The central tower of Lincoln Cathedral
A view of Lincoln Cathedral from the south west.
In the later middle ages, the central tower was topped by a spire and for 238 years, it was reputedly the tallest building in the world and the first to exceed the great pyramid of Giza in height. The spire was destroyed by fire after a lightning strike in 1549 and never rebuilt.
Lifeβ¦.the Universeβ¦. and everything.
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Sunset on the pier
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Lovely evening for a walk
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Sea Breeze Locomotive No. 171 – at Sydney Parade
Dublin to Wexford
Coliemore Harbour Boats
Dublin, Ireland
The Boy
Back in 2011, I was in the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne and was intrigued by the “Water Wall” installation at the entrance.
I ended up spending an hour shooting all manner of people walking outside the museum. I finally got around to processing, printing and framing a series of these shots this year – more than a decade after I took the shots.
This is the second in that series, and one that I hadn’t looked at or processed since 2011. It’s worth dredging through the archives from time to time!
Place Dauphine at dawn
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Childen of the World
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Vartry 1
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Intimate
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Lago di Federa
Dolomites
Fota We have lift Off
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Fota Undercarrage Down comming in to Land
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Twisted branch in beautiful evening sun
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Over the hill
Tignes
Pelmo Reflection
Dolomites
Chough chough
Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
Location, Location. 5,000 trees in the frozen forest and they are fighting over this one!
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Great Crested Grebes courting dance
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Abstract – St Pul De Vence
ICM to create effect
Castletownbere Waterfall
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Kingfisher with catch
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Tackle time
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Hooded Crow
Foraging on the beach as the tide recedes on Dublin Bay
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Littel Egret, Merrion Gates
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Willow Tit in freezing forest
Such a beautiful little bird battling the freezing temperatures of
-27Β°C (16.6Β°F).
In Winter they form flocks and use their memory of where they have stored seeds and insects to sustain them during the coldest months.
Sometimes they freeze during the night and fall onto the snow from their perches in the forest.
Beauty in the back garden!!!
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Black Tailed Godwits, Dublin Bay
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Sandymount Sunset
Dublin
Black Woodpecker in the frozen forest
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JΓΆkulsΓ‘rlΓ³n sunset
Looking over some old photos from a trip to Iceland in 2013. At the end of a beautiful day at JΓΆkulsΓ‘rlΓ³n glacier lagoon, one of the most spectacular places I have been to.
glengarrif woods
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leaning tree glengarrif woods
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Eurasian Male Bullfinch resting in the freezing forest.
Striking rosy-red breast against the freezing conditions. They are known to dig deep into the snow in harsh winters, -27Β°C (16.6Β°F) while the poor Photographer froze.
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Much appreciated.
Sandymount Evening
Dublin
Sunset in Hamburg
Can you spot the Church?
Rory Gallagher Fender Stratocaster
Collins Barracks
Purchased for Β£100 on credit from Crowley’s Music Store in Gallagher’s home city of Cork in 1963, he played it from his teenage days with showbands to his international solo career. Gallagher was a musical innovator in the studio and a dynamic performer on stage.
Heavily worn and featuring personal modifications, this guitar was intrinsic to Gallagher’s unique sound and contribution to popular music.
Webley flare gun adapted to fire rubber bullets
Collins Barracks
Webley flare gun adapted to fire rubber bullets in Northern Ireland c.1940s-1970s
Developed in 1970 by the British Ministry of Defence for riot control in Northern Ireland, rubber and plastic bullets killed 17 people, including eight children, during the Troubles. Approximately 120,000 were discharged between 1970-2005
Signal Tower
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Golden Eagles
I observed this pair mating high up in the trees in the forest which is an early part of their breeding behaviour and then they just came down to land. An amazing experience. Frost still clung to their eyes and beak in this cold harsh landscape.
Note the feathers on their legs which extend all the way down the leg which is a distinguishing feature of the Golden Eagle as the Bald Eagle has bare yellow lower legs.
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Springtime reflection
I pass this tree nearly every day on my walk with my dog and mostly I walk by without a second glance, and the puddle is nearly always there. But last week the reflection caught my eye and I managed get this shot.
Dolomites Vista
Italy
RPG7 Rocket Launcher
(Collins Barracks – Dublin)
Decommissioned by the IRA as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
After years of negotiations, the Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement) between Northern Ireland’s political parties and the British and Irish governments was signed in 1998. It required nationalist and unionist politicians to use their influence to secure the decommissioning of paramilitary arms such as this RPG-7 rocket launcher used in Northern Ireland by the IRA during the Troubles. The pace of decommissioning was slow and was not completed by all paramilitary groups until 2010.
A Golden Eagle flies silently from the forest, talons splayed. The morning air is still freezing and tiny crystals of frost still cling to the curve of its hooked bill, sparkling in the first light of sunrise.
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Dun Laoghaire Baths
The Roger Casement statue at the renovated Dun Laoghaire baths in moody light. I removed the ugly dlr council signs. Sue me π
Cortina Dusk
Dolomites
Fisherman’s Hut – Venice Lido
Wonderful reflections on a still morning
Blue Line
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Evening at the Rialto
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Kilfarassy, Copper Coast, Waterford-Copper Coast Geo Park
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Misty Morning in Venice
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I want some of that!
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Dolomite Reflection
Dolomites
Haghpat Monastery, Haghpat, Armenia.
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Dipper
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Who is that Lady in the Window
St Paul de vence
Grape & Grain
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Grand Canal and Basilica della Salute
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Poolbeg from Seapoint
Dublin
Marly Park Waterfall 1
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Santa Maria Reina Church, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
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Early Morning Venice
Taken from the bridge overlooking the Bridge of Sighs
Seapoint Sunset
Dublin
Coming in to Land Bird of Prey
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National Gallery of Ireland, Atrium
The Millenium Wing, designed by Benson and Forsyth in a neo Scottish Baronial style
Dolomite Huts
Dolomites
Mono Rail
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The Argan Girl
Girl at the argan oil co-operative at Ighrem N’Ougdal in the High Atlas, Morocco.
“Berber women traditionally prepared Argan Oil through a very labour-intensive process with low production yields. This made the commercial sale of Argan Oil outside of Morocco impossible. Today however, Argan Oil co-operatives have made large scale production possible.
Families grow Argan trees on small and large plots of land that have been owned by families for generations. When the Argan fruits ripen in June / July the fruits are picked and left to dry before being stored in large sacks.
Women removed the nut kernels from the nuts and ground them by hand using a grindstone. Next, water was added to produce an oil-rich dough which is squeezed to extract the Argan Oil.
This is a very labour intensive process. It would take about 1 week and about 20kg of Argan nut kernels to produce just 5 litres of oil.”
San Michele in Foro, Lucca, Italy
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Passo Giau Sunset
Dolomites
Red Fox in the freezing forest- Poor Photographer there also.
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Abandoned Boathouse, Long Exposure-Lough Ennell.
This was taken just before sunset whilst awaiting a murmuration
_…and a red red bill….yes, that would be nice!
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Eurasian Jay in snow. In Autumn they collect large caches of acorns and seeds to feast on during the Winter months. Cached seeds are often pilfered by other hoarders and often eaten or re-cached or stolen.
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Soupe Γ la tΓͺte – Chiang Mai
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Pinnacles
Dolomites
Abbaye de SΓ©nanque, Gordes, Provence, France.
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Jardin du Palais Royal
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Sunrise Saturday 14th Valentines Day 2026
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An evening on Lough Ennell. Starlings, Swan
Sundown triggers the first wave of incoming Starlings
Sandymount Sunset
Dublin
Graffiti with purpose.
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Saltees Puffin
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Evening sky, Leenane
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Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
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Reflections in Trinity
Three Bells of Fira church, Santorini, Greece.
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The Hollow Mirror
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Bosta Time and Tide
A different type of image from the fabulous Isle of Harris & Lewis: The Bosta Time and Tide Bell.
Installed on June 19, 2010, the bell works through the movement of the tides. At high water, the sea moves the clapper to strike the bell and, as the waves hit, an ever-changing musical pattern is created. As well as being unique works of art, Vergette also intended the bells to remind people about the threat of global warming as they will sound more frequently as sea levels rise.
Murmuration-Lough Ennell
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Seapoint Sunset
Dublin
Edited on Snapseed on my iPhone 17 Pro.
Edited on Snapseed on my iPhone 17 Pro.
Starling Murmuration on Lough Ennell
Let’s stick together!
Starling Murmuration at Sunset
Taken on Offshoot Outing
