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

Portmagee cliffs, South Kerry

We spent yet another lovely evening with South Kerry camera club. This trip was up to the cliffs in Portmagee via John Joe and Mary O' Donoghues house. They also have a lovely coffee shop, and on behalf of the camera club I would like to thank them for there hospitality and for  giving us the opportunity to see such a wonderful spot. A visit to these cliffs should not be missed, with its breath taking views. Highly recommend.
All shots cannon 7D.

Several Pictures from Paddy

In the past couple of months I took various pictures with my Canon DSLR and my Lumix compact camera.

House on Great Blasket

Fishing pod on Great Blasket

My dog relaxing after a shower

House on Great Blaskets

Port Magee on a rainy night

Thatched House in County Donegal

Moonset and Sunrise

At this bitterly cold but wonderful calm morning I managed to get out of bed early and up to the radio masts over Port Magee and further to the Glen to take a few shots from the setting moon and the first dawn light.
All picture with Olympus E-5 on tripod.

October Sunrise at Port Magee

This early morning started with a spectacular  autumn sunrise over the Kerry Mountains and the Port Magee Channel before the day got rather dull and greyish later on.

All pictures with Olympus E-5, Zuiko Digital 14-54 1:2.8-3.5 on Tripod and 2sec anti-shock preselected

Evening at Portmagee Co. Kerry.

A rainy Evening at  Portmagee  and a wet lense produced this lovey rainbow effect.

Rain again at Portmagee

Last night a steely lady and three water resistant gentlemen from the South Kerry Camera club met on the rain swept pier of Portmagee  harbor for a few shots during a watery blue hour. Most important equipment was the plastic bag to protect the camera and lens and the hot port afterwards.

Unloading the catch at Portmagee harbor

Lights at Portmagee harbor

Main street of Portmagee, seen from the pier

Moorings bobbing in the harbor

We are now on flickr.com and Illaunlaughan, Portmagee

Just click on this link here: skelligclub

Illaunlaughan is a very small island in the Channel between Portmagee and Valentia Island.
The name could have two meanings, Oileán an Lóchán, the Island of dry grass or broken seaweed, or Island of Lochán, a saint that could be associated with the island.
Archeological excavations between 1992 and 1995 revealed well- dated material which proved the existence of a small monastery between the 7th and 9th century and subsequent use of the island as a graveyard for the communities of Portmagee and Valentia Island..
During the mid 7th to mid 8th century period three domestic huts and a small oratory were built with posts and sod , cut blocks of grassy turf, for the walls; the roofs being thatch with local material. Possibly two shrines for relics were erected at that time.
Later the existing sod oratory was replaced by a small drystone structure, no more than 1.2mx 0.8m and in the 8th to 9th century again by a drystone oratory. Also a new gable shrine was erected to house the relics from earlier graves.

all photos Canon 5d, 17-40 and 50mm macro,
©Michael Herrmann 2011