A selection of photos taken during my Morning dog walk, it was very overcast, with just a few signs of sun breaking through on the horizon in some shots.

'Heading Out' Pattie O'Sullivan's' crab boat.  I fixed that engine yesterday!! seems Ok!

Mussel dredger way out, at 55mm

Zoomed to 300mm

Coming home, still 300mm

Hi captain Arthur McCarthy!!

A typical all aluminium oyster boat. They can operate in a few inches of water. 

Another oyster boat 

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Uuuummm, storm clouds forming. may get wet!

Clouds went over, fine now.

Nice and serene in the early morning.

The sun is behind them clouds somewhere!! Just peeping under.

It may get out nice yet!

Wow! The mountain silhouette, beautiful.

Weather improving, dog walked, time to go home and start some proper work.

All photos taken with a Pentax K10d- 55-300mm lens

A mixed bag of photos from a trip to Cahersiveen 06/04/11. The first photo gives the details of Ballycarberry Castle, shown in the three photos following.

The Castle history.

The Castle

End Elevation

Another angle

Castle estuary

Cahersiveen estuary from the castle.

Another estuary view.

The estuary again

Kells Bay

Kells Bay2

A closer view of Kells bay.

The old railway viaduct on the Cahersiveen road.

All photos taken with a Pentax K10d & 18-55mm lens.

The Rossbeigh Beach, wreck of the sailing schooner the 'Sunbeam'

The Wreck of the 'Sunbeam' Blown ashore in a 1903 storm, thankfully with no loss of life.

With the ever shifting sands, she is sometimes lost from view, these photos were taken on March 3rd 2011. 

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All photos taken with a Pentax K10d 50-200mm Lens

Schooner Sunbeam at Rossbeigh Beach Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry

Schooner Sunbeam. A Wooden Schooner Built in 1860 by Walters in Exmouth. She was owned by her Builder up to the late 1870s and was then bought by Richard Kearon of Arklow. In January 1903 when on a Voyage from Kinvara to Cork she was driven ashore in a storm and wrecked with no loss of life.

Morning dog walk 02/04/2011, My mission to photograph the Cromane Fishing Boats at anchor.

A lonely tender boat, they double for light fishing as well.

Four of Cromane's Mussel Trawlers

The Teahan's Trawler

Three at anchor.

The two arms connected to the mast carry the trawl nets.

Morning sun breaking through storm clouds.

'Cromane Sea Foods' Trawler.

Arthur McCarthy's Trawler

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Early sun forming a natural silhouette.

Fast moving storm clouds add to this silhouette.

Another silhouette in the early milky sun.

O'Sullivan Bros & Cromane Sea Foods.

I see rain coming in those clouds.

Rain showing in the background over the Starboard boat.

Black as your hat as they say! & raining now, but sun still breaking through.

Cloud passed over, but still raining.

Rainfall over the mountains.


All photos taken with a Pentax K10d 55-300mm Lens. 

Location: Lower Cromane, Co Kerry. 

This was a very changeable morning, with threatening storm clouds. The light was varying significantly, as such,
I had to make constant exposure compensations, and aperture changes during the shoot. The rain eventually started falling, but the sun was just as determined to shine through the storm clouds creating 

some interesting silhouettes. All of the trawlers are very flat bottomed, (shallow draught), to enable them to operate in just a few feet of water.