The door
Didn't post that many of my Namibia photos from last May here at the time as I was waiting until I'd done a presentation at my camera club. Will get round to posting a few of my favourites now over the next while. This is definitely a favourite from the visit to the amazing abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop. I went back to this building a couple of times as I had nice shots from the first visit but nothing that stood out. On this occasion was lucky to get the light just as it was shining on the door.
Coffee via Droste Effect
2024 Duffy's Circus - 1 of 12
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2024 Duffy's Circus - 4 of 12
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Oh look, it's Harry!
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Moonrise over Roger Casement Statue, Dún Laoghaire
Emerging full moon, 14th Jan.'25
Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
The Bath
Reworking of an old photo from Kolmanskop in Namibia, that I originally posted more than a decade ago.
This post was inspired by Richard Boyle's photos which he took last year and showed at an OffShoot meeting last night.
Richard's photos of Kolmanskop are much better, by the way!
"In 1908 the worker Zacharias Lewala found a diamond while working in this area and showed it to his supervisor, the German railway inspector August Stauch. Realizing the area was rich in diamonds, German miners began settlement, and soon after the German government declared a large area as a 'Sperrgebiet', starting to exploit the diamond field.
Driven by the enormous wealth of the first diamond miners, the residents built the village in the architectural style of a German town, with amenities and institutions including a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley, theatre and sport-hall, casino, ice factory and the first x-ray-station in the southern hemisphere, as well as the first tram in Africa. It had a railway link to Lüderitz."
Life's just a whirl!
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House in the forest
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Juac Huts
Dolomites
B&W Artist at Work
Misty swan
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Going for a spin!
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Preparing for the chop!
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Dolomite Huts in the Snow
Dolomites
Hard at work!
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The Duck Pond
A personal 'Birds of America' from Christmas '24 in Vermont. Just a bunch of Mallards!
Tram Passing - GPO Dublin
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Counting sheep!
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Júpiter and Galilean Moons
Silk Mill
The old silk mill on the banks of the Derwent in central Derby.
John Lombe's silk mill has a reasonable claim to be the first mechanised textile factory, bringing all the processes of preparing silk yarn under a single roof, with a mechanical power supply, an organised workforce and regular working hours. The mill opened in 1720, but much of the present building dates from the early twentieth century, being rebuilt following a fire in 1910, with just the core of the eighteenth century mill being preserved. Housing Derby's Museum of Making, it now has UNESCO world heritage status as the southern point of the Derwent Valley Mills site.
An 850nm infrared image, put through the Wet Rocks filter in Nik Silver Efex, with an Ilford Pan F simulation and a virtual selenium tone.
Frozen Lago di Carezza
Dolomites
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Boathouse Carton House_
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not so Close Encounters
Airbus altitude 10km, Moon 382,500km, Venus 108 million km. Evening of 4 Jan 2025, from Albert Road
starry starry night with lights but no milkyway
I still fail to capture the Milky Way as South Eastern Lights muck up my photo.
Zambujeira Do Mar, Atlantic Coast, Portugal.
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Old Town, Lagos, Portugal (Dec 2024).
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spring
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winter
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Portrait fro Adiyaman, Turkey
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Consider Bardwell Farm, Vermont
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2024 Duffy's Circus - 3 of 12
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2024 Duffy's Circus - 10 of 12
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Scarecrow? No just my daughter exercising!
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Wrinkles
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Reflection on a New Year - Ha'penny Bridge Dublin
Belated Happy New Year
Driving across Brooklyn Bridge, New York
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Dolomites Vista
Dolomites
Christmas Lights, Laragh Co. Wicklow
Village lights, Laragh Co. Wicklow. Christmas 2024
2024 Duffy's Circus - 6 of 12
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2024 Duffy's Circus - 12 of 12
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High stakes @ Selcuk, Turkey
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new toys get to be used
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chasing the light
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How to eat an icecream in reverse!
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Happy New Year to all
Wishing you a 2025 filled with Happiness, Health and an Enquiring mind to scale new heights in your photography. Have a great one. Thanks to all who faved and commented on my images. It is much appreciated.
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Portrait from Pasabag, Turkey
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Rifugio Croda da Lago
Dolomites
Pic 2 of 2. Both from the same location.
Zambujeira Do Mar, Atlantic Coast, Portugal.
Not oversaturated… the sky was on fire.
Pic 1 of 2. Both from the same location.
Zambujeira Do Mar, Atlantic Coast, Portugal.
Misty Wicklow Sunset
View from Turlough Hill,
28th Dec.'24
Portrait from Istanbul.
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Sunrise - Coliemore Harbour
Lovely colour today
Portrait from Istanbul
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Portrait from Istanbul.
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Funes Valley
Dolomites
With this Ring I give you my Heart
Silent night
Milky Way over Ballinskelligs abbey, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Nightscape The Dropping Well Public House
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Merry Christmas from the Dolomites
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Storm Cup-2
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Portmarnock ICM Sunset-0579
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Portrait from Adiyaman
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happy Christmas
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Merry Christmas and a very Happy Year to all
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A cut above the rest!
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Oystercatchers alerting everyone that I have arrived
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Hubble, bubble etc.
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Christmas Show
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Christmas Show
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Ringed Plover Bird
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More hot-air balloons.
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Lanzarote Spain
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Lanzarote Spain
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Circus Artist - practice
Offshoot Outing
It's just nuts!!
Run by a very upstanding vendor!
Lago Fedara
Dolomites
Christmas Lights
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Christmas lights
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Stephen's Green falling Down
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Pat Divilly02
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River Liffey 2
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Light Show 2
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Custom House 1
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Custom House 2
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River Liffey 1
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Epic!
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Fallow deer
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Samuel Beckett Bridge
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Bridge in Splendid Colour
All light Up
Nearly there...............!
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Glendalough Monastic site, Ireland
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Dolomites in Autumn
Dolomites
Jay Bird
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