2016 World Falconry Day Commemoration Sneem

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Valentia Island Lighthouse

Yesterday the club outing led us once again to Valencia Island lighthouse. Thanks to Richard we had access to the inside and could see how the lighting system was changed since the last time we visited the lighthouse in 2011. All mechanical moving parts were gone and replaced by a comparably small LED system. Luckily the original prisms are still in place and provide stunning colour and distortion effects. 

The stairwell in the lighthouse

Emergency light in the operating room underneath the prisms

The new LED light in the centre of the old prisms. Doulus Head is reflected upside down on the prisms.

My camera and Beginsh island are reflected in the prism and superimposed by the LED bulb.

Looking down on the rocks Valentia Island was built on

A prism shifts Doulus Head on two different levels

The LED bulb in front of the lights red sector facing the Valentia harbour side.

Looking from different angles on the prisms, various colour effects can be observed.

More colours and the rocks near the lighthouse upside down

View of the former lighthouse keepers home through a window in the staircase.

All pictures with Olympus E5 on tripod. Copyright by Franz Schenk

Derrynane Mass Path

Port Magee

After a long pause, the Camera Club came together again for taking photos. A bitterly cold wind from North at Port Magee, County Kerry made the first outing of this year a little bit of a challenge.

Anchor at Port Magee

Currach at Port Magee

Boat for shrimp fishing

Fisherman´s Bar at port Magee pier

 

Lobster pots on the pier of Port Magee

All pictures © Franz Schenk

Sneem St Patrick's Day Parade

Join the South Kerry Camera Club Meeting 14. April 2016

St. Patrick´s Day Parade Waterville 2016

St. Patrick must truly be a mighty saint because he managed some brilliant sunshine on his day after four months with nearly continuous rain and gales. But don't worry, today we were back to normal with rattling roofs and soaked socks. Enjoy the bright pictures of a lovely parade put on the street by the people of Waterville, Kerry.

Nature´s treasure pot

The saint wonders: Where are they marching in?

Charlie still head down

Now Charlie is head up

Here they come

 

O what fun

All the Charlies are on the road

Even the tiny little ones

You don´t get away these days without the baddies

There were times when tractors did match the road size

Another beauty of times gone by

This way I could be persuaded to exercising, too

How can the electorate dare to make it so difficult for them

Treats for the kids

Heading back to the jury platform

Everyone gets a well earned medal

 All photos © Franz Schenk
Taken with Olympus E-5 and edited in Lightroom 6; special effects with Nik collection plug-in from Google