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

Photo Sale Exhibition Caherdaniel in aid of CRBI

We are having another photo sale in Caherdaniel at the October Bank Holiday weekend. The members of the club kindly submitted their best photos for the sales exhibition in Caherdaniel Community Centre. The exhibition opens Saturday 11am to 5 pm and for the same time on Sunday and Monday.
There will be calendar for 2015 in A4 and A3 size for sale too.
Please come along and make this as successful as last years event where we collected over €1500 in aid of the Derrynane RNLI Inshore Rescue Group.

Photowalk 2014 Caherciveen

This year the South Kerry Camera Club did the Worldwide Photowalk in and around the town of Caherciveen, situated at the banks of the Fertha river. We set out on Main Street and worked our way upwards along the Old Post Office Street and headed then North-East along The Old Road down to the Daniel O’ Connell Memorial Park. From there we walked back to town along the N70. The weather was overall excellent and only during the last part a few darker clouds released a couple of rain drops, just to remind us that we are  still on the Wild Atlantic Way.

Pub sign on Main Street, Caherciveen

Cottage on Old Road

Daniel O`Connell Memorial Curch

Old door at Old Road

Radio Mast at Garda Station

Terracotta Watch Dog on the Old Road

Caherciveen seen form the Old Road

Dedicated Photographer takes the winning Picture

Cloud Reflections in Fertha River

Bust of Daniel O`Connell

Welcome to Caherciveen

Setting out to the Rock

Eagle on Guard at the N70 going into Caherciveen

Charity Ladies collect Donations for Animal Welfare on Church Street

Mike Murts Pub Sign and Chimney Pots

Main Street Shops reflected in an Old Mirror

Shop Window on Church Street

Last Call long time ago

€800 for RNLI Lifeboat on Valentia Island

Money changing hands for a good cause. Photo:Cormac Dineen

From left: Paul Curtin, Willie Kunze, Leo Houlihan, Michael Herrmann, Richard Quigley, Sean Curtin, Richard Foran and Franz Schenk

Last week was the happy day when I eventually handed over €800 to members of the Valentia RNLI Lifeboat crew from our photo sale at the June Bank Holiday weekend. The  event took a lot of time and effort to organise. I would like to thank everybody from the South Kerry Camera Club for taking part and supporting this cause which is important to all of us.
A special big Thank you to Willie and Franz for getting the panels from Ballinskelligs Community Centre to Knightstown and the clever hanging system that Franz invented. The two did a great job hanging the exhibition and looking after the sales. The money was made mainly on Saturday. The weather effected the sale badly on Sunday with only a couple visitors but Willie, Hugo and Franz were minding the show and kept the spirit.
The Lifeboat station as a location for the show worked very well.
We hope to repeat the photo sale next year and with more sunshine we should easely make a few more euros for the RNLI boat on Valentia Island.
Thanks to Cormac Dineen for taking the photo with Camera Club members and Lifeboat crew in front of the Lifeboat.
Michael Herrmann

From South Kerry to South of France

 

I spent a few day's in Cotignac, Provence, South of France recently and enjoyed just walking around snapping photo's. Here are a few of my collection. All Cannon 7D.

Renard beach, Caherciveen

Spent a lovely evening at Renard taking detail shots. Cannon 7D. There was some beautiful shells to be found.