girl portrait
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Spoon-winged lacewing that looks like a Butterfly (Nemoptera sinuata) Macro image - difficult to try and get the long antenna and tail in the macro shot, so had to quietly move around on my knees
Spoonwing lacewings are large to medium-size insects measuring approximately .63 inches (16 millimeters) in length, with a wingspan up to 2.16 inches (55 millimeters). The body is long and thick, with relatively broad, rounded forewings.
The hind wings are particularly long and slender and are narrower at the base than they are at the tips. The wings are marked with irregular yellow and black bands. At rest the forewings are held over the body, while the hind wings project toward the rear. The larvae are broad and egg-shaped, with short necks and short jaws.
Girl alone
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busker in bantry
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Ballycotton Lighthouse
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Autumn in Devil's Glen, Co. Wicklow
Forest walk, Devil's Glen 12th Oct.'24
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Rollercoaster
Bridge Galway
Cutting a head
Galway bay
Roundwood Aurora
Incredible night to remember on October 10th 2024, when the northern lights paid us a visit in Ireland (53 degrees north)
Do Not Adjust Your Set No. 20
One of the images from my Photo Challenge '24 set for Offshoot Photography Society. This year, I decided to make more use of my Lensbaby, which I've had for years on end, with a full set of optics, but which I rarely bring out of its bag. As a consistent theme, I decided to concentrate on flower photography, so these images are from various locations in Dublin, including my basic home studio, UCD, the botanic garden in Glasnevin and Blessington Steet basin.
Most are taken with the double glass optic, apart from one tulip, where I used the pinhole optic.
All post-processing in PaintShop Pro, as usual.
Do Not Adjust Your Set No.09
One of the images from my Photo Challenge '24 set for Offshoot Photography Society. This year, I decided to make more use of my Lensbaby, which I've had for years on end, with a full set of optics, but which I rarely bring out of its bag. As a consistent theme, I decided to concentrate on flower photography, so these images are from various locations in Dublin, including my basic home studio, UCD, the botanic garden in Glasnevin and Blessington Steet basin.
Most are taken with the double glass optic, apart from one tulip, where I used the pinhole optic.
All post-processing in PaintShop Pro, as usual.
Blue Room Lady
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Table waiting
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Waterfall (Devil's Glen)
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Path in the Woods
Sligo
Lamp & Moon
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Sunrise Macro Butterfly with Dew
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Vartry Reservoir, Roundwood, County Wicklow
The magnificent northern lights made a rare appearance here in Ireland on Thursday night during a G4 geomagnetic storm with Kp hitting a massive 8.5. October 10th 2024 will forever be a special night for me
October 10th 2024 will forever be a special night out shooting
Deer dawn
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Glendalough Aurora
The night of October 10th will live forever in my memory. It was so special. I was on holidays on May 10th and was so jealous of those that witnessed the Northern Lights in Ireland. Now I can sleep easy!
Autumn Beauties
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Red hair boy
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Wall tree
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Sunset at the Hook Lighthouse
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Aurora Borealis over Dalkey Island
Northern Lights viewed from Sorrento Park at approx 23:00, 10th Oct.'24
Flower with bulbs
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Epic
Last nights amazing aurora display. Taken from Seapoint near the West Pier about 10pm. Never thought I’d see a northern lights display like this from Dublin!
Dunlaoighaire harbour blue hour
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Dunlaoighre Dawn
Dublin
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A Dull Day In Tenerife
That is.... if you are below the clouds.
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A Dull Day In Ireland
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Dunlaoghaire Carnival
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Dunlaoighaire Pier Walk
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Resting place
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Venice Fishing Hut
Housing crisis, sorted
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Forty Foot Blue Hour
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Dunlaoghaire Harbour sun setting
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Lago Antorno Reflection
Dolomites
Moss
Fernhill
Forest Walk
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Leadmines evening
The granite ventilation tower of the 19c Ballycorus Leadmines in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains
Son's up
Taken in Avondale viewing tower, Avondale Co. Wicklow
Cormorant in heraldic pose
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying his wings after his fishing trip.
Gap of Dunloe cloudy mountain top
Low lying cloud adds to the moody atmosphere in the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney
reluctantly leaving with head held high
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City View from East Link Bridge
Sunset over Dublin city, 3rd Oct.'24
Dolomite Landscape
Dolomites
Tallaght
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Sunset over Seapoint
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Guggenheim Mono
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sheep discussing judges
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Poolbeg Reflection
Dublin
Shag
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Precious Cargo
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Mystic Stones and Dreamy Water
Rosslare Strand Beach Ireland
Little meadow pipit in sunnier times.
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lone tree and blackbirds (1 of 1)
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boy and black sheep
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moon over bog sept .
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Calm Dawn
Seapoint, Dublin
The comet
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I want to ride my tricycle
One from this week's Offshoot tabletop session, taken with a Lensbaby, with double glass optic at f/8
Copenhagen Architecture Mono
Axel Towers
Summer Chills
Part of "Frozen Beauty" Panel
September supermoon
Taken with my Nikon D5600 and 400mm zoom lens
Supermoon Eclipse (1 of 1)
Taken from the patio in Co Clare at 4am , with my 400mm zoom.
Golden Sunset Guggenheim
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The Planet’s on Fire
A family of silvered leaf monkeys (Malaysia)
Ballydwan Beach
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Harvest Moonrise
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Laytown Races - No. 3 off the sand...
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Laytown Races - 'All together now.....
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Water Monitor
Tangong Jara Beach
Near Altingsburg Lighthouse
Malaysia
Sunset in Cadiz
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Frozen Circle
Part of "Frozen Beauty" Panel
Common Kingfisher
Though fish form the main part of the kingfisher’s diet, it also eats many aquatic insects, ranging from dragonfly nymphs to water beetles.
In the winter, a kingfisher needs to eat around 15 or 16 minnows a day.
Though adults pair in the autumn, they retain separate territories until the spring, when they gradually merge together.
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Hint of a supermoon!
A good number of us from the camera club were out at Coliemore harbour to capture the supermoon rising above the Muglins lighthouse. Mist on the horizon put paid to that plan. But a passing ship and a hint of the moon appearing from the mist at least meant coming home with a picture!
Without Love . . .
Tonight's Harvest Moon over Muglins Lighthouse.
An OffShoot outing to Coliemore Harbour, Dublin.
"Without love . . . We are like ships in the night . . .
Without love . . . Selling our souls down the river . . .
Sailing away and forever our pleasure is blue . . ."
Songwriter: Bill Nelson of BeBop Deluxe
Mushrooms 18_09
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Setting sun light through trees
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Moon Eclipse
Before (approx 11.30 pm) and After 3:42AM)
Focal length of 200mm on full frame. Heavily cropped. Needs approx. 600 mm lens for best resolution.
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Partial lunar eclipse from early this morning
Taken from the bedroom window at 3:40am
End Of Summer - 18th Green Strandhill Golf Club
iPhone Shot
Kingfisher
Experimenting with shutter speeds to try a more artistic look.
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