ted was the only one brave enough/wearing the right shoes to actually get over to the stones to take pictures. However, looking back over the road there lent itself nicely to my Road Home series. :)
Happy birthday to my boy! :) Young Indiana had an *extremely* splendid birthday, and couldn’t have been happier with COUSINS and MAMO and GRANDPA and PRESENTS and BIRTHDAY! CAKE! with CANDLES! *happy*
I was happy with the timing of this shot. :)