Doulus Head

On the evening of Thursday, the 6th of August, four members of the club set out from Caherciveen to Doulus Head, the headland north of Valentia Harbour, opposite of Valentia Lighthouse. It took us about an hour through pretty wet and rough sheep grazing land to reach from the place where we left the cars the most westerly tip of the headland. However, we were well rewarded with spectacular views and a grandiose sunset.

Patrick O`Neill, the proprietor of the land at Doulus head has not only kindly given us permission to enter his farm but also allowed us to take pictures of himself, one of the last old gentlemen who always had time for a chat and were so full of interesting stories and tales. 

 

 

 

 

 

View from Doulus Head over Dingle Bay

The Sun starts to settle over the Blaskets

View from Doulus Head south to Skellig St. Michael

Skellig St Michael

Valentia Lighthouse at the entrance to Valentia Harbour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evening clouds over Dingle Bay

Blaskets in Gold

Valentia Radio Station and Skellig St Michael

Evening cruise

Knightstown in evening light

Dramatic clouds form over the Blaskets

Preparing for the last shot

The last shot

Geokaun, Valentia Island

On our first outing since quite some time we got up the Geokaun Mountain, the highest elevation on Valentia Island, County Kerry. The day had been blustery with sunshine and showers so we could expect some interesting light situations during sunset time. And in spite of a gusty and freezing chill, it had been really well worth the effort. 

All pictures with Olympus  E-5, Zuiko Digital 14-54 mm and 50-200 mm most on tripod.

Clouds over Blaskets

Blue Sea around Blaskets

Valentia Lighthouse with rainbow

The rainbow starts to vanish

Rainbow nearly gone

Evening clouds over Caherciveen

Radio mast on top of Geokaun Mountain

Sunset over Labrador, seen from Geokaun, Valentia Island

As above, only in colour

Blaskets in the blue hour

Sunset over the Blowhole at Canglass Point

It took about 40 minutes walk in Mediterranean evening warmth to reach the location of our photo shooting, but the reward to see that glorious sunset over the Blaskets was worth every single drop of sweat. 

The beauty of South Kerry

Caherciveen playground

Where has my Mama gone?

Beauty of Spring

Reunited

Disscussion with the neighbours-How many lambs today

All lambs in place-time for a few jumps

Waterville

Can you see the face?, when you see it the door unfortunately disappears. Two eyes a nose and a mouth.

 

Cill Rialaig

 

I got up this morning and thought what another beautiful day, great weather and still on the Easter holidays. We started with the playground in town followed by some lovely Ice cream cones from Banks Caherciveen. We then came home to check the sheep to discover some new lambs, then there was the conflab with the neighbours accross the ditch, How many lambs today? We had some fun around the fields. After dinner I took a quick trip to Waterville and followed the promenade and down onto the sea front to photograph this lovely house which is owned by Breada Mac Gillacudy. I finished the evening with the great company of the South Kerry camera club and as always great support and advice from the most inspirational Michael Herrmann.We were in Cill Rialaig which is a beautiful little village where Artists come and if its inspiration and peace you are looking for this is the place. 

 High above the Atlantic surf, lie the ruins of Cill Rialaig village. Over the years, both famine and emigration have taken their toll. The last resident, Bridget O'Connell, finally left around 30 years ago. In the early 1990's the house were restored and hold there beauty to this day.

I feel lucky to live in South Kerry.

Top shots taken with Cannon 450D and final ones Cannon 7D.

Loher Beach, Waterville, Co.Kerry

"Ghost in the night"

The camera club this week went to Loher beach just off the ring of Kerry outside Waterville. It is a beautiful beach with nice rock formation, unfortunitly the rain stoped us from  shooting for a while, but managed to get a few shots. It is a small climb down to the beach so bring a torch if visiting late evening, also you can view the Skelligs from this wonderful spot. All taken with a Cannon 450D with wide angle lens using a focal length of between 10mm-22mm.